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The 8 Mile Drag

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Dundalk Western Bypass, Ballymascanlan ED, The Municipal District of Dundalk, County Louth, Leinster, A91 FFP3, Ireland
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Climb Profile

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Climb Stats

Combined metric and imperial stats for quick route planning.

Climb categoryCategory 4
Distance12.83 km / 7.97 miles
Elevation gain189.7 m / 622 ft
Average gradient1%
Maximum gradient7.8%
Elevation high144.3 m / 473 ft
Elevation low8.2 m / 27 ft
Climb difficulty score12,828.1

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Climb Rank

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🗺

This climb ranks 416,417th out of 2,710,652 worldwide cycling climbs.

🧮

Ranked as the 1,995th most difficult cycling climb of all 20,139 climbs in Ireland.

📉

Places 57th out of 222 cycling climbs in The Municipal District of Dundalk.

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Ranks 57th out of 222 cycling climbs in County Louth.

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This is the third most difficult cycling climb in Ballymascanlan ED.

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