Howardsville - Back Creek to gravel
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| Climb category | Uncategorised |
| Distance | 1.9 km / 1.18 miles |
| Elevation gain | 40.3 m / 132 ft |
| Average gradient | 2.1% |
| Maximum gradient | 5.9% |
| Elevation high | 487.1 m / 1,598 ft |
| Elevation low | 446.7 m / 1,466 ft |
| Climb difficulty score | 4,021.85 |
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|---|---|---|---|
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Climb Rank
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🗺 This climb ranks 1,279,923rd out of 2,710,652 worldwide cycling climbs. |
🧮 Ranked as the 125,742nd most difficult cycling climb of all 337,250 climbs in United States. |
📉 Places 2,714th out of 9,577 cycling climbs in Virginia. |
⚖ Ranks 84th out of 177 cycling climbs in Augusta County. |
🏵️ A local climb of note, this is the 4th most difficult cycling climb (out of 5 climbs) in Sherando. |
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