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Tag: California

Posted on July 9, 2012May 19, 2017

Cycling USA: Climbing Mt. Baldy

Ever since I booked my flights to the US, I knew I wanted to climb Mt. Baldy. It’s a climb that featured in this year’s Tour of California, it’s reasonably close to LA where my brother Ash and I would be staying for four nights, and it’s billed as the hardest climb in Southern California. How could I not try it? Read more “Cycling USA: Climbing Mt. Baldy”

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The science of climbing

  • An introduction to gradients
  • How much harder are steeper climbs
  • Why power-to-weight ratios matter

Climb guides

  • Arthurs Seat
  • Boroka Lookout
  • Buckland Gap
  • Chum Creek Road
  • Dinner Plain
  • Falls Creek (Mt. Beauty side)
  • Falls Creek (Omeo side)
  • Humevale Road
  • Inverness Road
  • Kinglake
  • Lake Mountain
  • Mt. Baw Baw
  • Mt. Buffalo
  • Mt. Buller
  • Mt. Buninyong
  • Mt. Donna Buang
  • Mt. Hotham
  • Mt. Macedon (Gisborne side)
  • Mt. Macedon (Woodend side)
  • Mt. William
  • Myrtleford-Stanley Road
  • One Tree Hill (Ararat)
  • Panton Gap (Healesville side)
  • Perrins Creek Road
  • Reeds Lookout
  • Skenes Creek Road
  • Skyline Road
  • Tawonga Gap (Bright side)
  • Tawonga Gap (Mt. Beauty side)
  • Terrys Avenue
  • The 1 in 20
  • The Crescent
  • The Devil's Elbows
  • The Wall
  • Wild Dog Creek Road/Busty Road

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