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The Grind

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Lodge Fields, North Malvern Road, North Malvern, Malvern, Malvern Hills, Worcestershire, England, WR14 4LX, United Kingdom
Cat. 3

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Climb Profile

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200 m270 m335 m405 m-38.2% from 0 m to 31 m44.4% from 31 m to 68 m-19.0% from 68 m to 72 m20.2% from 72 m to 82 m9.3% from 82 m to 91 m16.1% from 91 m to 98 m22.0% from 98 m to 106 m25.5% from 106 m to 110 m19.5% from 110 m to 119 m25.6% from 119 m to 123 m16.1% from 123 m to 143 m16.7% from 143 m to 166 m14.6% from 166 m to 176 m-8.1% from 176 m to 180 m15.7% from 180 m to 208 m-2.7% from 208 m to 216 m-2.1% from 216 m to 220 m15.9% from 220 m to 227 m12.1% from 227 m to 233 m-7.8% from 233 m to 242 m-27.5% from 242 m to 246 m-3.9% from 246 m to 251 m16.1% from 251 m to 260 m31.4% from 260 m to 271 m20.4% from 271 m to 280 m13.7% from 280 m to 298 m12.0% from 298 m to 306 m13.5% from 306 m to 321 m4.9% from 321 m to 329 m0.9% from 329 m to 340 m17.4% from 340 m to 349 m-0.7% from 349 m to 363 m22.4% from 363 m to 367 m15.6% from 367 m to 381 m0.8% from 381 m to 405 m-2.1% from 405 m to 428 m-4.0% from 428 m to 453 m-5.9% from 453 m to 462 m-5.9% from 462 m to 470 m-14.5% from 470 m to 478 m-14.3% from 478 m to 486 m-7.9% from 486 m to 495 m-7.8% from 495 m to 505 m-5.4% from 505 m to 517 m0.0% from 517 m to 528 m4.1% from 528 m to 547 m27.6% from 547 m to 567 m27.1% from 567 m to 581 m5.7% from 581 m to 606 m-28.1% from 606 m to 648 m-18.8% from 648 m to 690 m-18.0% from 690 m to 773 m22.7% from 773 m to 797 m38.2% from 797 m to 840 m-1.1% from 840 m to 849 m-23.8% from 849 m to 862 m-30.8% from 862 m to 900 m-12.1% from 900 m to 911 m-6.2% from 911 m to 922 m-6.2% from 922 m to 941 m-2.2% from 941 m to 968 m14.5% from 968 m to 1.0 km21.9% from 1.0 km to 1.0 km17.6% from 1.0 km to 1.0 km13.6% from 1.0 km to 1.1 km15.1% from 1.1 km to 1.1 km0.0% from 1.1 km to 1.1 km-12.2% from 1.1 km to 1.1 km-6.0% from 1.1 km to 1.1 km7.1% from 1.1 km to 1.1 km24.0% from 1.1 km to 1.2 km21.0% from 1.2 km to 1.2 km12.4% from 1.2 km to 1.2 km10.5% from 1.2 km to 1.2 km11.4% from 1.2 km to 1.2 km19.7% from 1.2 km to 1.2 km17.1% from 1.2 km to 1.2 km21.7% from 1.2 km to 1.2 km24.5% from 1.2 km to 1.3 km-4.3% from 1.3 km to 1.3 km-9.7% from 1.3 km to 1.3 km-10.8% from 1.3 km to 1.3 km-8.9% from 1.3 km to 1.3 km-15.1% from 1.3 km to 1.3 km-30.3% from 1.3 km to 1.4 km-23.7% from 1.4 km to 1.4 km22.7% from 1.4 km to 1.4 km25.0% from 1.4 km to 1.4 km22.6% from 1.4 km to 1.4 