Thread: How do you calculate %gradient of a hill?
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Old 08-18-11 | 02:09 PM
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Originally Posted by gregf83
rise/run. Measure the elevation change and divide by the distance traveled. For example, if you climb a hill that has a change in elevation of 500 ft and it is 5000 ft long the gradient would be 500/5000 = 10%.
Actually it would be the elevation change divided by the square root of the distance traveled squared minus the elevation change squared.
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