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3240, Southwest 31st Street, Southwestern Hills, Des Moines, Polk County, Iowa, 50321, United States
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Climb Profile

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235 m245 m260 m270 m8.6% from 0 m to 7 m8.5% from 7 m to 21 m6.5% from 21 m to 43 m8.2% from 43 m to 57 m8.3% from 57 m to 72 m6.0% from 72 m to 102 m7.7% from 102 m to 117 m4.1% from 117 m to 142 m5.3% from 142 m to 149 m6.6% from 149 m to 165 m5.4% from 165 m to 187 m4.0% from 187 m to 217 m2.3% from 217 m to 279 m2.5% from 279 m to 287 m2.0% from 287 m to 327 m3.6% from 327 m to 360 m2.4% from 360 m to 402 m2.4% from 402 m to 427 m3.6% from 427 m to 443 m4.8% from 443 m to 468 m0.5% from 468 m to 509 m5.0% from 509 m to 533 m1.5% from 533 m to 573 m1.4% from 573 m to 615 m-0.6% from 615 m to 650 m-0.3% from 650 m to 713 m-0.9% from 713 m to 778 m-2.4% from 778 m to 835 m-4.0% from 835 m to 846 m-3.9% from 846 m to 866 m-6.8% from 866 m to 886 m-4.7% from 886 m to 908 m1.9% from 908 m to 929 m0.3% from 929 m to 991 m10.4% from 991 m to 1.0 km3.8% from 1.0 km to 1.0 km3.6% from 1.0 km to 1.1 km9.2% from 1.1 km to 1.1 km8.1% from 1.1 km to 1.1 km12.0% from 1.1 km to 1.1 km10.3% from 1.1 km to 1.1 km5.4% from 1.1 km to 1.1 km8.5% from 1.1 km to 1.1 km6.3% from 1.1 km to 1.2 km-0.8% from 1.2 km to 1.2 km-2.8% from 1.2 km to 1.2 km1.1% from 1.2 km to 1.3 km4.6% from 1.3 km to 1.3 km4.8% from 1.3 km to 1.3 km0.8% from 1.3 km to 1.4 km-1.9% from 1.4 km to 1.4 km0.0% from 1.4 km to 1.5 km-1.6% from 1.5 km to 1.5 km-2.4% from 1.5 km to 1.5 km6%3%1%-1%3%0%0 m250 m500 m750 m1 km1.3 km1.5 km
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Climb Stats

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Climb categoryUncategorised
Distance1.51 km / 0.94 miles
Elevation gain37.8 m / 124 ft
Average gradient1.9%
Maximum gradient9.5%
Elevation high265.6 m / 871 ft
Elevation low235.2 m / 772 ft
Climb difficulty score2,863.3

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Climb Rank

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This climb ranks 1,574,586th out of 2,710,652 worldwide cycling climbs.

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Ranked as the 165,706th most difficult cycling climb of all 337,250 climbs in United States.

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Places 545th out of 1,745 cycling climbs in Iowa.

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Ranks 76th out of 364 cycling climbs in Polk County.

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Ranking 38th out of 160 cycling climbs in Des Moines.

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