pit of despair
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| Climb category | Category 4 |
| Distance | 1.85 km / 1.15 miles |
| Elevation gain | 130.4 m / 428 ft |
| Average gradient | 7% |
| Maximum gradient | 49.5% |
| Elevation high | 2,713.8 m / 8,904 ft |
| Elevation low | 2,579.8 m / 8,464 ft |
| Climb difficulty score | 13,035.26 |
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Climb Rank
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🗺 This climb ranks 407,893rd out of 2,710,652 worldwide cycling climbs. |
🧮 Ranked as the 30,313th most difficult cycling climb of all 337,250 climbs in United States. |
📉 Places 1,849th out of 9,358 cycling climbs in Utah. |
⚖ Ranks 616th out of 3,085 cycling climbs in Salt Lake County. |
⚖ Ranking 12th out of 21 cycling climbs in Alta. |
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