The Way Out

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County Highway 540, Coalwood, Au Train Township, Alger County, Michigan, United States
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Climb Profile

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280 m290 m305 m315 m1.9% from 0 m to 21 m5.5% from 21 m to 39 m-1.6% from 39 m to 64 m1.1% from 64 m to 82 m-5.4% from 82 m to 101 m9.8% from 101 m to 113 m1.9% from 113 m to 124 m1.4% from 124 m to 153 m4.7% from 153 m to 170 m6.1% from 170 m to 173 m8.6% from 173 m to 183 m6.7% from 183 m to 192 m3.7% from 192 m to 202 m16.7% from 202 m to 205 m12.3% from 205 m to 213 m8.7% from 213 m to 215 m0.0% from 215 m to 223 m12.6% from 223 m to 232 m5.4% from 232 m to 243 m3.3% from 243 m to 262 m3.4% from 262 m to 279 m4.4% from 279 m to 293 m4.9% from 293 m to 297 m1.4% from 297 m to 311 m0.0% from 311 m to 314 m2.3% from 314 m to 323 m0.0% from 323 m to 329 m-4.2% from 329 m to 338 m0.0% from 338 m to 356 m0.0% from 356 m to 359 m-5.8% from 359 m to 373 m-1.7% from 373 m to 384 m-2.9% from 384 m to 391 m-6.5% from 391 m to 397 m-6.9% from 397 m to 412 m-9.4% from 412 m to 418 m-10.7% from 418 m to 426 m0.0% from 426 m to 434 m-2.3% from 434 m to 451 m-5.1% from 451 m to 471 m-13.8% from 471 m to 477 m-7.7% from 477 m to 482 m-6.1% from 482 m to 489 m-2.9% from 489 m to 509 m-4.7% from 509 m to 531 m0.0% from 531 m to 536 m0.0% from 536 m to 540 m3.3% from 540 m to 552 m0.0% from 552 m to 581 m6.8% from 581 m to 593 m-1.5% from 593 m to 607 m1.9% from 607 m to 627 m4.3% from 627 m to 659 m0.6% from 659 m to 695 m1.5% from 695 m to 747 m-2.5% from 747 m to 779 m5.9% from 779 m to 782 m0.8% from 782 m to 806 m-4.7% from 806 m to 831 m3.4% from 831 m to 837 m0.0% from 837 m to 850 m-1.1% from 850 m to 869 m0.0% from 869 m to 875 m1.2% from 875 m to 909 m3.8% from 909 m to 941 m1.1% from 941 m to 959 m2.7% from 959 m to 989 m-1.4% from 989 m to 1.0 km0.0% from 1.0 km to 1.0 km1.0% from 1.0 km to 1.1 km-1.7% from 1.1 km to 1.1 km-0.8% from 1.1 km to 1.1 km1.9% from 1.1 km to 1.1 km2.5% from 1.1 km to 1.2 km2.8% from 1.2 km to 1.2 km9.7% from 1.2 km to 1.2 km15.4% from 1.2 km to 1.2 km0.0% from 1.2 km to 1.2 km5.2% from 1.2 km to 1.2 km10.5% from 1.2 km to 1.2 km3.8% from 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from 2.0 km to 2.0 km2.1% from 2.0 km to 2.0 km0.0% from 2.0 km to 2.0 km3.7% from 2.0 km to 2.0 km1.9% from 2.0 km to 2.0 km7.5% from 2.0 km to 2.0 km-4.3% from 2.0 km to 2.0 km3.3% from 2.0 km to 2.0 km5.0% from 2.0 km to 2.0 km3.3% from 2.0 km to 2.0 km4.3% from 2.0 km to 2.1 km4.7% from 2.1 km to 2.1 km3.9% from 2.1 km to 2.1 km5.3% from 2.1 km to 2.1 km6.7% from 2.1 km to 2.1 km2.5% from 2.1 km to 2.1 km1.5% from 2.1 km to 2.1 km8.7% from 2.1 km to 2.1 km0.0% from 2.1 km to 2.1 km4.6% from 2.1 km to 2.1 km2.6% from 2.1 km to 2.1 km6.3% from 2.1 km to 2.1 km6.0% from 2.1 km to 2.2 km3.3% from 2.2 km to 2.2 km6.2% from 2.2 km to 2.2 km4.1% from 2.2 km to 2.2 km2.2% from 2.2 km to 2.2 km9.1% from 2.2 km to 2.2 km0.0% from 2.2 km to 2.2 km3.5% from 2.2 km to 2.2 km8.0% from 2.2 km to 2.2 km4.0% from 2.2 km to 2.2 km6.0% from 2.2 km to 2.2 km0.0% from 2.2 km to 2.2 km2.5% from 2.2 km to 2.2 km4.8% from 2.2 km to 2.2 km18.2% from 2.2 km to 2.3 km3.3% from 2.3 km to 2.3 km0.0% from 2.3 km to 2.3 km8.3% from 2.3 km to 2.3 km6.9% from 2.3 km to 2.3 km4.5% from 2.3 km to 2.3 km3.8% from 2.3 km to 2.3 km0.0% from 2.3 km to 2.3 km0.0% from 2.3 km to 2.3 km7.4% from 2.3 km to 2.3 km5.1% from 2.3 km to 2.3 km0.0% from 2.3 km to 2.3 km0.0% from 2.3 km to 2.3 km4.2% from 2.3 km to 2.3 km9.8% from 2.3 km to 2.3 km8.9% from 2.3 km to 2.3 km0.0% from 2.3 km to 2.3 km0.0% from 2.3 km to 2.3 km5.7% from 2.3 km to 2.3 km4.1% from 2.3 km to 2.3 km2.3% from 2.3 km to 2.4 km4.7% from 2.4 km to 2.4 km-2.4% from 2.4 km to 2.4 km14.0% from 2.4 km to 2.4 km1.8% from 2.4 km to 2.4 km-1.4% from 2.4 km to 2.4 km2.6% from 2.4 km to 2.4 km-1.4% from 2.4 km to 2.4 km0.0% from 2.4 km to 2.5 km2.0% from 2.5 km to 2.5 km0.0% from 2.5 km to 2.5 km0.0% from 2.5 km to 2.5 km1%1%-0%2%3%0 m500 m1 km1.5 km2 km
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Climb Stats

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Climb categoryUncategorised
Distance2.49 km / 1.55 miles
Elevation gain32.2 m / 106 ft
Average gradient1.3%
Maximum gradient8.8%
Elevation high314.4 m / 1,031 ft
Elevation low282.2 m / 926 ft
Climb difficulty score3,215.33

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Climb Rank

How does this climb compare against every other climb in the world?

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This climb ranks 1,474,153rd out of 2,710,652 worldwide cycling climbs.

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Ranked as the 151,747th most difficult cycling climb of all 337,250 climbs in United States.

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Places 1,976th out of 8,728 cycling climbs in Michigan.

Ranks 23rd out of 43 cycling climbs in Alger County.

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A local climb of note, this is the 6th most difficult cycling climb (out of 13 climbs) in Au Train Township.

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