The Precipice Trail

A short, very steep climb above Bar Harbor in Maine. The hardest 500 metres average 34.4% and come almost at once, before your legs have settled. Expect 13 to 22 minutes. At 9.0 TEP it is harder than 76% of the climbs in the catalogue. It faces east: sun early, shade after lunch. Graded mountain hiking: rougher ground where footing starts to matter. The nearest named summit, Champlain Mountain at 323 m, is 263 m away.

TEP: 9.0
Climb: +215 m
Distance: 0.7 km
Average grade: 29.1%
Time: 13 to 22 min

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