First of all the original 4.3k flagged course is soft but skiable as of 10 AM Monday, but the new loops...forgedaboudit! Using both GPS and Google Earth I entered the wild and wacky determination of grade percentage of our "Ten Hills" course. For uphills I measured from the start of when the uphill gets steep to the crest. For downhills I measured from the steep at the crest to the end of the steep grade (not the flat runout).The results are as follows:
#1 130' uphill with a 16'rise or 12%
#2 110' downhill (beside the 1st uphill) 12%
#3 170' uphill (at the base of #2) 15%
#4 315' downhill to the valley 6%
#5 210' uphill (from new loop) 14%
#6 320' long downhill traverse 9%
#7 235' uphill 19%
#8 375' downhill 12%
#9a 210' uphill (original on 4.3 k) 23%
#9b 215' next year traverse uphill to replace 9a 16%. #10 190' downhill (to long runout) 13%
