Continental Divide (West side)
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Climb Stats
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| Climb category | Category 3 |
| Distance | 6.78 km / 4.21 miles |
| Elevation gain | 199.1 m / 653 ft |
| Average gradient | 2.9% |
| Maximum gradient | 9.2% |
| Elevation high | 877.1 m / 2,878 ft |
| Elevation low | 676.1 m / 2,218 ft |
| Climb difficulty score | 19,930.26 |
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|---|---|---|---|
Continental Divide (West) Fairview, Buncombe County | 4.39 km | 4.4% | 191 m |
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Bookwalter Binge Gran Fondo Timed Segment #2 (2019) Fairview, Buncombe County | 3.72 km | 4.9% | 181 m |
Church Road Climb Fairview, Buncombe County | 2.14 km | 4% | 86 m |
Garren Creek Bottom Fairview, Buncombe County | 1.37 km | 4.4% | 63 m |
Climb Rank
How does this climb compare against every other climb in the world?
🗺 This climb ranks 227,411th out of 2,710,652 worldwide cycling climbs. |
🧮 Ranked as the 15,819th most difficult cycling climb of all 337,250 climbs in United States. |
📉 Places 427th out of 8,999 cycling climbs in North Carolina. |
⚖ Ranks 91st out of 597 cycling climbs in Buncombe County. |
🥇 This is the most difficult cycling climb in Fairview. |
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