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Balls to the wall

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Oakes Lane, Upper Hagg, Holme Valley, Brockholes, Kirklees, West Yorkshire, England, HD9 7AR, United Kingdom
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Climb Profile

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Climb Stats

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Climb categoryCategory 4
Distance1.5 km / 0.93 miles
Elevation gain159.2 m / 522 ft
Average gradient10.6%
Maximum gradient26.4%
Elevation high148.2 m / 486 ft
Elevation low-11 m / -36 ft
Climb difficulty score15,922.76

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Climb Rank

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This climb ranks 313,016th out of 2,710,652 worldwide cycling climbs.

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Ranked as the 16,582nd most difficult cycling climb of all 332,744 climbs in United Kingdom.

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Places 10,710th out of 268,497 cycling climbs in England.

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Ranks 315th out of 2,774 cycling climbs in Kirklees.

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A local climb of note, this is the 4th most difficult cycling climb (out of 41 climbs) in Brockholes.

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