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Wards Gap Lightning Ridge Climb

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3698, Lightning Ridge Road, Fancy Gap, Carroll County, Virginia, 24328, United States
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Climb Profile

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Climb Stats

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Climb categoryUncategorised
Distance1.08 km / 0.67 miles
Elevation gain62.8 m / 206 ft
Average gradient5.8%
Maximum gradient20.4%
Elevation high903.2 m / 2,963 ft
Elevation low840.2 m / 2,757 ft
Climb difficulty score6,280.82

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Climb Rank

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This climb ranks 923,423rd out of 2,710,652 worldwide cycling climbs.

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Ranked as the 82,617th most difficult cycling climb of all 337,250 climbs in United States.

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Places 1,526th out of 9,577 cycling climbs in Virginia.

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Ranks 16th out of 25 cycling climbs in Carroll County.

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This is the second most difficult cycling climb in Fancy Gap.

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