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Col du Poteau

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La Cassanha, Al Parré, Palaja, Carcassonne, Aude, Occitania, Metropolitan France, 11570, France
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Climb Profile

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200 m275 m345 m420 m4.9% from 0 m to 45 m6.2% from 45 m to 98 m2.1% from 98 m to 159 m-5.1% from 159 m to 172 m-7.5% from 172 m to 192 m-7.0% from 192 m to 236 m-5.2% from 236 m to 242 m-1.8% from 242 m to 259 m1.1% from 259 m to 277 m0.5% from 277 m to 297 m2.8% from 297 m to 304 m0.2% from 304 m to 345 m0.0% from 345 m to 351 m-1.9% from 351 m to 361 m-3.0% from 361 m to 368 m4.7% from 368 m to 402 m5.2% from 402 m to 435 m2.4% from 435 m to 456 m3.7% from 456 m to 469 m5.3% from 469 m to 521 m8.3% from 521 m to 565 m9.1% from 565 m to 605 m2.1% from 605 m to 624 m-2.9% from 624 m to 644 m-2.8% from 644 m to 651 m-4.3% from 651 m to 698 m-3.0% from 698 m to 758 m7.4% from 758 m to 816 m0.8% from 816 m to 827 m3.8% from 827 m to 896 m9.3% from 896 m to 929 m11.7% from 929 m to 950 m16.5% from 950 m to 971 m17.7% from 971 m to 999 m14.9% from 999 m to 1.0 km10.3% from 1.0 km to 1.0 km6.0% from 1.0 km to 1.0 km4.2% from 1.0 km to 1.1 km2.8% from 1.1 km to 1.1 km5.2% from 1.1 km to 1.1 km11.8% from 1.1 km to 1.1 km13.7% from 1.1 km to 1.2 km9.2% from 1.2 km to 1.2 km-4.2% from 1.2 km to 1.2 km-6.8% from 1.2 km to 1.2 km-5.2% from 1.2 km to 1.3 km0.0% from 1.3 km to 1.3 km5.9% from 1.3 km to 1.3 km13.6% from 1.3 km to 1.3 km15.3% from 1.3 km to 1.3 km17.9% from 1.3 km to 1.3 km24.2% from 1.3 km to 1.3 km26.1% from 1.3 km to 1.3 km27.1% from 1.3 km to 1.3 km21.8% from 1.3 km to 1.4 km13.4% from 1.4 km to 1.4 km7.1% from 1.4 km to 1.4 km5.3% from 1.4 km to 1.4 km2.9% from 1.4 km to 1.4 km12.1% from 1.4 km to 1.4 km14.8% from 1.4 km to 1.5 km3.3% from 1.5 km to 1.5 km7.8% from 1.5 km to 1.5 km5.0% from 1.5 km to 1.5 km0.0% from 1.5 km to 1.5 km-0.8% from 1.5 km to 1.6 km6.2% from 1.6 km to 1.6 km2.7% from 1.6 km to 1.6 km3.9% from 1.6 km to 1.6 km5.2% from 1.6 km to 1.6 km3.0% from 1.6 km to 1.6 km3.4% from 1.6 km to 1.7 km0.6% from 1.7 km to 1.7 km5.2% from 1.7 km to 1.7 km8.6% from 1.7 km to 1.7 km11.1% from 1.7 km to 1.7 km17.6% from 1.7 km to 1.7 km18.4% from 1.7 km to 1.8 km12.6% from 1.8 km to 1.8 km-2.5% from 1.8 km to 1.8 km-16.4% from 1.8 km to 1.8 km-7.4% from 1.8 km to 1.8 km-2.6% from 1.8 km to 1.9 km-3.1% from 1.9 km to 1.9 km-4.3% from 1.9 km to 1.9 km-2.2% from 1.9 km to 1.9 km-2.1% from 1.9 km to 1.9 km3.2% from 1.9 km to 1.9 km-0.9% from 1.9 km to 2.0 km-3.8% from 2.0 km to 2.0 km10.7% from 2.0 km to 2.0 km19.2% from 2.0 km to 2.0 km19.7% from 2.0 km to 2.0 km20.0% from 2.0 km to 2.0 km-6.8% from 2.0 km to 2.1 km-7.7% from 2.1 km to 2.1 km0.9% from 2.1 km to 2.1 km12.7% from 2.1 km to 2.1 km17.3% from 2.1 km to 2.1 km20.4% from 2.1 km to 2.1 km20.8% from 2.1 km to 2.1 km22.2% from 2.1 km to 2.2 km23.8% from 2.2 km to 2.2 km21.8% from 2.2 km to 2.2 km15.3% from 2.2 km to 2.2 km2.3% from 2.2 km to 2.2 km-1.7% from 2.2 km to 2.2 km0.6% from 2.2 km to 2.2 km9.2% from 2.2 km to 2.2 km13.2% from 2.2 km to 2.3 km13.9% from 2.3 km to 2.3 km10.1% from 2.3 km to 2.3 km5.7% from 2.3 km to 2.3 km-2.2% from 2.3 km to 2.3 km-4.4% from 2.3 km to 2.4 km-8.7% from 2.4 km to 2.4 km-12.7% from 2.4 km to 2.4 km2.4% from 2.4 km to 2.4 km-2.5% from 2.4 km to 2.5 km-2.9% from 2.5 km to 2.5 km5.7% from 2.5 km to 2.5 km-0.7% from 2.5 km to 2.6 km-6.1% from 2.6 km to 2.6 km-7.6% from 2.6 km to 2.6 km-7.5% from 2.6 km to 2.6 km-11.6% from 2.6 km to 2.6 km-16.3% from 2.6 km to 2.6 km-11.9% from 2.6 km to 2.7 km0.0% from 2.7 km to 2.7 km6.1% from 2.7 km to 2.7 km10.5% from 2.7 