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Wellington — road climbs measured by LiDAR

All 58 published climbs in Wellington, 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	Haywards Hill Road	Wellington	≈caveated31.6%	2169 m	111 m	5.1%	paved	Good
2	Fore Street	Wellington	≈caveated29.5%	361 m	58 m	16.2%	paved	Good
3	Discovered lane (-40.9607, 175.0034)	Wellington	≈caveated28.4%	1675 m	168 m	10.0%	mixed surface	Good
4	Discovered lane (-41.1957, 175.0357)	Wellington	28.1%	247 m	30 m	12.0%	gravel	Good
5	Discovered lane (-41.0450, 174.9327)	Wellington	≈caveated28.0%	1076 m	196 m	18.2%	gravel	Good
6	Discovered lane (-41.1651, 174.8529)	Wellington	28.0%	615 m	104 m	16.9%	gravel	High
7	Discovered lane (-41.2714, 174.9595)	Wellington	25.5%	597 m	80 m	13.4%	paved	High
8	Discovered lane (-41.2739, 174.7652)	Wellington	≈caveated25.5%	477 m	75 m	15.7%	gravel	Good
9	Te Wharau Road	Wellington	25.4%	7676 m	214 m	2.8%	paved	Good
10	Discovered lane (-41.0724, 175.1137)	Wellington	≈caveated25.4%	350 m	64 m	18.2%	gravel	Good
11	Kowhai Street	Wellington	≈caveated25.0%	244 m	25 m	10.2%	paved	Good
12	Lerwick Terrace	Wellington	≈caveated25.0%	497 m	63 m	12.6%	paved	Needs confirmation
13	Rodrigo Road	Wellington	24.8%	336 m	43 m	12.7%	paved	High
14	Discovered lane (-41.0919, 174.9229)	Wellington	≈caveated24.7%	837 m	125 m	14.9%	gravel	Good
15	Discovered lane (-41.1398, 175.0555)	Wellington	≈caveated24.3%	381 m	49 m	13.0%	gravel	Good
16	Weld Street	Wellington	≈caveated24.0%	250 m	52 m	20.6%	paved	Good
17	Takapu Road	Wellington	24.0%	232 m	36 m	15.6%	gravel	Good
18	Discovered lane (-41.1763, 174.8115)	Wellington	≈caveated24.0%	804 m	83 m	10.3%	paved	Good
19	Discovered lane (-41.1119, 174.9332)	Wellington	≈caveated23.9%	531 m	67 m	12.5%	gravel	Good
20	Jacksons Creek Road	Wellington	23.8%	1730 m	242 m	14.0%	surface unverified	High
21	Discovered lane (-41.1303, 175.0853)	Wellington	≈caveated23.7%	485 m	72 m	14.9%	gravel	Good
22	Mortimer Terrace	Wellington	≈caveated23.5%	784 m	72 m	9.2%	paved	Good
23	Discovered lane (-41.2008, 174.8192)	Wellington	23.4%	404 m	61 m	15.0%	gravel	Good
24	Discovered lane (-41.1224, 174.9122)	Wellington	≈caveated23.2%	608 m	50 m	8.1%	gravel	Good
25	Discovered lane (-40.9801, 175.7489)	Wellington	≈caveated23.2%	2428 m	245 m	10.1%	gravel	Good
26	Hargreaves Street	Wellington	≈caveated22.8%	235 m	35 m	15.0%	paved	Good
27	Discovered lane (-41.1082, 175.1090)	Wellington	≈caveated22.8%	748 m	88 m	11.7%	paved	Good
28	Discovered lane (-41.1652, 174.9408)	Wellington	22.6%	327 m	51 m	15.7%	gravel	High
29	Hadfield Road	Wellington	22.4%	789 m	104 m	13.2%	paved	High
30	Discovered lane (-40.8727, 175.0780)	Wellington	22.4%	413 m	67 m	16.3%	mixed surface	High
31	Discovered lane (-41.1873, 174.8427)	Wellington	22.2%	1315 m	104 m	7.9%	mixed surface	High
32	Discovered lane (-41.0255, 174.9383)	Wellington	≈caveated22.1%	310 m	43 m	13.8%	gravel	Good
33	Hungerford Road	Wellington	21.9%	357 m	56 m	15.6%	paved	High
34	Hay Street	Wellington	≈caveated21.8%	226 m	38 m	16.6%	paved	Good
35	Discovered lane (-41.1861, 174.8979)	Wellington	21.5%	4606 m	351 m	7.6%	paved	Needs confirmation
36	Discovered lane (-41.1181, 175.0321)	Wellington	21.4%	415 m	58 m	14.0%	gravel	Good
37	Discovered lane (-41.1193, 174.9179)	Wellington	≈caveated21.3%	579 m	60 m	10.3%	gravel	Good
38	Discovered lane (-41.2990, 175.4092)	Wellington	21.1%	504 m	52 m	10.3%	gravel	High
39	Discovered lane (-41.2553, 174.7846)	Wellington	21.1%	578 m	62 m	10.8%	paved	Good
40	Discovered lane (-41.2080, 175.0321)	Wellington	≈caveated21.0%	814 m	57 m	7.0%	gravel	Good
41	Discovered lane (-41.1215, 174.9004)	Wellington	20.9%	364 m	34 m	9.3%	mixed surface	Good
42	Cecil Road	Wellington	≈caveated20.8%	1589 m	104 m	6.6%	paved	Good
43	Discovered lane (-40.9660, 175.7800)	Wellington	≈caveated20.8%	503 m	67 m	13.3%	gravel	Good
44	Discovered lane (-41.1133, 174.9209)	Wellington	20.8%	855 m	91 m	10.7%	paved	High
45	Discovered lane (-41.0665, 174.8618)	Wellington	≈caveated20.7%	900 m	87 m	9.7%	mixed surface	Good
46	Norwich Street	Wellington	≈caveated20.6%	979 m	72 m	7.3%	paved	Good
47	Aurora Terrace	Wellington	≈caveated20.6%	736 m	93 m	12.7%	paved	Good
48	Discovered lane (-41.3306, 174.7399)	Wellington	≈caveated20.6%	2595 m	244 m	9.4%	mixed surface	Good
49	Discovered lane (-40.9203, 175.0255)	Wellington	≈caveated20.6%	2035 m	145 m	7.1%	mixed surface	Good
50	Frankmoore Avenue	Wellington	20.6%	606 m	51 m	8.4%	paved	High
51	Waterfall Road	Wellington	≈caveated20.6%	4231 m	295 m	7.0%	mixed surface	Needs confirmation
52	Discovered lane (-41.2828, 174.9536)	Wellington	≈caveated20.5%	514 m	55 m	10.7%	gravel	Good
53	Puketiro Road	Wellington	≈caveated20.5%	1975 m	206 m	10.5%	gravel	Needs confirmation
54	Orihau Terrace	Wellington	≈caveated20.4%	745 m	102 m	13.7%	paved	Good
55	Pomare Road	Wellington	20.4%	707 m	86 m	12.1%	paved	Needs confirmation
56	Discovered lane (-40.8557, 175.0852)	Wellington	20.4%	234 m	33 m	13.9%	gravel	High
57	Tunnel Gully	Wellington	20.4%	863 m	51 m	6.0%	paved	High
58	Lindis Lane	Wellington	20.3%	352 m	51 m	14.5%	gravel	High