Le bouchat

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Route de la Chèze, La Chomasse, Mazet-Saint-Voy, Yssingeaux, Haute-Loire, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, Metropolitan France, 43520, France

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Climb Profile

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Climb Stats

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Climb categoryCategory 4
Distance2.3 km / 1.43 miles
Elevation gain105 m / 344 ft
Average gradient4.6%
Maximum gradient47.6%
Elevation high1,169.8 m / 3,838 ft
Elevation low1,061.8 m / 3,484 ft
Climb difficulty score10,496.83

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Climb Rank

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This climb ranks 537,588th out of 2,710,652 worldwide cycling climbs.

🧮

Ranked as the 65,747th most difficult cycling climb of all 342,105 climbs in France.

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Places 24,400th out of 68,974 cycling climbs in Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes.

Ranks 668th out of 2,165 cycling climbs in Haute-Loire.

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This is the second most difficult cycling climb in Mazet-Saint-Voy.

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