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Upper section Planachaux climb

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Route du Col de Cou, Champéry, Monthey, Wallis, 1874, Switzerland
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Climb Stats

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Climb categoryCat. 2
Distance5.07 km / 3.15 miles
Elevation gain459.2 m / 1,507 ft
Average gradient9.1%
Maximum gradient23.9%
Elevation high1,806 m / 5,925 ft
Elevation low1,346.8 m / 4,419 ft
Climb difficulty score45,907.02

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Climb Rank

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This climb ranks 46,388th out of 2,710,648 worldwide cycling climbs.

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Ranked as the 2,556th most difficult cycling climb of all 52,131 climbs in Switzerland.

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Places 550th out of 3,505 cycling climbs in Wallis.

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Ranks 65th out of 405 cycling climbs in Monthey.

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This is the third most difficult cycling climb in Champéry.

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