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Climb Stats
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| Climb category | Category 3 |
| Distance | 8.13 km / 5.05 miles |
| Elevation gain | 193.5 m / 635 ft |
| Average gradient | 2.4% |
| Maximum gradient | 14.5% |
| Elevation high | 232.3 m / 762 ft |
| Elevation low | 33.5 m / 110 ft |
| Climb difficulty score | 19,349.16 |
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Climb Rank
How does this climb compare against every other climb in the world?
🗺 This climb ranks 237,518th out of 2,710,652 worldwide cycling climbs. |
🧮 Ranked as the 9,696th most difficult cycling climb of all 332,744 climbs in United Kingdom. |
📉 Places 5,883rd out of 268,497 cycling climbs in England. |
🏵️ Get your legs ready, this is the 7th most difficult cycling climb (out of 215 climbs) in North East. |
🏵️ A local climb of note, this is the 7th most difficult cycling climb (out of 200 climbs) in Gateshead. |
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