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Merle serre climb

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Route d’Estivareilles, Les Terrasses, Apinac, Montbrison, Loire, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, Metropolitan France, 42550, France
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Climb Profile

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880 m920 m955 m995 m9.7% from 0 m to 3 m8.9% from 3 m to 9 m10.5% from 9 m to 14 m9.6% from 14 m to 20 m9.7% from 20 m to 23 m9.7% from 23 m to 26 m10.3% from 26 m to 32 m12.1% from 32 m to 37 m10.9% from 37 m to 43 m8.9% from 43 m to 49 m8.9% from 49 m to 54 m7.3% from 54 m to 60 m8.6% from 60 m to 65 m9.1% from 65 m to 71 m6.5% from 71 m to 74 m8.9% from 74 m to 80 m10.0% from 80 m to 83 m8.5% from 83 m to 89 m9.3% from 89 m to 94 m7.0% from 94 m to 100 m8.9% from 100 m to 105 m8.8% from 105 m to 111 m10.0% from 111 m to 114 m9.1% from 114 m to 119 m8.8% from 119 m to 125 m8.8% from 125 m to 131 m11.1% from 131 m to 136 m11.3% from 136 m to 142 m10.0% from 142 m to 147 m11.1% from 147 m to 152 m10.5% from 152 m to 158 m12.3% from 158 m to 163 m11.3% from 163 m to 169 m11.5% from 169 m to 174 m10.6% from 174 m to 179 m10.6% from 179 m to 183 m11.1% from 183 m to 188 m12.8% from 188 m to 192 m10.6% from 192 m to 197 m11.9% from 197 m to 201 m12.5% from 201 m to 206 m10.4% from 206 m to 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Climb Stats

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Climb categoryCategory 4
Distance1.75 km / 1.09 miles
Elevation gain110.1 m / 361 ft
Average gradient6.3%
Maximum gradient18%
Elevation high994.6 m / 3,263 ft
Elevation low884.5 m / 2,902 ft
Climb difficulty score11,011.35

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Climb Rank

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This climb ranks 506,120th out of 2,710,652 worldwide cycling climbs.

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Ranked as the 61,886th most difficult cycling climb of all 342,105 climbs in France.

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Places 23,321st out of 68,974 cycling climbs in Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes.

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Ranks 1,439th out of 5,305 cycling climbs in Loire.

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A local climb of note, this is the 5th most difficult cycling climb (out of 14 climbs) in Apinac.

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