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Col de La Croix des Gardes

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Chemin des Escures, Barson, Orbeil, Issoire, Puy-de-Dôme, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, Metropolitan France, 63500, France
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Climb Profile

Altitude builds left to right while colour shows gradient severity for each part of Col de La Croix des Gardes.

415 m495 m580 m660 m4.8% from 0 m to 6 m3.0% from 6 m to 26 m-2.4% from 26 m to 39 m0.6% from 39 m to 56 m5.7% from 56 m to 62 m4.6% from 62 m to 72 m3.7% from 72 m to 78 m4.9% from 78 m to 88 m2.0% from 88 m to 98 m2.1% from 98 m to 108 m4.8% from 108 m to 118 m0.0% from 118 m to 129 m1.6% from 129 m to 148 m0.0% from 148 m to 163 m2.6% from 163 m to 167 m3.4% from 167 m to 179 m13.2% from 179 m to 194 m11.8% from 194 m to 216 m6.8% from 216 m to 221 m-1.6% from 221 m to 265 m-1.9% from 265 m to 275 m3.3% from 275 m to 296 m-4.3% from 296 m to 321 m-1.5% from 321 m to 348 m3.7% from 348 m to 353 m6.9% from 353 m to 389 m6.1% from 389 m to 394 m4.2% from 394 m to 399 m4.3% from 399 m to 413 m5.7% from 413 m to 422 m13.5% from 422 m to 434 m10.5% from 434 m to 451 m7.3% from 451 m to 455 m9.4% from 455 m to 461 m6.9% from 461 m to 464 m3.3% from 464 m to 467 m8.1% from 467 m to 473 m12.1% from 473 m to 479 m9.4% from 479 m to 482 m9.7% from 482 m to 485 m13.8% from 485 m to 494 m13.0% 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Climb Stats

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Climb categoryCategory 3
Distance9.31 km / 5.78 miles
Elevation gain236.7 m / 777 ft
Average gradient2.5%
Maximum gradient16.3%
Elevation high656.8 m / 2,155 ft
Elevation low419.7 m / 1,377 ft
Climb difficulty score23,639.78

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Climb Rank

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This climb ranks 175,058th out of 2,710,652 worldwide cycling climbs.

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Ranked as the 24,483rd most difficult cycling climb of all 342,105 climbs in France.

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Places 10,709th out of 68,974 cycling climbs in Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes.

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Ranks 647th out of 6,423 cycling climbs in Puy-de-Dôme.

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This is the third most difficult cycling climb in Orbeil.

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