RE: grades steeper than 20%

["Bob Morris" <bobmorris@rmci.net>]

Forty five degrees is 100%

Bob Morris


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From:	guest@endurance.net [mailto:guest@endurance.net]
Sent:	Saturday, August 21, 1999 1:54 PM
To:	ridecamp@endurance.net
Subject:	RC:  grades steeper than 20%

Barb Peck bpeck@together.net
Barb Peck
bpeck@together.net

RE: grades steeper than 20%

I've always wondered how the steepness is "graded".

The highways thru the White Mtns in New Hampshire and some of the
highways in Colorado, have signs stating what the % grade is.

A 15% grade is a burn-your-brakes-out-downhill-nightmare.

I can only imagine how steep 20% is.... I imagine some skii-trails
to be >20%.

Anybody out there know how to convert %grade into an angle???
(like what % grade is about the same as a 45 degree slope(angle))

Sombody's gotta know this!

Barb



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