The Best Way Up
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| Climb category | Category 3 |
| Distance | 4.45 km / 2.77 miles |
| Elevation gain | 179.2 m / 588 ft |
| Average gradient | 4% |
| Maximum gradient | 49.7% |
| Elevation high | 390.6 m / 1,281 ft |
| Elevation low | 204.2 m / 670 ft |
| Climb difficulty score | 17,937.93 |
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|---|---|---|---|
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Climb Rank
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🗺 This climb ranks 265,169th out of 2,710,652 worldwide cycling climbs. |
🧮 Ranked as the 18,636th most difficult cycling climb of all 337,250 climbs in United States. |
📉 Places 26th out of 2,839 cycling climbs in Kentucky. |
🥈️ This is the second most difficult cycling climb in Floyd County. |
🥇 This is the most difficult cycling climb in Prestonsburg. |
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