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Mont de Vanne par Fresse

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Le Volvet, Fresse, Lure, Haute-Saône, Bourgogne – Franche-Comté, Metropolitan France, 70270, France
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Climb Profile

Altitude builds left to right while colour shows gradient severity for each part of Mont de Vanne par Fresse.

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Climb Stats

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Climb categoryCategory 3
Distance3.01 km / 1.87 miles
Elevation gain197.6 m / 648 ft
Average gradient6.5%
Maximum gradient22.4%
Elevation high663.2 m / 2,176 ft
Elevation low465.6 m / 1,528 ft
Climb difficulty score19,544.85

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Climb Rank

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🗺

This climb ranks 234,035th out of 2,710,652 worldwide cycling climbs.

🧮

Ranked as the 30,892nd most difficult cycling climb of all 342,105 climbs in France.

📉

Places 1,239th out of 21,205 cycling climbs in Bourgogne – Franche-Comté.

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Ranks 65th out of 2,209 cycling climbs in Haute-Saône.

🥉

This is the third most difficult cycling climb in Fresse.

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