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The Empire Strikes Back

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5548, State Highway PP, Panther Valley, Webster County, Missouri, 65652, United States
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Climb Profile

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Climb Stats

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Climb categoryUncategorised
Distance5.67 km / 3.52 miles
Elevation gain75 m / 246 ft
Average gradient1.3%
Maximum gradient14.7%
Elevation high477.8 m / 1,568 ft
Elevation low402 m / 1,319 ft
Climb difficulty score7,485.98

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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 801,698th out of 2,710,652 worldwide cycling climbs.

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Ranked as the 69,362nd most difficult cycling climb of all 337,250 climbs in United States.

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Places 212th out of 4,586 cycling climbs in Missouri.

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This is the third most difficult cycling climb in Webster County.

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This is the most difficult cycling climb in Panther Valley.

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