Steepest Rate of Gain You've Hiked

Opening morning of 1st rifle last year I scrambled about 1,450 vertical ft over less than 3/4 of a mile. Do not recommend.
 
Don't know the exact grade but there are places in the Absaroka-Beartooth Wilderness and the Crazy Mountains where I skinned my nose walking up the "trail".
 
S.O.B. Trail in Black Canyon of Gunnison River.
2 miles, 2000 ft elevation change.
Good fishing at the bottom, but watch out for poison ivy.
 
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