Col de la Croix de Sous (versant Castans)

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D 9, Quintaine, Castans, Carcassonne, Aude, Occitania, Metropolitan France, 11160, France
Cat. 3

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Climb Profile

Altitude builds left to right while colour shows gradient severity for each part of Col de la Croix de Sous (versant Castans).

595 m695 m800 m900 m1.1% from 0 m to 19 m7.0% from 19 m to 42 m11.0% from 42 m to 62 m3.8% from 62 m to 83 m-4.1% from 83 m to 105 m-3.6% from 105 m to 127 m-2.9% from 127 m to 148 m-1.9% from 148 m to 169 m8.1% from 169 m to 190 m7.5% from 190 m to 210 m19.5% from 210 m to 230 m13.9% from 230 m to 248 m2.2% from 248 m to 266 m5.8% from 266 m to 285 m-1.6% from 285 m to 304 m2.5% from 304 m to 320 m-4.7% from 320 m to 339 m-5.3% from 339 m to 356 m-4.4% from 356 m to 374 m-5.2% from 374 m to 397 m-19.2% from 397 m to 421 m-9.0% from 421 m to 441 m2.8% from 441 m to 459 m10.0% from 459 m to 478 m13.0% from 478 m to 498 m11.1% from 498 m to 516 m21.1% from 516 m to 534 m33.9% from 534 m to 552 m26.0% from 552 m to 572 m23.5% from 572 m to 592 m17.4% from 592 m to 611 m13.7% from 611 m to 627 m16.7% from 627 m to 645 m29.4% from 645 m to 662 m0.5% from 662 m to 682 m2.1% from 682 m to 701 m2.3% from 701 m to 723 m2.6% from 723 m to 742 m-1.7% from 742 m to 765 m-1.4% from 765 m to 787 m-0.4% from 787 m to 810 m1.6% from 810 m to 829 m-4.5% from 829 m to 849 m-10.5% from 849 m to 870 m16.0% from 870 m to 885 m24.0% from 885 m to 900 m3.9% from 900 m to 923 m2.3% from 923 m to 945 m0.4% from 945 m to 968 m4.1% from 968 m to 990 m1.5% from 990 m to 1.0 km5.2% from 1.0 km to 1.0 km4.8% from 1.0 km to 1.1 km13.8% from 1.1 km to 1.1 km21.3% from 1.1 km to 1.1 km26.7% from 1.1 km to 1.1 km23.3% from 1.1 km to 1.1 km25.3% from 1.1 km to 1.1 km20.7% from 1.1 km to 1.2 km-9.4% from 1.2 km to 1.2 km-12.9% from 1.2 km to 1.2 km-11.2% from 1.2 km to 1.2 km-11.3% from 1.2 km to 1.2 km-7.1% from 1.2 km to 1.2 km-1.8% from 1.2 km to 1.3 km6.3% from 1.3 km to 1.3 km2.1% from 1.3 km to 1.3 km2.5% from 1.3 km to 1.3 km-17.1% from 1.3 km to 1.3 km-8.0% from 1.3 km to 1.3 km-2.0% from 1.3 km to 1.4 km14.2% from 1.4 km to 1.4 km12.9% from 1.4 km to 1.4 km3.7% from 1.4 km to 1.4 km2.8% from 1.4 km to 1.4 km4.8% from 1.4 km to 1.4 km13.8% from 1.4 km to 1.5 km13.3% from 1.5 km to 1.5 km7.9% from 1.5 km to 1.5 km14.2% from 1.5 km to 1.5 km7.2% from 1.5 km to 1.5 km14.5% from 1.5 km to 1.6 km18.9% from 1.6 km to 1.6 km16.7% from 1.6 km to 1.6 km18.9% from 1.6 km to 1.6 km23.2% from 1.6 km to 1.6 km30.0% from 1.6 km to 1.7 km27.1% from 1.7 km to 1.7 km14.0% from 1.7 km to 1.7 km9.5% from 1.7 km to 1.7 km10.6% from 1.7 km to 1.7 km-1.0% from 1.7 km to 1.8 km-4.1% from 1.8 km to 1.8 km-11.3% from 1.8 km to 1.8 km-15.3% from 1.8 km to 1.8 km-16.7% from 1.8 km to 1.8 km-2.2% from 1.8 km to 1.8 km4.7% from 1.8 km to 1.9 km-3.8% from 1.9 km to 1.9 km3.3% from 1.9 km to 1.9 km7.5% from 1.9 km to 1.9 km15.0% from 1.9 km to 1.9 km8.9% from 1.9 km to 1.9 km6.9% from 1.9 km to 2.0 km12.4% from 2.0 km to 2.0 km23.5% from 2.0 km to 2.0 km33.5% from 2.0 km to 2.0 km36.7% from 2.0 km to 2.0 km25.3% from 2.0 km to 2.0 km22.5% from 2.0 km to 2.1 km20.0% from 2.1 km to 2.1 km28.8% from 2.1 km to 2.1 km15.6% from 2.1 km to 2.1 km16.1% from 2.1 km to 2.1 km25.2% from 2.1 km to 2.2 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km to 3.8 km-5.0% from 3.8 km to 3.8 km-8.5% from 3.8 km to 3.8 km-8.6% from 3.8 km to 3.9 km-6.4% from 3.9 km to 3.9 km1.1% from 3.9 km to 3.9 km-2.1% from 3.9 km to 3.9 km-7.3% from 3.9 km to 3.9 km-4.2% from 3.9 km to 3.9 km-4.2% from 3.9 km to 3.9 km-2.9% from 3.9 km to 3.9 km-4.2% from 3.9 km to 4.0 km-2.9% from 4.0 km to 4.0 km0.0% from 4.0 km to 4.0 km5.0% from 4.0 km to 4.0 km11.8% from 4.0 km to 4.0 km11.5% from 4.0 km to 4.0 km12.1% from 4.0 km to 4.0 km16.0% from 4.0 km to 4.1 km18.3% from 4.1 km to 4.1 km22.0% from 4.1 km to 4.1 km17.3% from 4.1 km to 4.1 km17.1% from 4.1 km to 4.1 km13.6% from 4.1 km to 4.1 km13.6% from 4.1 km to 4.1 km11.9% from 4.1 km to 4.2 km10.0% from 4.2 km to 4.2 km9.3% from 4.2 km to 4.2 km10.0% from 4.2 km to 4.2 km5.3% from 4.2 km to 4.2 km5%7%10%5%0 m1 km2 km3 km4 km
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Climb Stats

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Climb categoryCategory 3
Distance4.21 km / 2.62 miles
Elevation gain366.7 m / 1,203 ft
Average gradient7.2%
Maximum gradient29.4%
Elevation high898.8 m / 2,949 ft
Elevation low595.5 m / 1,954 ft
Climb difficulty score30,319.2

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Climb Rank

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This climb ranks 114,572nd out of 2,710,652 worldwide cycling climbs.

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Ranked as the 17,461st most difficult cycling climb of all 342,105 climbs in France.

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Places 2,776th out of 45,333 cycling climbs in Occitania.

Ranks 184th out of 3,413 cycling climbs in Aude.

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A local climb of note, this is the 4th most difficult cycling climb (out of 19 climbs) in Castans.

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