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Santini's Torture Trail

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1,2, Balscadden Road, Howth DED 1986, Howth, Fingal, County Dublin, Leinster, D13 YC61, Ireland
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Climb Profile

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Climb Stats

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Climb categoryCategory 4
Distance2.58 km / 1.61 miles
Elevation gain128.4 m / 421 ft
Average gradient5%
Maximum gradient19.9%
Elevation high137.2 m / 450 ft
Elevation low8.8 m / 29 ft
Climb difficulty score12,843.47

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Climb Rank

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This climb ranks 415,785th out of 2,710,652 worldwide cycling climbs.

🧮

Ranked as the 1,992nd most difficult cycling climb of all 20,139 climbs in Ireland.

📉

Places 217th out of 2,038 cycling climbs in Leinster.

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Ranks 207th out of 1,877 cycling climbs in County Dublin.

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A local climb of note, this is the 10th most difficult cycling climb (out of 69 climbs) in Howth.

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