The grind
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| Climb category | Category 3 |
| Distance | 2.84 km / 1.76 miles |
| Elevation gain | 313.1 m / 1,027 ft |
| Average gradient | 11% |
| Maximum gradient | 25% |
| Elevation high | 1,400.2 m / 4,594 ft |
| Elevation low | 1,087.1 m / 3,567 ft |
| Climb difficulty score | 31,320.48 |
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Climb Rank
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🗺 This climb ranks 107,777th out of 2,710,652 worldwide cycling climbs. |
🧮 Ranked as the 7,009th most difficult cycling climb of all 337,250 climbs in United States. |
📉 Places 222nd out of 8,999 cycling climbs in North Carolina. |
⚖ Ranks 17th out of 213 cycling climbs in Watauga County. |
🥉 This is the third most difficult cycling climb in Beech Mountain. |
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