It is a 20-mile loop with almost 3,000 feet of vertical gain, and should be considered by solid intermediate riders only.

Total vertical gain via this route is 1,597 feet (487 m).

This included 35,520 meters of vertical gain by foot.

Even the nontechnical route through the Keyhole is physically demanding, eight miles and a vertical gain of 4,800 feet to the top, much of it exposed to the weather.

Can you give it enough vertical gain to make it about five?

Total vertical gain is 1,920 feet (585 m); net is 1,720 feet (524 m), due to the presence of Giant Ledge along the trail.

At that point, most of them had run uphill for five or more hours; the net vertical gain was roughly equivalent to climbing 430 flights of stairs.

Distance is roughly 5 miles (8 km) from the trailhead, with a vertical gain of 1,455 feet (443 m).

All are long routes with a great deal of vertical gain.

The race is 38.792 kilometers (net vertical gain of 120 meters but with many gentle ups and downs), starting at Higashi Hanno station.