The Widowmaker
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Climb Stats
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| Climb category | Cat. 4 |
| Distance | 1.21 km / 0.75 miles |
| Elevation gain | 149.4 m / 490 ft |
| Average gradient | 12.4% |
| Maximum gradient | 16.6% |
| Elevation high | 293.2 m / 962 ft |
| Elevation low | 143.8 m / 472 ft |
| Climb difficulty score | 14,942 |
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Climb Rank
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🗺 This climb ranks 340,913th out of 2,710,648 worldwide cycling climbs. |
🧮 Ranked as the 24,790th most difficult cycling climb of all 337,249 climbs in United States. |
📉 Places 623rd out of 12,150 cycling climbs in Washington. |
⚖ Ranks 221st out of 5,997 cycling climbs in King County. |
⚖ Ranking 54th out of 565 cycling climbs in Bellevue. |
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