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Gornergrat from Riffelalp

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Arvenweg, Riffelalp, Zermatt, Visp, Wallis, 3920, Switzerland
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Climb Profile

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Climb Stats

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Climb categoryCategory 1
Distance4.15 km / 2.58 miles
Elevation gain667.1 m / 2,189 ft
Average gradient16.1%
Maximum gradient43.9%
Elevation high3,030.6 m / 9,943 ft
Elevation low2,357.3 m / 7,734 ft
Climb difficulty score66,702

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Climb Rank

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🗺

This climb ranks 16,613th out of 2,710,652 worldwide cycling climbs.

🧮

Ranked as the 1,020th most difficult cycling climb of all 52,131 climbs in Switzerland.

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Places 274th out of 3,505 cycling climbs in Wallis.

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Ranks 13th out of 247 cycling climbs in Visp.

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This is the second most difficult cycling climb in Zermatt.

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