From
the Wal-Mart parking lot to the top is 30.7
miles.
It is 10.5 miles to Eyebrow Ridge. Eyebrow Ridge climbs 1346 feet
in 4
miles (average gradient 6%) to the Parkway
where it is then 16.3 miles of climbing. This section:
- climbs 3172 feet
- has an average
gradient of 3.8%
- includes three
tunnels and has a 2 mile downhill at mile 21
- Tour de France
equivalent is the Col du Lautaret [15.8m at 4%]
