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Southland — road climbs measured by LiDAR

All 14 published climbs in Southland, 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.

#ClimbRegionMax 25 mLengthNet riseOverallSurfaceEvidence
1Gregory StreetSouthland31.4%243 m28 m11.6%pavedHigh
2Flagstaff RoadSouthland25.3%2299 m251 m10.9%pavedHigh
3Excelsior RoadSouthland25.1%495 m64 m12.9%pavedHigh
4Fielding RoadSouthland≈caveated24.8%3085 m232 m7.5%gravelGood
5Thornhill RoadSouthland≈caveated23.7%2553 m275 m10.8%gravelGood
6Bell RoadSouthland≈caveated22.8%2056 m149 m7.2%gravelGood
7Discovered lane (-46.0525, 168.5199)Southland22.8%1553 m98 m6.3%gravelGood
8Kaka Ridge RoadSouthland22.0%247 m39 m15.6%pavedHigh
9Hedgehope Hill RoadSouthland21.6%3689 m374 m10.1%gravelGood
10Palmer StreetSouthland21.6%357 m36 m10.1%pavedHigh
11Hogg RoadSouthland≈caveated21.4%1308 m103 m7.9%gravelGood
12Shoot RoadSouthland≈caveated20.8%877 m64 m7.3%gravelNeeds confirmation
13Ringaringa RoadSouthland20.5%547 m35 m6.4%surface unverifiedHigh
14Hillary RoadSouthland18.5%2106 m215 m10.2%gravelGood