km to 2.8 km6.6% from 2.8 km to 2.8 km6.6% from 2.8 km to 2.9 km-5.2% from 2.9 km to 2.9 km-15.7% from 2.9 km to 2.9 km-19.0% from 2.9 km to 2.9 km-18.3% from 2.9 km to 3.0 km-12.9% from 3.0 km to 3.0 km5.2% from 3.0 km to 3.0 km8.5% from 3.0 km to 3.0 km9.3% from 3.0 km to 3.1 km8.7% from 3.1 km to 3.1 km7.5% from 3.1 km to 3.1 km10.7% from 3.1 km to 3.2 km6.5% from 3.2 km to 3.2 km18.4% from 3.2 km to 3.2 km5.8% from 3.2 km to 3.3 km0.0% from 3.3 km to 3.3 km-0.8% from 3.3 km to 3.3 km0.0% from 3.3 km to 3.3 km1.8% from 3.3 km to 3.4 km-8.5% from 3.4 km to 3.4 km-11.5% from 3.4 km to 3.4 km-5.5% from 3.4 km to 3.4 km5.0% from 3.4 km to 3.5 km16.0% from 3.5 km to 3.5 km6.9% from 3.5 km to 3.5 km-1.0% from 3.5 km to 3.6 km-1.0% from 3.6 km to 3.6 km0.9% from 3.6 km to 3.7 km4.7% from 3.7 km to 3.7 km14.0% from 3.7 km to 3.7 km15.7% from 3.7 km to 3.7 km18.4% from 3.7 km to 3.8 km20.2% from 3.8 km to 3.8 km11.1% from 3.8 km to 3.8 km-14.4% from 3.8 km to 3.8 km-35.4% from 3.8 km to 3.8 km-22.6% from 3.8 km to 3.9 km-3.2% from 3.9 km to 3.9 km3.7% from 3.9 km to 3.9 km8.9% from 3.9 km to 4.0 km11.0% from 4.0 km to 4.0 km7.2% from 4.0 km to 4.1 km6.9% from 4.1 km to 4.1 km8.1% from 4.1 km to 4.1 km8.5% from 4.1 km to 4.1 km0.6% from 4.1 km to 4.2 km7.1% from 4.2 km to 4.2 km14.7% from 4.2 km to 4.2 km11.0% from 4.2 km to 4.3 km3.2% from 4.3 km to 4.3 km2.9% from 4.3 km to 4.3 km3.1% from 4.3 km to 4.3 km2.1% from 4.3 km to 4.4 km11.9% from 4.4 km to 4.4 km16.9% from 4.4 km to 4.4 km17.5% from 4.4 km to 4.4 km18.1% from 4.4 km to 4.5 km11.2% from 4.5 km to 4.5 km-3.1% from 4.5 km to 4.5 km-5.2% from 4.5 km to 4.5 km2.3% from 4.5 km to 4.5 km10.5% from 4.5 km to 4.6 km10.3% from 4.6 km to 4.6 km13.0% from 4.6 km to 4.6 km10.5% from 4.6 km to 4.6 km11.4% from 4.6 km to 4.6 km7.1% from 4.6 km to 4.6 km1.8% from 4.6 km to 4.6 km1.9% from 4.6 km to 4.7 km-0.9% from 4.7 km to 4.7 km0.5% from 4.7 km to 4.7 km3.3% from 4.7 km to 4.7 km8.4% from 4.7 km to 4.8 km10.9% from 4.8 km to 4.8 km12.4% from 4.8 km to 4.9 km11.5% from 4.9 km to 4.9 km8.2% from 4.9 km to 4.9 km5.9% from 4.9 km to 4.9 km0.5% from 4.9 km to 5.0 km-3.1% from 5.0 km to 5.0 km-2.3% from 5.0 km to 5.0 km2.3% from 5.0 km to 5.0 km9.0% from 5.0 km to 5.1 km3.2% from 5.1 km to 5.1 km4.3% from 5.1 km to 5.1 km6.7% from 5.1 km to 5.1 km8.9% from 5.1 km to 5.2 km3.2% from 5.2 km to 5.2 km6.6% from 5.2 km to 5.2 km9.7% from 5.2 km to 5.3 km-13.0% from 5.3 km to 5.3 km-10.1% from 5.3 km to 5.4 km-1.6% from 5.4 km to 5.4 km2.3% from 5.4 km to 5.4 km5.4% from 5.4 km to 5.5 km6.3% from 5.5 km to 5.5 km0.0% from 5.5 km to 5.5 km-4.7% from 5.5 km to 5.5 km-6.0% from 5.5 km to 5.6 km-6.7% from 5.6 km to 5.6 km-3.5% from 5.6 km to 5.6 km-0.8% from 5.6 km to 5.7 km3%5%2%3%7%2%0 m1 km2 km3 km4 km5 km
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Climb Stats

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Climb categoryCategory 3
Distance5.65 km / 3.51 miles
Elevation gain207.1 m / 679 ft
Average gradient3.7%
Maximum gradient24.2%
Elevation high417.43 m / 1,370 ft
Elevation low203.03 m / 666 ft
Climb difficulty score20,683.76

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Climb Rank

How does this climb compare against every other climb in the world?

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This climb ranks 215,213th out of 2,710,652 worldwide cycling climbs.

🧮

Ranked as the 28,945th most difficult cycling climb of all 342,105 climbs in France.

📉

Places 4,746th out of 45,333 cycling climbs in Occitania.

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Ranks 387th out of 3,413 cycling climbs in Aude.

🥈️

This is the second most difficult cycling climb in Palaja.

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