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The Three Bears: Papa Bear

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1830, Massachusetts Avenue, Franklin Park, Chesterbrook, McLean, Fairfax County, Virginia, 22101, United States
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Climb Stats

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Climb categoryUncategorised
Distance1.97 km / 1.22 miles
Elevation gain54.2 m / 178 ft
Average gradient2.8%
Maximum gradient14%
Elevation high126.8 m / 416 ft
Elevation low71 m / 233 ft
Climb difficulty score5,425.88

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Climb Rank

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This climb ranks 1,033,613th out of 2,710,652 worldwide cycling climbs.

🧮

Ranked as the 95,287th most difficult cycling climb of all 337,250 climbs in United States.

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Places 1,852nd out of 9,577 cycling climbs in Virginia.

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Ranks 57th out of 1,546 cycling climbs in Fairfax County.

🏵️

A local climb of note, this is the 8th most difficult cycling climb (out of 120 climbs) in McLean.

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