February 2012: Elevation gain data from Ken:
Control 1 – 48.8 k -- 1400 feet
Control 3 – 89.4 k -- 2400 feet
100k -------------------- 2900 feet
Control 4 – 105.2 k -- 3000 feet
Control 6 – 148.5 k -- 3900 feet
Control 7 – 168.3 k -- 4300 feet
Finish Control 202.3k – 5000 feet

The old Permanent 25 had 5600 feet of elevation gain.
Measured with Garmin GPS – from barometric pressure
As you can see the last ½ has the least amount of climbing.

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