Quartz Mountain
Quartz Mountain is a short, very steep climb in Washington. At 6.0 TEP it sits around the middle of the catalogue. Its steepest 500 metres run at 30.6% and start 177 m in, in the middle of the climb, so pace the first part. Most runners need 10 to 17 minutes. Southeast-facing, so it takes the morning sun and clears of snow earlier in spring. The nearest named summit, Horse Mountain at 1,552 m, is 244 m away.
- TEP
- 6.0
- Climb
- +164 m
- Distance
- 0.6 km
- Average grade
- 26.9%
- Time
- 10 to 17 min
Climbs nearby
- Ragged Ridge South, 1.2 km at 18.9% (1 km away)
- Round Top South, 1.4 km at 13.1% (2.3 km away)
- Linder Road Getaway, 633 m at 19.8% (2.5 km away)
- Camp Fosseen, 1.5 km at 19.4%, Washington (3.6 km away)
- Old Power Line, 1.1 km at 19.9% (4 km away)
- Snowshoe Route, 846 m at 27.0% (4.5 km away)
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