Col de Vars (Les Claux)

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Cours Yves Brayer, Les-Claux, Vars, Briançon, Hautes-Alpes, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, Metropolitan France, 05560, 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 Vars (Les Claux).

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Climb Stats

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Climb categoryCategory 3
Distance4.43 km / 2.76 miles
Elevation gain233.6 m / 766 ft
Average gradient5.3%
Maximum gradient10.5%
Elevation high2,060 m / 6,759 ft
Elevation low1,826.4 m / 5,992 ft
Climb difficulty score23,369.29

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Climb Rank

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This climb ranks 178,222nd out of 2,710,652 worldwide cycling climbs.

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Ranked as the 24,830th most difficult cycling climb of all 342,105 climbs in France.

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Places 5,381st out of 33,934 cycling climbs in Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur.

Ranks 959th out of 3,197 cycling climbs in Hautes-Alpes.

Ranking 15th out of 35 cycling climbs in Vars.

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