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Helvellyn from A591 fireroad to summit

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Wythburn Car Park, A591, St. John's Castlerigg and Wythburn, Cumberland, England, CA12 4TP, United Kingdom
Cat. 1

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Climb Profile

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260 m485 m710 m935 m37.8% from 0 m to 20 m34.5% from 20 m to 40 m24.5% from 40 m to 60 m23.9% from 60 m to 79 m20.8% from 79 m to 99 m19.9% from 99 m to 119 m17.5% from 119 m to 138 m19.6% from 138 m to 158 m48.2% from 158 m to 178 m26.3% from 178 m to 197 m16.9% from 197 m to 217 m15.1% from 217 m to 236 m26.3% from 236 m to 255 m25.4% from 255 m to 275 m38.9% from 275 m to 295 m34.2% from 295 m to 315 m27.4% from 315 m to 334 m20.5% from 334 m to 354 m27.7% from 354 m to 373 m34.8% from 373 m to 393 m41.1% from 393 m to 412 m35.7% from 412 m to 431 m29.7% from 431 m to 450 m27.2% from 450 m to 470 m34.5% from 470 m to 490 m30.9% from 490 m to 509 m30.5% from 509 m to 529 m19.1% from 529 m to 549 m35.7% from 549 m to 568 m27.4% from 568 m to 588 m32.6% from 588 m to 607 m34.7% from 607 m to 627 m30.6% from 627 m to 646 m27.4% from 646 m to 666 m28.9% from 666 m to 686 m40.6% from 686 m to 705 m28.4% from 705 m to 725 m19.6% from 725 m to 745 m46.2% from 745 m to 764 m30.2% from 764 m to 784 m33.0% from 784 m to 804 m45.7% from 804 m to 824 m39.0% from 824 m to 844 m51.0% from 844 m to 864 m41.2% from 864 m to 884 m50.0% from 884 m to 903 m7.3% from 903 m to 922 m-0.5% from 922 m to 942 m9.7% from 942 m to 961 m27.1% from 961 m to 981 m25.1% from 981 m to 1.0 km28.3% from 1.0 km to 1.0 km21.2% from 1.0 km to 1.0 km20.2% from 1.0 km to 1.1 km20.5% from 1.1 km to 1.1 km20.9% from 1.1 km to 1.1 km16.1% from 1.1 km to 1.1 km1.5% from 1.1 km to 1.1 km17.3% from 1.1 km to 1.2 km24.1% from 1.2 km to 1.2 km25.4% from 1.2 km to 1.2 km16.5% from 1.2 km to 1.2 km1.0% from 1.2 km to 1.2 km7.4% from 1.2 km to 1.3 km10.9% from 1.3 km to 1.3 km20.1% from 1.3 km to 1.3 km21.5% from 1.3 km to 1.3 km13.5% from 1.3 km to 1.3 km17.4% from 1.3 km to 1.4 km27.6% from 1.4 km to 1.4 km14.4% from 1.4 km to 1.4 km26.7% from 1.4 km to 1.4 km27.1% from 1.4 km to 1.4 km30.8% from 1.4 km to 1.5 km30.7% from 1.5 km to 1.5 km30.2% from 1.5 km to 1.5 km24.9% from 1.5 km to 1.5 km26.1% from 1.5 km to 1.5 km21.2% from 1.5 km to 1.6 km25.6% from 1.6 km to 1.6 km29.9% from 1.6 km to 1.6 km29.3% from 1.6 km to 1.6 km30.0% from 1.6 km to 1.6 km13.8% from 1.6 km to 1.6 km16.7% from 1.6 km to 1.7 km28.1% from 1.7 km to 1.7 km23.6% from 1.7 km to 1.7 km27.1% from 1.7 km to 1.7 km14.6% from 1.7 km to 1.7 km22.0% from 1.7 km to 1.8 km36.9% from 1.8 km to 1.8 km23.7% from 1.8 km to 1.8 km23.2% from 1.8 km to 1.8 km33.3% from 1.8 km to 1.8 km24.1% from 1.8 km to 1.9 km26.0% from 1.9 km to 1.9 km29.1% from 1.9 km to 1.9 km22.4% from 1.9 km to 1.9 km13.5% from 1.9 km to 1.9 km15.3% from 1.9 km to 2.0 km5.6% from 2.0 km to 2.0 km6.2% from 2.0 km to 2.0 km4.0% from 2.0 km to 2.0 