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Canterbury — road climbs measured by LiDAR

All 92 published climbs in Canterbury, ranked by their steepest 25 m and measured on the national 1 m LiDAR terrain model (Toitū Te Whenua Land Information New Zealand).

Surface: · Caveated rows: (ranks stay the true ranks) · every published row is listed here — the toggles filter this page without hiding anything from the links above.

#	Climb	Region	Max 25 m	Length	Net rise	Overall	Surface	Evidence
1	Panama Road	Canterbury	≈caveated28.5%	1878 m	344 m	18.3%	gravel	Good
2	Bachelors Road	Canterbury	≈caveated27.5%	1351 m	217 m	16.1%	gravel	Good
3	Discovered lane (-43.2053, 171.7056)	Canterbury	≈caveated27.4%	263 m	33 m	12.4%	gravel	Needs confirmation
4	Old Port Levy Road	Canterbury	26.9%	1770 m	211 m	11.9%	surface unverified	Good
5	Pawsons Valley Road	Canterbury	≈caveated26.7%	395 m	73 m	18.4%	gravel	Needs confirmation
6	Robin Hood Bay Road	Canterbury	≈caveated26.3%	2640 m	211 m	8.0%	gravel	Good
7	Leonardo Lane	Canterbury	≈caveated26.1%	606 m	107 m	17.6%	gravel	Good
8	Reeces Road	Canterbury	26.0%	2777 m	259 m	9.3%	surface unverified	High
9	Haylocks Road	Canterbury	≈caveated26.0%	1751 m	253 m	14.4%	paved	Good
10	Vangioni Lane	Canterbury	25.9%	235 m	45 m	19.0%	paved	High
11	Middle Road	Canterbury	25.8%	3039 m	354 m	11.7%	mixed surface	Good
12	Discovered lane (-43.7897, 172.9476)	Canterbury	25.8%	502 m	79 m	15.8%	gravel	High
13	Maffeys Road	Canterbury	≈caveated25.6%	464 m	83 m	17.8%	paved	Good
14	Whaka Terrace	Canterbury	25.6%	604 m	80 m	13.2%	paved	High
15	Lookout Road	Canterbury	≈caveated25.5%	2846 m	96 m	3.4%	mixed surface	Needs confirmation
16	Ross Parade	Canterbury	≈caveated25.1%	793 m	107 m	13.5%	paved	Good
17	Ross Terrace	Canterbury	24.8%	930 m	108 m	11.6%	paved	High
18	Lighthouse Road	Canterbury	24.7%	2716 m	233 m	8.6%	gravel	Needs confirmation
19	Mt Olympus Road	Canterbury	≈caveated24.6%	3281 m	486 m	14.8%	gravel	Good
20	Oxford Street	Canterbury	24.6%	600 m	77 m	12.8%	paved	High
21	McIntosh Road	Canterbury	24.5%	767 m	101 m	13.2%	gravel	Good
22	Galilee Lane	Canterbury	24.5%	274 m	49 m	18.0%	paved	High
23	Starvation Gully Road	Canterbury	24.0%	686 m	132 m	19.2%	gravel	High
24	Kakariki Lane	Canterbury	23.9%	202 m	30 m	14.9%	paved	Good
25	School House Road	Canterbury	23.9%	438 m	70 m	15.9%	gravel	Good
26	Wainui Valley Road	Canterbury	≈caveated23.8%	1752 m	230 m	13.1%	mixed surface	Needs confirmation
27	Robinsons Bay Valley Road	Canterbury	23.8%	2058 m	253 m	12.3%	gravel	Good
28	Flea Bay Road	Canterbury	23.5%	5794 m	630 m	10.9%	gravel	Good
29	Frasers Road	Canterbury	≈caveated23.2%	1151 m	188 m	16.3%	gravel	Good
30	Discovered lane (-43.6206, 172.5718)	Canterbury	≈caveated23.2%	777 m	133 m	17.1%	gravel	Good
31	Merlewood Avenue	Canterbury	≈caveated23.1%	330 m	55 m	16.8%	paved	Good
32	Lands End Road	Canterbury	23.1%	718 m	107 m	14.9%	gravel	High
33	Lighthouse Road	Canterbury	23.0%	2895 m	406 m	14.0%	paved	High
34	Reserve Terrace	Canterbury	23.0%	1845 m	96 m	5.2%	paved	High
35	Hickory Ridge Road	Canterbury	22.6%	3665 m	132 m	3.6%	surface unverified	High
36	Stony Bay Road	Canterbury	≈caveated22.5%	3414 m	404 m	11.8%	gravel	Good
37	Challenger Lane	Canterbury	22.3%	525 m	65 m	12.3%	paved	High
38	Pettigrews Road	Canterbury	≈caveated22.3%	3348 m	385 m	11.5%	gravel	Good
39	London Street	Canterbury	22.2%	1127 m	146 m	13.0%	paved	Good
40	Selwyn Road	Canterbury	22.2%	848 m	118 m	14.0%	paved	Good
41	Conical Hill Road	Canterbury	22.2%	417 m	35 m	8.4%	paved	High
42	Lands End Road	Canterbury	22.2%	1874 m	133 m	7.1%	gravel	Needs confirmation
