Switch backs are a common way to traverse one up or down a steep hillside. As a hiker, you learn to really dislike them. At the base of the mountain they tend to be long and gradual. Higher on the mountain they get shorter and steeper. The major issue with them is that you get a false sense of completion when you reach a transition area where you switch directions. You see daylight and think you have reached the top only to have your elated state shattered with the realization that you ain't there yet.
Jacob's Ladder is a series of switchbacks that rise almost 900 feet in a half mile. Difficult in the best weather but I had tto climb Jacob's ladder in the rain. Joy unbridled!
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