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Thurner

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16, Freiburger Straße, Löffelhäusle, Hinterzarten, Verwaltungsgemeinschaft Hinterzarten, Landkreis Breisgau-Hochschwarzwald, Baden-Württemberg, 79856, Germany
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Climb Profile

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Climb Stats

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Climb categoryCategory 3
Distance5.83 km / 3.62 miles
Elevation gain161.8 m / 531 ft
Average gradient2.8%
Maximum gradient12.2%
Elevation high1,055 m / 3,461 ft
Elevation low892.4 m / 2,928 ft
Climb difficulty score16,207.96

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Climb Rank

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This climb ranks 305,557th out of 2,710,652 worldwide cycling climbs.

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Ranked as the 14,605th most difficult cycling climb of all 206,545 climbs in Germany.

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Places 4,190th out of 40,169 cycling climbs in Baden-Württemberg.

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Ranks 543rd out of 2,430 cycling climbs in Landkreis Breisgau-Hochschwarzwald.

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Ranking 13th out of 44 cycling climbs in Hinterzarten.

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