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Wachusett: The Illegal but more fun way

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Down Summit Road, Princeton, Worcester County, Massachusetts, United States
Cat. 4

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Climb Stats

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Climb categoryCategory 4
Distance1.51 km / 0.94 miles
Elevation gain140 m / 459 ft
Average gradient9.3%
Maximum gradient31.3%
Elevation high609.2 m / 1,999 ft
Elevation low469.2 m / 1,539 ft
Climb difficulty score13,996.31

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Climb Rank

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This climb ranks 371,660th out of 2,710,652 worldwide cycling climbs.

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Ranked as the 27,325th most difficult cycling climb of all 337,250 climbs in United States.

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Places 500th out of 13,206 cycling climbs in Massachusetts.

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Ranks 66th out of 1,884 cycling climbs in Worcester County.

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Ranking 26th out of 80 cycling climbs in Princeton.

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