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The only way is up

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Ballyfoyle Road, Kilkieran, The Municipal District of Castlecomer, County Kilkenny, Leinster, R95 C7P3, Ireland
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Climb Stats

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Climb categoryCategory 4
Distance4.88 km / 3.03 miles
Elevation gain103.2 m / 339 ft
Average gradient2.1%
Maximum gradient15.4%
Elevation high264.9 m / 869 ft
Elevation low159.5 m / 523 ft
Climb difficulty score10,342.63

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Climb Rank

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🗺

This climb ranks 547,626th out of 2,710,652 worldwide cycling climbs.

🧮

Ranked as the 2,894th most difficult cycling climb of all 20,139 climbs in Ireland.

📉

Places 39th out of 143 cycling climbs in The Municipal District of Castlecomer.

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Ranks 39th out of 143 cycling climbs in County Kilkenny.

🥈️

This is the second most difficult cycling climb in Kilkieran.

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