Originally Posted by
Steve B.
Really ?, Top 50 ?, never heard that. My Ride with GPS profile shows 3.4 miles and +1004 ft., so 5.6% plus the ramp at the top. I guess that's steep, it's just a somewhat shorter climb compared to stuff out west, or even Ascutney, Washington or Whiteface, all almost double the gradient. Plus lot's of Vermont gaps are long and hard so Cadillac seemed easy if only as it was over quicker. Good view once you get passed the buses.
I write for my audience, and my guess is that he'd find it hard.
He didn't ask about climbs, so that was just an offhand remark.