Mind the Switchback
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Climb Stats
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| Climb category | Cat. 4 |
| Distance | 1.36 km / 0.85 miles |
| Elevation gain | 87.2 m / 286 ft |
| Average gradient | 6.4% |
| Maximum gradient | 22.5% |
| Elevation high | 164.8 m / 541 ft |
| Elevation low | 76 m / 249 ft |
| Climb difficulty score | 8,724.01 |
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Climb Rank
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🗺 This climb ranks 676,770th out of 2,710,648 worldwide cycling climbs. |
🧮 Ranked as the 55,795th most difficult cycling climb of all 337,249 climbs in United States. |
📉 Places 1,824th out of 6,884 cycling climbs in Oregon. |
⚖ Ranks 177th out of 958 cycling climbs in Washington County. |
⚖ Ranking 40th out of 279 cycling climbs in Beaverton. |
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