km8.1% from 2.0 km to 2.0 km22.1% from 2.0 km to 2.1 km35.1% from 2.1 km to 2.1 km36.2% from 2.1 km to 2.1 km26.0% from 2.1 km to 2.1 km33.3% from 2.1 km to 2.1 km34.3% from 2.1 km to 2.2 km40.8% from 2.2 km to 2.2 km26.7% from 2.2 km to 2.2 km16.1% from 2.2 km to 2.2 km21.2% from 2.2 km to 2.2 km23.8% from 2.2 km to 2.3 km22.4% from 2.3 km to 2.3 km21.9% from 2.3 km to 2.3 km23.0% from 2.3 km to 2.3 km12.9% from 2.3 km to 2.3 km14.4% from 2.3 km to 2.4 km7.6% from 2.4 km to 2.4 km8.3% from 2.4 km to 2.4 km9.8% from 2.4 km to 2.4 km12.2% from 2.4 km to 2.4 km7.4% from 2.4 km to 2.5 km3.1% from 2.5 km to 2.5 km4.3% from 2.5 km to 2.5 km-1.8% from 2.5 km to 2.5 km-6.2% from 2.5 km to 2.6 km-2.6% from 2.6 km to 2.6 km-5.5% from 2.6 km to 2.6 km-8.9% from 2.6 km to 2.6 km-8.1% from 2.6 km to 2.7 km-2.3% from 2.7 km to 2.7 km-8.0% from 2.7 km to 2.7 km-10.4% from 2.7 km to 2.7 km2.1% from 2.7 km to 2.8 km-1.6% from 2.8 km to 2.8 km-8.5% from 2.8 km to 2.8 km-4.8% from 2.8 km to 2.8 km3.3% from 2.8 km to 2.8 km9.7% from 2.8 km to 2.9 km19.9% from 2.9 km to 2.9 km24.4% from 2.9 km to 2.9 km19.9% from 2.9 km to 2.9 km24.2% from 2.9 km to 2.9 km20.6% from 2.9 km to 3.0 km21.1% from 3.0 km to 3.0 km13.6% from 3.0 km to 3.0 km16.1% from 3.0 km to 3.0 km19.3% from 3.0 km to 3.0 km15.0% from 3.0 km to 3.0 km10.3% from 3.0 km to 3.1 km14.4% from 3.1 km to 3.1 km14.4% from 3.1 km to 3.1 km14.8% from 3.1 km to 3.1 km11.4% from 3.1 km to 3.1 km16.9% from 3.1 km to 3.2 km17.4% from 3.2 km to 3.2 km17.4% from 3.2 km to 3.2 km14.7% from 3.2 km to 3.2 km14.4% from 3.2 km to 3.2 km13.8% from 3.2 km to 3.3 km13.8% from 3.3 km to 3.3 km16.0% from 3.3 km to 3.3 km18.7% from 3.3 km to 3.3 km12.7% from 3.3 km to 3.3 km10.1% from 3.3 km to 3.4 km8.9% from 3.4 km to 3.4 km13.4% from 3.4 km to 3.4 km5.1% from 3.4 km to 3.4 km7.4% from 3.4 km to 3.4 km-2.6% from 3.4 km to 3.5 km28%30%20%23%19%3%13%0 m500 m1 km1.5 km2 km2.5 km3 km
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Climb Stats

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Climb categoryCategory 1
Distance3.46 km / 2.15 miles
Elevation gain673.7 m / 2,210 ft
Average gradient19.5%
Maximum gradient40.6%
Elevation high934.9 m / 3,067 ft
Elevation low260.5 m / 855 ft
Climb difficulty score67,375.48

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Climb Rank

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This climb ranks 16,071st out of 2,710,652 worldwide cycling climbs.

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Ranked as the 40th most difficult cycling climb of all 332,744 climbs in United Kingdom.

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Places 20th out of 268,497 cycling climbs in England.

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Get your legs ready, this is the 6th most difficult cycling climb (out of 3,310 climbs) in Cumberland.

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This is the third most difficult cycling climb in St. John's Castlerigg and Wythburn.

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