Pollard, Matthew wrote:
>
> Back to the steep hill thread...
>
> I've been up Sonora Pass. It is steep, but only really steep for a short
> amount of time. What hurts up there is the altitude (10K).  But for length
> and steepness, Old Priest Grade, a bypass on Highway 120 in California, has
> got to top the list. (It is past Don Pedro  and before Big Oak Flat &
> Groveland)  I don't have the numbers but it is stout. Does anybody out there
> have the numbers on that hill?  BTW, I once did a bike race (Golden Nugget)
> that went up that hill. I puked.
>
> ok, no flames please.
>
In Britain, they actually have road signs that give the gradient. They
say things like "1 in 5". That means that for every 5 yards horizontal
you go up 1 yard vertical. The worst I ever saw was a "1 in 3".