Originally Posted by Crash716

It's not really bad at all...the 6% part is actually paved and about 300yds past that the hard pack dirt starts and it averages around 2-4%. It's a big ring climb the whole time, seriously, I am weak and i climbed the whole thing in the big ring and I am not a power house by any means. Ride it on a road bike with aero bars, you'll be fine, or even better, before bashing a course you know nothing about ride it first, then come back and speak intelligently about it.