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Ride the snake

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NC 226A Alternate, Wildacres, McDowell County, North Carolina, 28749, United States
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Climb Profile

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Climb Stats

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Climb categoryCategory 3
Distance3.46 km / 2.15 miles
Elevation gain174.4 m / 572 ft
Average gradient5%
Maximum gradient8.3%
Elevation high1,043.1 m / 3,422 ft
Elevation low868.7 m / 2,850 ft
Climb difficulty score17,425.8

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Climb Rank

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🗺

This climb ranks 276,071st out of 2,710,652 worldwide cycling climbs.

🧮

Ranked as the 19,461st most difficult cycling climb of all 337,250 climbs in United States.

📉

Places 505th out of 8,999 cycling climbs in North Carolina.

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Ranks 30th out of 55 cycling climbs in McDowell County.

🏵️

A local climb of note, this is the 4th most difficult cycling climb (out of 5 climbs) in Wildacres.

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