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1/2 the Beast

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Keighley Road, Ilkley, Bradford, West Yorkshire, England, LS29 9SW, United Kingdom
Cat. 4

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Climb Profile

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275 m310 m345 m380 m6.2% from 0 m to 10 m12.5% from 10 m to 11 m18.2% from 11 m to 14 m30.8% from 14 m to 17 m8.9% from 17 m to 29 m0.0% from 29 m to 31 m17.1% from 31 m to 38 m18.8% from 38 m to 41 m14.3% from 41 m to 44 m35.7% from 44 m to 47 m15.4% from 47 m to 49 m5.8% from 49 m to 60 m24.5% from 60 m to 64 m25.0% from 64 m to 71 m25.5% from 71 m to 76 m8.5% from 76 m to 80 m32.0% from 80 m to 83 m17.4% from 83 m to 87 m13.3% from 87 m to 89 m-5.3% from 89 m to 100 m0.0% from 100 m to 102 m11.5% from 102 m to 112 m11.8% from 112 m to 116 m25.9% from 116 m to 121 m5.0% from 121 m to 125 m16.7% from 125 m to 130 m20.3% from 130 m to 136 m9.8% from 136 m to 140 m13.6% from 140 m to 146 m17.4% from 146 m to 153 m0.0% from 153 m to 154 m24.1% from 154 m to 160 m38.7% from 160 m to 163 m23.5% from 163 m to 165 m4.0% from 165 m to 180 m12.1% from 180 m to 190 m19.4% from 190 m to 196 m23.5% from 196 m to 201 m9.5% from 201 m to 212 m4.3% from 212 m to 216 m14.5% from 216 m to 222 m12.9% from 222 m to 231 m15.8% from 231 m to 239 m13.3% from 239 m to 242 m15.0% from 242 m to 246 m16.7% from 246 m to 247 m9.2% from 247 m to 255 m29.2% from 255 m to 260 m11.8% from 260 m to 262 m17.4% from 262 m to 267 m6.0% from 267 m to 277 m12.5% from 277 m to 283 m28.6% from 283 m to 288 m7.3% from 288 m to 293 m4.2% from 293 m to 303 m12.5% from 303 m to 305 m20.7% from 305 m to 307 m18.8% from 307 m to 311 m25.0% from 311 m to 312 m14.0% from 312 m to 317 m15.2% from 317 m to 324 m10.3% from 324 m to 330 m11.5% from 330 m to 335 m10.8% from 335 m to 345 m35.3% from 345 m to 350 m40.0% from 350 m to 352 m31.6% from 352 m to 354 m20.7% from 354 m to 360 m9.1% from 360 m to 366 m-8.0% from 366 m to 374 m3.4% from 374 m to 380 m5.4% from 380 m to 383 m15.4% from 383 m to 387 m-5.6% from 387 m to 394 m-1.8% from 394 m to 405 m29.3% from 405 m to 409 m32.4% from 409 m to 413 m16.7% from 413 m to 418 m8.7% from 418 m to 420 m3.7% from 420 m to 437 m6.8% from 437 m to 445 m9.0% from 445 m to 454 m12.9% from 454 m to 457 m0.0% from 457 m to 460 m-4.2% from 460 m to 470 m5.0% from 470 m to 486 m104.0% from 486 m to 488 m9.7% from 488 m to 501 m0.0% from 501 m to 507 m-5.0% from 507 m to 523 m-14.3% from 523 m to 526 m0.0% from 526 m to 536 m0.0% from 536 m to 545 m5.6% from 545 m to 566 m9.2% from 566 m to 573 m5.1% from 573 m to 585 m5.5% from 585 m to 592 m8.7% from 592 m to 594 m16.0% from 594 m to 597 m3.5% from 597 m to 608 m3.3% from 608 m to 620 m2.2% from 620 m to 629 m4.0% from 629 m to 654 m26.4% from 654 m to 660 m5.9% from 660 m to 680 m-7.4% from 680 m to 682 m3.4% from 682 m to 706 m6.6% from 706 m to 712 m8.9% from 712 m to 725 m6.5% from 725 m to 735 m2.0% from 735 m to 755 m7.4% from 755 m to 758 m2.3% from 758 m to 784 m10.0% from 784 m to 790 m10.6% from 790 m to 801 m3.0% from 801 m to 808 m3.8% from 808 m to 824 m0.0% from 824 m to 835 m5.3% from 835 m to 839 m0.0% from 839 m to 847 m-2.7% from 847 m to 862 m0.0% from 862 m to 872 m11.3% from 872 m to 883 m18.2% from 883 m to 886 m5.8% from 886 m to 900 m0.0% from 900 m to 903 m11.8% from 903 m to 907 m8.1% from 907 m to 917 m7.4% from 917 m to 922 m5.5% from 922 m to 929 m8.2% from 929 m to 937 m17.4% from 937 m to 943 m11.8% from 943 m to 947 m21.6% from 947 m to 951 m31.6% from 951 m to 954 m14.7% from 954 m to 961 m5.5% from 961 m to 972 m15.8% from 972 m to 976 m8.0% from 976 m to 978 m14.5% from 978 m to 984 m5.4% from 984 m to 988 m0.0% from 988 m to 990 m12.1% from 990 m to 996 m9.5% from 996 m to 998 m3.5% from 998 m to 1.0 km20.0% from 1.0 km to 1.0 km21.3% from 1.0 km to 1.0 km8.0% from 1.0 km to 1.0 km12.5% from 1.0 km to 1.0 km19.0% from 1.0 km to 1.0 km5.6% from 1.0 km to 1.0 km3.2% from 1.0 km to 1.0 km16.7% from 1.0 km to 1.1 km22.2% from 1.1 km to 1.1 km24.2% from 1.1 km to 1.1 km10.5% from 1.1 km to 1.1 km9.1% from 1.1 km to 1.1 km0.0% from 1.1 km to 1.1 km5.0% from 1.1 km to 1.1 km8.0% from 1.1 km to 1.1 km7.6% from 1.1 km to 1.1 km7.8% from 1.1 km to 1.1 km8.4% from 1.1 km to 1.1 km0.0% from 1.1 km to 1.1 km14%11%4%7%8%0 m250 m500 m750 m1 km
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Climb Stats

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Climb categoryCategory 4
Distance1.13 km / 0.70 miles
Elevation gain98.6 m / 323 ft
Average gradient8.7%
Maximum gradient29.7%
Elevation high378.4 m / 1,241 ft
Elevation low279.8 m / 918 ft
Climb difficulty score9,864.94

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Climb Rank

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This climb ranks 580,640th out of 2,710,652 worldwide cycling climbs.

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Ranked as the 43,601st most difficult cycling climb of all 332,744 climbs in United Kingdom.

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Places 30,821st out of 268,497 cycling climbs in England.

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Ranks 496th out of 2,231 cycling climbs in Bradford.

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Ranking 79th out of 257 cycling climbs in Ilkley.

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