Continental Divide (West)

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1808, Charlotte Highway, Fairview, Buncombe County, North Carolina, 28730, United States

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Climb Profile

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685 m750 m815 m880 m0.5% from 0 m to 60 m1.3% from 60 m to 121 m0.0% from 121 m to 188 m1.5% from 188 m to 255 m0.5% from 255 m to 321 m1.4% from 321 m to 386 m1.0% from 386 m to 446 m2.3% from 446 m to 506 m3.0% from 506 m to 566 m2.6% from 566 m to 629 m1.6% from 629 m to 690 m0.0% from 690 m to 751 m-1.1% from 751 m to 816 m0.8% from 816 m to 879 m2.3% from 879 m to 945 m3.9% from 945 m to 1.0 km4.3% from 1.0 km to 1.1 km4.7% from 1.1 km to 1.1 km4.9% from 1.1 km to 1.2 km3.6% from 1.2 km to 1.3 km3.1% from 1.3 km to 1.3 km4.5% from 1.3 km to 1.4 km3.8% from 1.4 km to 1.4 km5.3% from 1.4 km to 1.4 km4.2% from 1.4 km to 1.5 km3.6% from 1.5 km to 1.5 km2.9% from 1.5 km to 1.5 km4.4% from 1.5 km to 1.6 km5.2% from 1.6 km to 1.6 km5.3% from 1.6 km to 1.6 km6.1% from 1.6 km to 1.6 km5.8% from 1.6 km to 1.7 km3.8% from 1.7 km to 1.7 km4.7% from 1.7 km to 1.7 km5.2% from 1.7 km to 1.7 km4.3% from 1.7 km to 1.8 km7.8% from 1.8 km to 1.8 km4.5% from 1.8 km to 1.8 km5.6% from 1.8 km to 1.8 km8.3% from 1.8 km to 1.8 km5.9% from 1.8 km to 1.9 km6.8% from 1.9 km to 1.9 km4.4% from 1.9 km to 1.9 km4.1% from 1.9 km to 1.9 km4.6% from 1.9 km to 2.0 km4.8% from 2.0 km to 2.0 km5.5% from 2.0 km to 2.0 km6.4% from 2.0 km to 2.0 km4.7% from 2.0 km to 2.0 km5.3% from 2.0 km to 2.1 km5.5% from 2.1 km to 2.1 km4.6% from 2.1 km to 2.1 km4.5% from 2.1 km to 2.2 km5.1% from 2.2 km to 2.2 km5.8% from 2.2 km to 2.3 km4.8% from 2.3 km to 2.4 km5.2% from 2.4 km to 2.4 km5.2% from 2.4 km to 2.5 km4.5% from 2.5 km to 2.5 km4.3% from 2.5 km to 2.5 km4.8% from 2.5 km to 2.5 km4.6% from 2.5 km to 2.6 km3.6% from 2.6 km to 2.6 km4.9% from 2.6 km to 2.6 km6.3% from 2.6 km to 2.7 km7.7% from 2.7 km to 2.7 km7.0% from 2.7 km to 2.7 km7.1% from 2.7 km to 2.7 km6.9% from 2.7 km to 2.8 km4.8% from 2.8 km to 2.8 km4.9% from 2.8 km to 2.9 km5.7% from 2.9 km to 2.9 km7.3% from 2.9 km to 2.9 km10.9% from 2.9 km to 3.0 km6.4% from 3.0 km to 3.0 km5.7% from 3.0 km to 3.0 km6.5% from 3.0 km to 3.0 km6.5% from 3.0 km to 3.1 km5.3% from 3.1 km to 3.1 km5.8% from 3.1 km to 3.2 km5.9% from 3.2 km to 3.2 km5.4% from 3.2 km to 3.3 km4.3% from 3.3 km to 3.3 km4.2% from 3.3 km to 3.4 km6.2% from 3.4 km to 3.4 km5.9% from 3.4 km to 3.4 km5.9% from 3.4 km to 3.4 km5.6% from 3.4 km to 3.5 km7.1% from 3.5 km to 3.5 km6.6% from 3.5 km to 3.5 km6.1% from 3.5 km to 3.6 km4.3% from 3.6 km to 3.6 km5.9% from 3.6 km to 3.6 km5.6% from 3.6 km to 3.7 km5.8% from 3.7 km to 3.7 km2.3% from 3.7 km to 3.7 km2.4% from 3.7 km to 3.8 km12.6% from 3.8 km to 3.8 km2.2% from 3.8 km to 3.8 km9.5% from 3.8 km to 3.9 km2.1% from 3.9 km to 3.9 km15.2% from 3.9 km to 4.0 km5.5% from 4.0 km to 4.0 km5.0% from 4.0 km to 4.1 km4.3% from 4.1 km to 4.1 km4.3% from 4.1 km to 4.2 km3.2% from 4.2 km to 4.3 km2.1% from 4.3 km to 4.3 km0.2% from 4.3 km to 4.4 km1%5%6%6%3%0 m1 km2 km3 km4 km
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Climb Stats

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Climb categoryCategory 3
Distance4.39 km / 2.72 miles
Elevation gain191.2 m / 627 ft
Average gradient4.4%
Maximum gradient9.2%
Elevation high877.1 m / 2,878 ft
Elevation low685.9 m / 2,250 ft
Climb difficulty score19,118.6

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Climb Rank

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🗺

This climb ranks 241,673rd out of 2,710,652 worldwide cycling climbs.

🧮

Ranked as the 16,815th most difficult cycling climb of all 337,250 climbs in United States.

📉

Places 451st out of 8,999 cycling climbs in North Carolina.

Ranks 96th out of 597 cycling climbs in Buncombe County.

🥈️

This is the second most difficult cycling climb in Fairview.

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