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Gisborne — road climbs measured by LiDAR
All 3 published climbs in Gisborne, ranked by their steepest 25 m and measured on the national 1 m LiDAR terrain model (Toitū Te Whenua Land Information New Zealand).
Surface: Paved roads All surfaces · Caveated rows: Show Hide (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 Bruce Road Gisborne ≈ caveated 30.7%2178 m 78 m 3.6% gravel Good 2 Mahaki Settlement Road Gisborne ≈ caveated 21.6%2986 m 138 m 4.6% gravel Needs confirmation 3 Golf Course Road Gisborne 20.5% 900 m 48 m 5.4% gravel Good
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This page last changed 28 September 2026 — what changed across the survey .
Gradients are LiDAR-derived road-centreline measurements over stated plan distances — not surveyed asphalt gradients. Windows of 2–3 m are diagnostic only (raster-noise scale) and are never used in rankings. Nothing on this site is a route recommendation: climbs are measured from open data, not vetted, inspected or guaranteed. Access, rights of way, surfaces, traffic and safety are yours to judge on the ground.
Road geometry © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL). Elevation: nz-elevation 1 m DEM/DSM national LiDAR mosaic © Toitū Te Whenua Land Information New Zealand (LINZ), CC BY 4.0; road classes and surfaces from LINZ Topo50 road centrelines and LINZ Addressing road sections (LINZ Data Service), CC BY 4.0. Reuse of this site's own work: any individual climb's page and charts CC BY 4.0, the dataset ODbL 1.0 — details .