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Montée de l'Observatoire

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Route du Betz, Vio du Breuil, Saint-Julien-Chapteuil, Le Puy-en-Velay, Haute-Loire, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, Metropolitan France, 43260, France
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Climb Profile

Altitude builds left to right while colour shows gradient severity for each part of Montée de l'Observatoire.

830 m875 m915 m960 m0.0% from 0 m to 15 m0.0% from 15 m to 23 m-2.6% from 23 m to 31 m3.4% from 31 m to 54 m4.8% from 54 m to 96 m14.4% from 96 m to 109 m8.8% from 109 m to 120 m3.4% from 120 m to 126 m0.0% from 126 m to 132 m6.8% from 132 m to 143 m6.7% from 143 m to 149 m3.3% from 149 m to 155 m5.6% from 155 m to 173 m7.7% from 173 m to 191 m4.9% from 191 m to 216 m3.3% from 216 m to 228 m15.6% from 228 m to 234 m5.5% from 234 m to 260 m7.9% from 260 m to 272 m5.0% from 272 m to 297 m4.9% from 297 m to 309 m5.0% from 309 m to 321 m5.7% from 321 m to 345 m6.7% from 345 m to 351 m5.0% from 351 m to 363 m9.5% from 363 m to 376 m3.1% from 376 m to 389 m3.3% from 389 m to 395 m10.0% from 395 m to 401 m4.6% from 401 m to 432 m9.8% from 432 m to 444 m3.2% from 444 m to 469 m1.6% from 469 m to 481 m6.6% from 481 m to 500 m2.1% from 500 m to 519 m12.7% from 519 m to 526 m9.8% from 526 m to 538 m1.6% from 538 m to 550 m9.1% from 550 m to 568 m5.7% from 568 m to 578 m5.0% from 578 m to 590 m6.6% from 590 m to 608 m4.8% from 608 m to 621 m7.8% from 621 m to 634 m7.9% from 634 m to 646 m6.3% from 646 m to 653 m5.2% from 653 m to 672 m3.2% from 672 m to 685 m9.5% from 685 m to 691 m9.7% from 691 m to 703 m0.0% from 703 m to 710 m3.2% from 710 m to 728 m9.4% from 728 m to 741 m3.1% from 741 m to 760 m9.8% from 760 m to 766 m6.5% from 766 m to 779 m6.5% from 779 m to 785 m6.3% from 785 m to 791 m6.6% from 791 m to 803 m1.7% from 803 m to 827 m21.1% from 827 m to 833 m8.4% from 833 m to 845 m3.3% from 845 m to 863 m6.5% from 863 m to 869 m3.9% from 869 m to 900 m10.9% from 900 m to 913 m3.7% from 913 m to 951 m6.6% from 951 m to 969 m2.6% from 969 m to 1000 m7.0% from 1000 m to 1.0 km7.3% from 1.0 km to 1.0 km11.3% from 1.0 km to 1.0 km7.1% from 1.0 km to 1.0 km16.7% from 1.0 km to 1.0 km5.5% from 1.0 km to 1.1 km6.6% from 1.1 km to 1.1 km2.6% from 1.1 km to 1.1 km6.3% from 1.1 km to 1.1 km4.2% from 1.1 km to 1.1 km6.3% from 1.1 km to 1.2 km3.2% from 1.2 km to 1.2 km3.2% from 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km10.3% from 3.5 km to 3.5 km8.7% from 3.5 km to 3.5 km2.5% from 3.5 km to 3.5 km5.2% from 3.5 km to 3.5 km6.7% from 3.5 km to 3.6 km11.0% from 3.6 km to 3.6 km17.1% from 3.6 km to 3.6 km5.8% from 3.6 km to 3.6 km2.9% from 3.6 km to 3.6 km6.2% from 3.6 km to 3.6 km11.3% from 3.6 km to 3.6 km9.2% from 3.6 km to 3.6 km0.0% from 3.6 km to 3.7 km-2.8% from 3.7 km to 3.7 km0.9% from 3.7 km to 3.7 km-2.5% from 3.7 km to 3.7 km-2.4% from 3.7 km to 3.7 km-7.0% from 3.7 km to 3.7 km-2.4% from 3.7 km to 3.7 km2.3% from 3.7 km to 3.8 km-0.7% from 3.8 km to 3.8 km-6.8% from 3.8 km to 3.8 km-0.6% from 3.8 km to 3.8 km0.0% from 3.8 km to 3.9 km12.2% from 3.9 km to 3.9 km8.7% from 3.9 km to 3.9 km17.8% from 3.9 km to 3.9 km9.3% from 3.9 km to 3.9 km7.2% from 3.9 km to 3.9 km6.3% from 3.9 km to 3.9 km8.0% from 3.9 km to 3.9 km3.5% from 3.9 km to 4.0 km3.0% from 4.0 km to 4.0 km2.9% from 4.0 km to 4.0 km7.2% from 4.0 km to 4.0 km5%6%7%0%-2%3%3%4%0 m500 m1 km1.5 km2 km2.5 km3 km3.5 km
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Climb Stats

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Climb categoryCategory 4
Distance4 km / 2.48 miles
Elevation gain129.6 m / 425 ft
Average gradient3.2%
Maximum gradient12%
Elevation high959.8 m / 3,149 ft
Elevation low830 m / 2,723 ft
Climb difficulty score12,945.1

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Climb Rank

How does this climb compare against every other climb in the world?

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This climb ranks 411,508th out of 2,710,652 worldwide cycling climbs.

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Ranked as the 50,487th most difficult cycling climb of all 342,105 climbs in France.

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Places 19,906th out of 68,974 cycling climbs in Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes.

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Ranks 511th out of 2,165 cycling climbs in Haute-Loire.

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A local climb of note, this is the 9th most difficult cycling climb (out of 20 climbs) in Saint-Julien-Chapteuil.

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