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U.S. 129 Climb

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Calderwood Highway, Calderwood, Blount County, East Tennessee, Tennessee, 37878, United States
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Climb Profile

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Climb Stats

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Climb categoryCategory 4
Distance1.5 km / 0.93 miles
Elevation gain98.2 m / 322 ft
Average gradient6.5%
Maximum gradient39.9%
Elevation high540.2 m / 1,772 ft
Elevation low442 m / 1,450 ft
Climb difficulty score9,814.58

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Climb Rank

How does this climb compare against every other climb in the world?

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This climb ranks 584,328th out of 2,710,652 worldwide cycling climbs.

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Ranked as the 46,645th most difficult cycling climb of all 337,250 climbs in United States.

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Places 602nd out of 5,985 cycling climbs in Tennessee.

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Ranks 48th out of 297 cycling climbs in Blount County.

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This is the second most difficult cycling climb in Calderwood.

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