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The Safe Way Up

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West Dinosaur, Rapid City, Pennington County, South Dakota, 57701, United States
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1015 m1045 m1080 m1110 m-8.3% from 0 m to 4 m3.9% from 4 m to 11 m6.8% from 11 m to 16 m-16.1% from 16 m to 19 m-6.2% from 19 m to 25 m-10.0% from 25 m to 31 m14.5% from 31 m to 37 m14.0% from 37 m to 43 m50.0% from 43 m to 47 m-11.1% from 47 m to 50 m29.0% from 50 m to 57 m13.2% from 57 m to 60 m25.7% from 60 m to 64 m2.5% from 64 m to 68 m12.0% from 68 m to 73 m23.3% from 73 m to 76 m-10.5% from 76 m to 82 m-1.9% from 82 m to 87 m-25.6% from 87 m to 91 m14.9% from 91 m to 95 m4.1% from 95 m to 100 m-40.0% from 100 m to 104 m17.7% from 104 m to 110 m40.8% from 110 m to 115 m22.5% from 115 m to 119 m57.4% from 119 m to 124 m6.7% from 124 m to 130 m32.4% from 130 m to 133 m15.2% from 133 m to 140 m22.6% from 140 m to 143 m0.0% from 143 m to 148 m-24.2% from 148 m to 152 m-19.4% from 152 m to 155 m5.6% from 155 m to 161 m6.5% from 161 m to 164 m5.4% from 164 m to 168 m-10.1% from 168 m to 174 m6.4% from 174 m to 179 m-14.3% from 179 m to 183 m18.6% from 183 m to 188 m-25.8% from 188 m to 191 m12.8% from 191 m to 195 m8.9% from 195 m to 199 m6.1% from 199 m to 202 m2.3% from 202 m to 207 m-2.5% from 207 m to 211 m-14.3% from 211 m to 214 m-15.8% from 214 m to 218 m16.7% from 218 m to 222 m3.2% from 222 m to 225 m12.9% from 225 m to 228 m29.8% from 228 m to 234 m24.4% from 234 m to 238 m0.0% from 238 m to 241 m-10.4% from 241 m to 246 m6.3% from 246 m to 249 m-25.0% from 249 m to 253 m19.0% from 253 m to 259 m21.1% from 259 m to 263 m10.9% from 263 m to 268 m24.3% from 268 m to 272 m7.1% from 272 m to 276 m1.7% from 276 m to 282 m33.3% from 282 m to 285 m17.6% from 285 m to 290 m18.0% from 290 m to 295 m-14.8% from 295 m to 301 m7.7% from 301 m to 305 m4.9% from 305 m to 309 m12.5% from 309 m to 314 m10.2% from 314 m to 320 m15.6% from 320 m to 323 m12.1% from 323 m to 326 m-20.8% from 326 m to 331 m2.7% from 331 m to 335 m45.2% from 335 m to 338 m38.1% from 338 m to 342 m27.6% from 342 m to 348 m25.0% from 348 m to 354 m35.5% from 354 m to 357 m-22.1% from 357 m to 364 m-27.5% from 364 m to 371 m20.0% from 371 m to 374 m-24.2% from 374 m to 378 m-33.8% from 378 m to 386 m6.6% from 386 m to 392 m-14.7% from 392 m to 395 m0.0% from 395 m to 398 m22.9% from 398 m to 402 m-12.5% from 402 m to 406 m34.3% from 406 m to 409 m38.9% from 409 m to 413 m-4.6% from 413 m to 419 m13.2% from 419 m to 423 m-18.4% from 423 m to 427 m18.2% from 427 m to 430 m12.5% from 430 m to 436 m20.6% from 436 m to 439 m60.5% from 439 m to 443 m31.8% from 443 m to 448 m18.4% from 448 m to 451 m37.2% from 451 m to 456 m-1.3% from 456 m to 463 m4.5% from 463 m to 468 m2.7% from 468 m to 472 m-2.4% from 472 m to 476 m-6.3% from 476 m to 479 m18.2% from 479 m to 486 m0.0% from 486 m to 489 m8.6% from 489 m to 493 m-33.3% from 493 m to 496 m-9.1% from 496 m to 503 m23.5% from 503 m to 506 m25.6% from 506 m to 510 m-11.5% from 510 m to 515 m35.1% from 515 m to 519 m-77.3% from 519 m to 524 m-6.2% from 524 m to 528 m0.0% from 528 m to 533 m2.3% from 533 m to 538 m36.2% from 538 m to 542 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km36.4% from 1.2 km to 1.2 km38.7% from 1.2 km to 1.2 km-26.5% from 1.2 km to 1.2 km37.8% from 1.2 km to 1.2 km25.6% from 1.2 km to 1.2 km15.4% from 1.2 km to 1.2 km5.3% from 1.2 km to 1.3 km-20.0% from 1.3 km to 1.3 km12.9% from 1.3 km to 1.3 km-18.8% from 1.3 km to 1.3 km21.2% from 1.3 km to 1.3 km14.5% from 1.3 km to 1.3 km11.4% from 1.3 km to 1.3 km-3.3% from 1.3 km to 1.3 km7.8% from 1.3 km to 1.3 km-2.9% from 1.3 km to 1.3 km-3.2% from 1.3 km to 1.3 km-9.4% from 1.3 km to 1.3 km15.6% from 1.3 km to 1.3 km-8.8% from 1.3 km to 1.3 km0.0% from 1.3 km to 1.3 km4.8% from 1.3 km to 1.3 km13.9% from 1.3 km to 1.3 km13.5% from 1.3 km to 1.3 km-16.7% from 1.3 km to 1.3 km20.0% from 1.3 km to 1.3 km-2.5% from 1.3 km to 1.3 km-24.3% from 1.3 km to 1.3 km9.7% from 1.3 km to 1.3 km-10.4% from 1.3 km to 1.3 km34.0% from 1.3 km to 1.4 km7.5% from 1.4 km to 1.4 km18.4% from 1.4 km to 1.4 km0.0% from 1.4 km to 1.4 km-19.4% from 1.4 km to 1.4 km15.2% from 1.4 km to 1.4 km13.3% from 1.4 km to 1.4 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Climb Stats

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Climb categoryCategory 4
Distance1.38 km / 0.86 miles
Elevation gain86.3 m / 283 ft
Average gradient6.3%
Maximum gradient49.1%
Elevation high1,105.2 m / 3,626 ft
Elevation low1,017.7 m / 3,339 ft
Climb difficulty score8,627.53

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Climb Rank

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This climb ranks 686,509th out of 2,710,652 worldwide cycling climbs.

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Ranked as the 56,800th most difficult cycling climb of all 337,250 climbs in United States.

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Places 194th out of 562 cycling climbs in South Dakota.

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Ranks 114th out of 302 cycling climbs in Pennington County.

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Ranking 57th out of 177 cycling climbs in Rapid City.

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