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montée St Léon walscheid

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Route Forestière du Hohwalsch, Netzenbach, Langmatt, Walscheid, Sarrebourg-Château-Salins, Moselle, Grand Est, Metropolitan France, 57870, France
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Climb Profile

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Climb Stats

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Climb categoryUncategorised
Distance2.59 km / 1.61 miles
Elevation gain18.4 m / 60 ft
Average gradient0.7%
Maximum gradient74.9%
Elevation high485.9 m / 1,594 ft
Elevation low420.6 m / 1,380 ft
Climb difficulty score1,838.33

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Climb Rank

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This climb ranks 1,945,407th out of 2,710,652 worldwide cycling climbs.

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Ranked as the 260,483rd most difficult cycling climb of all 342,105 climbs in France.

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Places 21,826th out of 28,725 cycling climbs in Grand Est.

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Ranks 3,798th out of 5,175 cycling climbs in Moselle.

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Ranking 31st out of 32 cycling climbs in Walscheid.

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