43	Virginia Road	Canterbury	≈caveated22.0%	6906 m	185 m	2.7%	gravel	Good
44	Tikao Bay Road	Canterbury	≈caveated21.8%	817 m	98 m	12.0%	paved	Good
45	Pringles Gully Road	Canterbury	≈caveated21.8%	6747 m	308 m	4.6%	gravel	Good
46	St Davids Street	Canterbury	21.8%	1411 m	155 m	11.0%	paved	High
47	Holmeswood Rise	Canterbury	21.8%	2576 m	221 m	8.6%	gravel	High
48	Broken River Road	Canterbury	≈caveated21.6%	386 m	51 m	13.3%	gravel	Good
49	Jollies Pass Road	Canterbury	21.5%	4312 m	419 m	9.7%	gravel	High
50	Onuku Farm Hostel	Canterbury	≈caveated21.5%	1726 m	208 m	12.1%	paved	Good
51	Lighthouse Road	Canterbury	21.3%	4075 m	474 m	11.6%	gravel	High
52	Discovered lane (-43.5710, 172.7125)	Canterbury	21.2%	366 m	52 m	14.1%	paved	High
53	Shadbolts Road	Canterbury	≈caveated21.2%	2424 m	267 m	11.0%	gravel	Good
54	Jubilee Road	Canterbury	≈caveated21.1%	347 m	54 m	15.5%	paved	Good
55	Mt Olympus Road	Canterbury	≈caveated21.1%	6915 m	366 m	5.3%	gravel	Good
56	Duvauchelle Stock Route	Canterbury	≈caveated21.1%	3494 m	403 m	11.5%	mixed surface	Good
57	Dalglishs Road	Canterbury	21.0%	3942 m	392 m	10.0%	mixed surface	Good
58	Gale Cutting Road	Canterbury	21.0%	1872 m	73 m	3.9%	gravel	Good
59	Discovered lane (-43.2700, 172.3576)	Canterbury	20.9%	1095 m	96 m	8.7%	gravel	High
60	Glenkens Road	Canterbury	20.8%	2342 m	240 m	10.3%	gravel	High
61	Discovered lane (-43.7481, 172.9338)	Canterbury	20.8%	547 m	49 m	9.0%	mixed surface	Good
62	Highview Lane	Canterbury	20.8%	334 m	35 m	10.4%	paved	High
63	Discovered lane (-43.0487, 172.8027)	Canterbury	≈caveated20.8%	1441 m	87 m	6.0%	gravel	Good
64	Discovered lane (-43.8177, 173.0761)	Canterbury	20.8%	1139 m	128 m	11.3%	gravel	High
65	Inverness Lane	Canterbury	20.7%	216 m	31 m	14.2%	paved	High
66	Bells Road	Canterbury	≈caveated20.7%	862 m	65 m	7.6%	gravel	Good
67	Reids Hill Road	Canterbury	20.6%	3719 m	428 m	11.5%	gravel	High
68	Red Rock Lane	Canterbury	≈caveated20.6%	691 m	96 m	14.0%	paved	Good
69	Cathedral Road	Canterbury	≈caveated20.6%	4115 m	167 m	4.1%	paved	Good
70	Big Hill Road	Canterbury	20.5%	1678 m	184 m	11.0%	gravel	High
71	Crallans Drain Road	Canterbury	20.4%	640 m	45 m	7.1%	gravel	High
72	Allandale Lane	Canterbury	20.4%	1293 m	126 m	9.7%	gravel	Good
73	Morrisons Road	Canterbury	≈caveated20.4%	395 m	43 m	11.0%	paved	Good
74	Moncks Spur Road	Canterbury	20.3%	1124 m	151 m	13.4%	paved	High
75	Discovered lane (-43.5982, 172.6891)	Canterbury	20.2%	562 m	77 m	13.7%	gravel	High
76	Symonds Road	Canterbury	20.2%	790 m	103 m	13.1%	gravel	High
77	Discovered lane (-43.6346, 172.7119)	Canterbury	20.1%	390 m	41 m	10.5%	paved	High
78	Big Hill Road	Canterbury	20.1%	3072 m	295 m	9.6%	gravel	Good
79	Summit Road	Canterbury	≈caveated19.9%	7608 m	574 m	7.5%	paved	Good
80	Summit Road	Canterbury	≈caveated18.6%	9525 m	538 m	5.6%	paved	Good
81	Port Levy Pigeon Bay Road	Canterbury	18.4%	4327 m	467 m	10.8%	gravel	Good
82	Hickory Bay Road	Canterbury	18.3%	6409 m	667 m	10.4%	paved	Good
83	Mt Hutt Skifield Road	Canterbury	17.9%	10057 m	986 m	9.8%	gravel	High
84	Glenstrae Road	Canterbury	17.7%	1717 m	183 m	10.7%	paved	High
85	Decanter Bay Road	Canterbury	17.6%	1856 m	189 m	10.2%	paved	High
86	Ohau Snowfield Access Road	Canterbury	17.6%	8909 m	937 m	10.5%	gravel	High
87	Bossu Road	Canterbury	≈caveated17.3%	8092 m	549 m	6.8%	mixed surface	Good
88	Lavericks Road	Canterbury	17.1%	1950 m	221 m	11.3%	gravel	Good
89	Richmond Hill Road	Canterbury	16.9%	1893 m	199 m	10.5%	paved	High
90	Clifton Terrace	Canterbury	16.8%	1630 m	181 m	11.1%	paved	High
91	Long Bay Road	Canterbury	15.4%	2165 m	265 m	12.2%	gravel	Good
92	Arthur's Pass from Arthur's Pass	Canterbury	≈caveated13.0%	3813 m	174 m	4.6%	paved	Good