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Observatory Rd Climb

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489, NM 244, Cloudcroft, Otero County, New Mexico, 88340, United States
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Climb Profile

Altitude builds left to right while colour shows gradient severity for each part of Observatory Rd Climb.

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to 1.5 km0.9% from 1.5 km to 1.5 km4.0% from 1.5 km to 1.5 km5.8% from 1.5 km to 1.6 km4.4% from 1.6 km to 1.6 km2.6% from 1.6 km to 1.6 km2.9% from 1.6 km to 1.7 km17.1% from 1.7 km to 1.7 km4.3% from 1.7 km to 1.8 km4.0% from 1.8 km to 1.8 km1.8% from 1.8 km to 1.8 km-0.8% from 1.8 km to 1.9 km1.3% from 1.9 km to 1.9 km5.2% from 1.9 km to 1.9 km5.2% from 1.9 km to 1.9 km2.9% from 1.9 km to 2.0 km11.8% from 2.0 km to 2.0 km0.8% from 2.0 km to 2.1 km-2.6% from 2.1 km to 2.1 km2.4% from 2.1 km to 2.1 km3.1% from 2.1 km to 2.1 km3.6% from 2.1 km to 2.2 km1.5% from 2.2 km to 2.2 km2.2% from 2.2 km to 2.2 km2.5% from 2.2 km to 2.3 km2.8% from 2.3 km to 2.3 km12.2% from 2.3 km to 2.3 km8.2% from 2.3 km to 2.4 km2.4% from 2.4 km to 2.4 km4.9% from 2.4 km to 2.4 km4.8% from 2.4 km to 2.5 km4.5% from 2.5 km to 2.5 km2.1% from 2.5 km to 2.5 km1.0% from 2.5 km to 2.6 km22.1% from 2.6 km to 2.6 km2.4% from 2.6 km to 2.6 km-1.4% from 2.6 km to 2.6 km3.7% from 2.6 km to 2.7 km6.2% from 2.7 km to 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km23.2% from 3.6 km to 3.7 km7.3% from 3.7 km to 3.7 km6.7% from 3.7 km to 3.7 km5.3% from 3.7 km to 3.7 km3.7% from 3.7 km to 3.7 km3.9% from 3.7 km to 3.8 km0.5% from 3.8 km to 3.8 km3.3% from 3.8 km to 3.8 km20.3% from 3.8 km to 3.8 km4.6% from 3.8 km to 3.9 km7.8% from 3.9 km to 3.9 km9.8% from 3.9 km to 3.9 km4.3% from 3.9 km to 3.9 km1.4% from 3.9 km to 4.0 km-0.6% from 4.0 km to 4.0 km6.5% from 4.0 km to 4.0 km18.4% from 4.0 km to 4.0 km9.6% from 4.0 km to 4.1 km6.0% from 4.1 km to 4.1 km3.8% from 4.1 km to 4.1 km3.0% from 4.1 km to 4.1 km1.1% from 4.1 km to 4.1 km1.3% from 4.1 km to 4.2 km4.5% from 4.2 km to 4.2 km15.1% from 4.2 km to 4.2 km10.7% from 4.2 km to 4.3 km6.0% from 4.3 km to 4.3 km3.3% from 4.3 km to 4.3 km2.9% from 4.3 km to 4.3 km0.9% from 4.3 km to 4.4 km6.4% from 4.4 km to 4.4 km14.0% from 4.4 km to 4.4 km2.7% from 4.4 km to 4.4 km3.9% from 4.4 km to 4.4 km3.9% from 4.4 km to 4.5 km3.0% from 4.5 km to 4.5 km3.8% from 4.5 km to 4.5 km2.9% from 4.5 km to 4.5 km2.1% from 4.5 km to 4.6 km6.2% from 4.6 km to 4.6 km13.3% from 4.6 km to 4.6 km2.6% from 4.6 km to 4.7 km2.8% from 4.7 km to 4.7 km4.6% from 4.7 km to 4.7 km3.1% from 4.7 km to 4.7 km4.6% from 4.7 km to 4.8 km7.4% from 4.8 km to 4.8 km7.9% from 4.8 km to 4.8 km5.8% from 4.8 km to 4.8 km17.5% from 4.8 km to 4.9 km6.5% from 4.9 km to 4.9 km4.4% from 4.9 km to 4.9 km4.0% from 4.9 km to 4.9 km-1.4% from 4.9 km to 4.9 km0.4% from 4.9 km to 5.0 km3.3% from 5.0 km to 5.0 km1.4% from 5.0 km to 5.0 km2.3% from 5.0 km to 5.0 km6.1% from 5.0 km to 5.0 km2.5% from 5.0 km to 5.1 km-1.3% from 5.1 km to 5.1 km14.4% from 5.1 km to 5.1 km19.2% from 5.1 km to 5.1 km8.9% from 5.1 km to 5.2 km4.0% from 5.2 km to 5.2 km6.0% from 5.2 km to 5.2 km8.0% from 5.2 km to 5.2 km16.3% from 5.2 km to 5.2 km10.1% from 5.2 km to 5.3 km3.4% from 5.3 km to 5.3 km2.2% from 5.3 km to 5.3 km0.0% from 5.3 km to 5.3 km1.4% from 5.3 km to 5.4 km3.7% from 5.4 km to 5.4 km7.0% from 5.4 km to 5.4 km7.5% from 5.4 km to 5.4 km6.7% from 5.4 km to 5.4 km6.2% from 5.4 km to 5.5 km20.1% from 5.5 km to 5.5 km21.2% from 5.5 km to 5.5 km5.9% from 5.5 km to 5.5 km2.1% from 5.5 km to 5.5 km1.5% from 5.5 km to 5.6 km-1.1% from 5.6 km to 5.6 km-7.6% from 5.6 km to 5.6 km-3.8% from 5.6 km to 5.7 km-9.0% from 5.7 km to 5.7 km-3.9% from 5.7 km to 5.7 km9.6% from 5.7 km to 5.7 km12.9% from 5.7 km to 5.8 km10.3% from 5.8 km to 5.8 km3%4%5%6%6%5%0 m1 km2 km3 km4 km5 km
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Climb Stats

Combined metric and imperial stats for quick route planning.

Climb categoryCategory 3
Distance5.79 km / 3.60 miles
Elevation gain270.4 m / 887 ft
Average gradient4.7%
Maximum gradient13.5%
Elevation high2,742.9 m / 8,999 ft
Elevation low2,471.9 m / 8,110 ft
Climb difficulty score27,050.04

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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 140,124th out of 2,710,652 worldwide cycling climbs.

🧮

Ranked as the 9,291st most difficult cycling climb of all 337,250 climbs in United States.

📉

Places 127th out of 2,563 cycling climbs in New Mexico.

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Ranks 11th out of 46 cycling climbs in Otero County.

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This is the most difficult cycling climb in Cloudcroft.

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