The Ascent
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Climb Stats
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| Climb category | Category 3 |
| Distance | 3.86 km / 2.40 miles |
| Elevation gain | 206.1 m / 676 ft |
| Average gradient | 4.4% |
| Maximum gradient | 20.1% |
| Elevation high | 293.3 m / 962 ft |
| Elevation low | 112.2 m / 368 ft |
| Climb difficulty score | 16,987.52 |
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Climb Rank
How does this climb compare against every other climb in the world?
🗺 This climb ranks 286,241st out of 2,710,652 worldwide cycling climbs. |
🧮 Ranked as the 14,078th most difficult cycling climb of all 332,744 climbs in United Kingdom. |
📉 Places 8,949th out of 268,497 cycling climbs in England. |
⚖ Ranks 365th out of 5,983 cycling climbs in Gloucestershire. |
⚖ Ranking 37th out of 273 cycling climbs in Cheltenham. |
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