La Varenne Climb

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Route des Pradeaux, Les Chaux, Ambert, Puy-de-Dôme, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, Metropolitan France, 63600, France

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Climb Profile

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570 m600 m630 m660 m2.3% from 0 m to 34 m0.3% from 34 m to 68 m-0.6% from 68 m to 85 m4.0% from 85 m to 137 m4.6% from 137 m to 155 m4.6% from 155 m to 207 m4.2% from 207 m to 242 m3.0% from 242 m to 278 m3.7% from 278 m to 316 m4.2% from 316 m to 354 m4.8% from 354 m to 372 m5.2% from 372 m to 427 m10.4% from 427 m to 458 m12.2% from 458 m to 472 m12.5% from 472 m to 495 m5.0% from 495 m to 517 m1.2% from 517 m to 542 m1.4% from 542 m to 569 m4.0% from 569 m to 584 m5.2% from 584 m to 632 m4.7% from 632 m to 650 m4.4% from 650 m to 702 m6.2% from 702 m to 718 m6.2% from 718 m to 748 m2.5% from 748 m to 783 m2.7% from 783 m to 794 m5.9% from 794 m to 816 m7.2% from 816 m to 854 m7.1% from 854 m to 883 m7.3% from 883 m to 898 m11.1% from 898 m to 946 m10.3% from 946 m to 963 m5.5% from 963 m to 1.0 km6.0% from 1.0 km to 1.0 km8.0% from 1.0 km to 1.1 km7.6% from 1.1 km to 1.1 km9.8% from 1.1 km to 1.1 km9.4% from 1.1 km to 1.2 km3.2% from 1.2 km to 1.2 km1.2% from 1.2 km to 1.2 km-2.3% from 1.2 km to 1.3 km10.9% from 1.3 km to 1.3 km13.1% from 1.3 km to 1.3 km9.9% from 1.3 km to 1.4 km6.6% from 1.4 km to 1.4 km8.1% from 1.4 km to 1.4 km6.1% from 1.4 km to 1.5 km-2.2% from 1.5 km to 1.5 km-4.5% from 1.5 km to 1.5 km-2.7% from 1.5 km to 1.5 km3.2% from 1.5 km to 1.6 km8.3% from 1.6 km to 1.6 km9.0% from 1.6 km to 1.6 km3%6%4%7%5%6%3%0 m250 m500 m750 m1 km1.3 km1.5 km
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Climb Stats

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Climb categoryCategory 4
Distance1.62 km / 1.01 miles
Elevation gain84.6 m / 278 ft
Average gradient5.2%
Maximum gradient9.2%
Elevation high657.75 m / 2,158 ft
Elevation low573.14 m / 1,880 ft
Climb difficulty score8,461.1

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Climb Rank

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This climb ranks 703,975th out of 2,710,652 worldwide cycling climbs.

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Ranked as the 86,858th most difficult cycling climb of all 342,105 climbs in France.

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Places 29,931st out of 68,974 cycling climbs in Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes.

Ranks 2,540th out of 6,423 cycling climbs in Puy-de-Dôme.

Ranking 32nd out of 48 cycling climbs in Ambert.

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