East Columbia Avenue
This long, very steep climb rises in Colorado. Expect 84 to 142 minutes. The hardest 500 metres average 30.3% and start 4.9 km in, so the worst of it lands when you are already committed. Facing southwest, it takes the afternoon heat and melts out early in the year. At 29.0 TEP it is harder than 97% of the climbs in the catalogue. Graded alpine hiking: exposed, rocky ground that needs sure feet and some use of the hands. It is part of the Hardrock 100 course.
- TEP
- 29.0
- Climb
- +1318 m
- Distance
- 6.7 km
- Average grade
- 19.6%
- Time
- 84 to 142 min
Races with this climb
Climbs nearby
- Colorado N climb, 5.2 km at 12.4% (0.4 km away)
- Liberty Bell, 3.1 km at 19.8% (0.9 km away)
- Jud Wiebe, 1.6 km at 16.6%, Colorado (1 km away)
- Sheridan Crosscut, 2.6 km at 24.4%, Colorado (1.3 km away)
- Sneffels Highline, 3.9 km at 14.3% (1.4 km away)
- Boomerang Valley Floor, 1.3 km at 16.2% (2.5 km away)
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