The local cyclists called it “Terrible Hill”. When I told a couple of them that I planned to ride south on Route 100 from Ludlow, they said, “Oh, you’re going to ride up Terrible Hill.” They did say that it wasn’t very long and, once on the other side, it is mostly downhill to Weston, VT. After the past few days, I was pretty confident that it wouldn’t be as bad as they said. The first couple of miles this morning, I kept thinking, “Why do they think this hill is terrible?” Then I hit it. First, there was a half mile with a 12% grade. That was followed by a short distance of relatively sane incline, then a mile of 9% grade. Like the locals said, it was short by distance, but it was appropriately named.

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