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Col des Fourches Col de la Balance

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D 39, La Thiolerie Haute, Le Monestier, Ambert, Puy-de-Dôme, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, Metropolitan France, 63890, France
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Climb Profile

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Climb Stats

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Climb categoryCategory 4
Distance3.92 km / 2.44 miles
Elevation gain85.6 m / 281 ft
Average gradient2.2%
Maximum gradient14.9%
Elevation high1,132.2 m / 3,715 ft
Elevation low1,035.6 m / 3,398 ft
Climb difficulty score8,549.52

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Climb Rank

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This climb ranks 694,586th out of 2,710,652 worldwide cycling climbs.

🧮

Ranked as the 85,606th most difficult cycling climb of all 342,105 climbs in France.

📉

Places 29,605th out of 68,974 cycling climbs in Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes.

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Ranks 2,518th out of 6,423 cycling climbs in Puy-de-Dôme.

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This is the second most difficult cycling climb in Le Monestier.

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