Col du Grand Ballon
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| Climb category | Category 1 |
| Distance | 21.45 km / 13.33 miles |
| Elevation gain | 775.7 m / 2,545 ft |
| Average gradient | 3.6% |
| Maximum gradient | 20.4% |
| Elevation high | 1,330.2 m / 4,364 ft |
| Elevation low | 554.5 m / 1,819 ft |
| Climb difficulty score | 77,630.9 |
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|---|---|---|---|
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Climb Rank
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🗺 This climb ranks 10,519th out of 2,710,652 worldwide cycling climbs. |
🧮 Ranked as the 2,588th most difficult cycling climb of all 342,105 climbs in France. |
📉 Places 69th out of 28,725 cycling climbs in Grand Est. |
⚖ Ranks 57th out of 4,604 cycling climbs in Haut-Rhin. |
🏵️ A local climb of note, this is the 4th most difficult cycling climb (out of 61 climbs) in Kruth. |
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