We’re currently investigating a potential route for the Birmingham Baker’s Dozen. This route is looking more and more like the final route so I went ahead and created the map and stats for all the climbs. We explored this route on Sunday, and I made youtube videos of all the climbs. Lots of random conservations on the climb so you may want to listen with volume down if that is annoying. Also, I found and linked to the strava segments that most closely match each of the climbs and only had to make two new segments to fit the race route.
List of climbs
| # | Name [links] | Miles | Feet | Avg / Max % |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Southcrest [youtube] [strava] | 0.46 | 287 | 10.9% / 23.1% |
| 2 | Southhall [youtube] [strava] | 0.39 | 241 | 12.7% / 20.6% |
| 3 | Trinity [youtube] [strava] | 0.38 | 180 | 10.3% / 20.7% |
| 4 | JCC water tower [youtube] [strava] | 0.76 | 303 | 8.6% / 23.5% |
| 5 | Post office [youtube] [strava] | 0.33 | 146 | 10.7% / 16.7% |
| 6 | 29th st [youtube] [strava] | 0.2 | 110 | 12.0% / 32.0% |
| 7 | Secret spot [youtube] [strava] | 0.57 | 291 | 10.4% / 24.2% |
| 8 | 22nd st alley [youtube] [strava] | 0.34 | 195 | 11.4% / 26.0% |
| 9 | Woodcrest (downtown) [youtube] [strava] | 0.4 | 220 | 10.0% / 21.4% |
| 10 | Woodcrest (valley) [youtube] [strava] | 0.28 | 147 | 10.6% / 16.4% |
| 11 | Dreamland [youtube] [strava] | 0.39 | 185 | 10.0% / 19.8% |
| 12 | Red mtn villas [youtube] [strava] | 0.26 | 129 | 10.8% / 22.4% |
| 13 | Red mtn water tower [youtube] [strava] | 0.53 | 278 | 9.8% / 18.3% |
Topocreator map of all the climbs … more details will be available on the Facebook page.
2d topocreator map high res bakers dozen route (click to enlarge)
3d – all climbs on the bakers dozen route red mountain style
#1, #2, #3 – southcrest, southhall, trinity
#3, #4, #5 – trinity, jcc water tower, post office
#6 – 29th street – 10ft contour intervals
#7, #8, #9, #10 – secret spot, 22nd st 16th ave alley, woodcrest both sides
#11, #12, #13 – dreamland, red mtn villas, red mtn water tower
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