Helm Crag Hike

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The Woman and the Organ, Poet’s Walk, Lakes, Grasmere, Westmorland and Furness, England, LA22 9QL, United Kingdom

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Climb Profile

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Climb Stats

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Climb categoryCategory 3
Distance1.28 km / 0.80 miles
Elevation gain241.6 m / 793 ft
Average gradient18.8%
Maximum gradient49.5%
Elevation high421.8 m / 1,384 ft
Elevation low180.2 m / 591 ft
Climb difficulty score24,166.07

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Climb Rank

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This climb ranks 168,896th out of 2,710,652 worldwide cycling climbs.

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Ranked as the 4,634th most difficult cycling climb of all 332,744 climbs in United Kingdom.

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Places 2,551st out of 268,497 cycling climbs in England.

Ranks 308th out of 4,794 cycling climbs in Westmorland and Furness.

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This is the third most difficult cycling climb in Grasmere.

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