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Bear Branch Rd Climb

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Grassy Gap Creek Road, Beech Mountain, Watauga County, North Carolina, United States
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Climb Profile

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1040 m1080 m1120 m1160 m3.7% from 0 m to 27 m2.1% from 27 m to 102 m1.3% from 102 m to 110 m3.3% from 110 m to 141 m4.9% from 141 m to 155 m4.1% from 155 m to 182 m4.7% from 182 m to 207 m6.0% from 207 m to 219 m8.0% from 219 m to 249 m6.0% from 249 m to 265 m7.2% from 265 m to 274 m10.0% from 274 m to 278 m13.0% from 278 m to 285 m13.2% from 285 m to 289 m8.0% from 289 m to 303 m5.9% from 303 m to 325 m10.6% from 325 m to 346 m10.4% from 346 m to 362 m9.3% from 362 m to 374 m6.9% from 374 m to 388 m9.0% from 388 m to 408 m10.6% from 408 m to 424 m8.4% from 424 m to 433 m6.5% from 433 m to 436 m6.5% from 436 m to 439 m7.7% from 439 m to 457 m8.6% from 457 m to 474 m11.8% from 474 m to 491 m13.6% from 491 m to 505 m16.4% from 505 m to 517 m11.8% from 517 m to 526 m7.9% from 526 m to 537 m6.5% from 537 m to 553 m6.9% from 553 m to 573 m10.4% from 573 m to 589 m7.2% from 589 m to 600 m11.6% from 600 m to 613 m8.0% from 613 m to 625 m8.3% from 625 m to 629 m7.7% from 629 m to 632 m4.0% from 632 m to 634 m9.6% from 634 m to 650 m6.7% from 650 m to 659 m9.5% from 659 m to 661 m10.4% from 661 m to 678 m10.2% from 678 m to 698 m9.3% from 698 m to 713 m9.2% from 713 m to 730 m7.8% from 730 m to 745 m9.2% from 745 m to 764 m10.7% from 764 m to 782 m13.3% from 782 m to 792 m16.1% from 792 m to 811 m14.4% from 811 m to 826 m16.0% from 826 m to 837 m8.6% from 837 m to 854 m3.7% from 854 m to 856 m6.7% from 856 m to 859 m8.8% from 859 m to 869 m9.1% from 869 m to 877 m8.3% from 877 m to 889 m8.2% from 889 m to 905 m11.5% from 905 m to 916 m12.9% from 916 m to 927 m16.4% from 927 m to 939 m6.9% from 939 m to 956 m14.7% from 956 m to 969 m9.1% from 969 m to 984 m12.4% from 984 m to 1.0 km11.8% from 1.0 km to 1.0 km10.3% from 1.0 km to 1.0 km23.8% from 1.0 km to 1.0 km18.2% from 1.0 km to 1.1 km14.8% from 1.1 km to 1.1 km-1.8% from 1.1 km to 1.1 km-2.9% from 1.1 km to 1.1 km10.9% from 1.1 km to 1.1 km5.8% from 1.1 km to 1.1 km13.7% from 1.1 km to 1.1 km20.3% from 1.1 km to 1.1 km14.4% from 1.1 km to 1.1 km14.5% from 1.1 km to 1.1 km18.9% from 1.1 km to 1.2 km11.8% from 1.2 km to 1.2 km13.9% from 1.2 km to 1.2 km8.0% from 1.2 km to 1.2 km8.4% from 1.2 km to 1.2 km13.7% from 1.2 km to 1.2 km4%9%9%11%13%0 m250 m500 m750 m1 km
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Climb Stats

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Climb categoryCategory 4
Distance1.24 km / 0.77 miles
Elevation gain114 m / 374 ft
Average gradient9.2%
Maximum gradient17.3%
Elevation high1,157.97 m / 3,799 ft
Elevation low1,043.96 m / 3,425 ft
Climb difficulty score11,396.84

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Climb Rank

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This climb ranks 484,726th out of 2,710,652 worldwide cycling climbs.

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Ranked as the 37,222nd most difficult cycling climb of all 337,250 climbs in United States.

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Places 793rd out of 8,999 cycling climbs in North Carolina.

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Ranks 95th out of 213 cycling climbs in Watauga County.

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A local climb of note, this is the 9th most difficult cycling climb (out of 14 climbs) in Beech Mountain.

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