Col des Fourches
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| Climb category | Category 2 |
| Distance | 9.78 km / 6.08 miles |
| Elevation gain | 418.6 m / 1,373 ft |
| Average gradient | 4.3% |
| Maximum gradient | 7.4% |
| Elevation high | 969.4 m / 3,180 ft |
| Elevation low | 550.8 m / 1,807 ft |
| Climb difficulty score | 41,866.1 |
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Climb Rank
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🗺 This climb ranks 58,154th out of 2,710,652 worldwide cycling climbs. |
🧮 Ranked as the 10,214th most difficult cycling climb of all 342,105 climbs in France. |
📉 Places 4,788th out of 68,974 cycling climbs in Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes. |
⚖ Ranks 166th out of 6,423 cycling climbs in Puy-de-Dôme. |
🏵️ A local climb of note, this is the 6th most difficult cycling climb (out of 48 climbs) in Ambert. |
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