km27.9% from 1.4 km to 1.4 km31.8% from 1.4 km to 1.4 km32.6% from 1.4 km to 1.4 km37.9% from 1.4 km to 1.4 km33.8% from 1.4 km to 1.4 km25.8% from 1.4 km to 1.5 km32.2% from 1.5 km to 1.5 km34.1% from 1.5 km to 1.5 km30.3% from 1.5 km to 1.5 km36.9% from 1.5 km to 1.5 km38.2% from 1.5 km to 1.5 km8.5% from 1.5 km to 1.5 km41.1% from 1.5 km to 1.5 km20.8% from 1.5 km to 1.5 km-19.2% from 1.5 km to 1.6 km-15.5% from 1.6 km to 1.6 km-24.2% from 1.6 km to 1.6 km-28.7% from 1.6 km to 1.6 km-30.8% from 1.6 km to 1.6 km-32.5% from 1.6 km to 1.6 km-17.9% from 1.6 km to 1.6 km13.0% from 1.6 km to 1.6 km17.8% from 1.6 km to 1.7 km18.9% from 1.7 km to 1.7 km-3.3% from 1.7 km to 1.7 km-5.6% from 1.7 km to 1.7 km17.1% from 1.7 km to 1.7 km27.4% from 1.7 km to 1.7 km30.8% from 1.7 km to 1.7 km24.7% from 1.7 km to 1.7 km14.8% from 1.7 km to 1.8 km27.5% from 1.8 km to 1.8 km10.8% from 1.8 km to 1.8 km-7.4% from 1.8 km to 1.8 km-22.3% from 1.8 km to 1.8 km-27.6% from 1.8 km to 1.8 km-24.4% from 1.8 km to 1.8 km-5.5% from 1.8 km to 1.8 km42.6% from 1.8 km to 1.8 km36.8% from 1.8 km to 1.8 km26.4% from 1.8 km to 1.8 km29.7% from 1.8 km to 1.8 km25.8% from 1.8 km to 1.9 km7.8% from 1.9 km to 1.9 km10.4% from 1.9 km to 1.9 km5.3% from 1.9 km to 1.9 km-0.6% from 1.9 km to 1.9 km2.4% from 1.9 km to 1.9 km4.2% from 1.9 km to 1.9 km22.1% from 1.9 km to 1.9 km27.7% from 1.9 km to 1.9 km30.4% from 1.9 km to 2.0 km29.8% from 2.0 km to 2.0 km31.4% from 2.0 km to 2.0 km29.6% from 2.0 km to 2.0 km29.9% from 2.0 km to 2.0 km30.6% from 2.0 km to 2.0 km-27.2% from 2.0 km to 2.0 km-19.2% from 2.0 km to 2.0 km-13.3% from 2.0 km to 2.0 km-6.6% from 2.0 km to 2.0 km9.9% from 2.0 km to 2.1 km3.6% from 2.1 km to 2.1 km-2.9% from 2.1 km to 2.1 km-1.0% from 2.1 km to 2.1 km-4.1% from 2.1 km to 2.1 km-8.5% from 2.1 km to 2.1 km-17.3% from 2.1 km to 2.1 km5.1% from 2.1 km to 2.1 km3.8% from 2.1 km to 2.1 km14.2% from 2.1 km to 2.1 km7.7% from 2.1 km to 2.2 km19.8% from 2.2 km to 2.2 km21.1% from 2.2 km to 2.2 km16.7% from 2.2 km to 2.2 km17.5% from 2.2 km to 2.2 km25.5% from 2.2 km to 2.2 km32.8% from 2.2 km to 2.2 km30.4% from 2.2 km to 2.2 km28.9% from 2.2 km to 2.2 km30.2% from 2.2 km to 2.2 km31.8% from 2.2 km to 2.2 km32.1% from 2.2 km to 2.2 km32.1% from 2.2 km to 2.3 km32.9% from 2.3 km to 2.3 km33.9% from 2.3 km to 2.3 km30.0% from 2.3 km to 2.3 km27.7% from 2.3 km to 2.3 km26.2% from 2.3 km to 2.3 km28.3% from 2.3 km to 2.3 km29.1% from 2.3 km to 2.3 km29.6% from 2.3 km to 2.3 km25.5% from 2.3 km to 2.3 km0.0% from 2.3 km to 2.3 km6.6% from 2.3 km to 2.4 km-0.6% from 2.4 km to 2.4 km-3.6% from 2.4 km to 2.4 km-2.8% from 2.4 km to 2.4 km7.1% from 2.4 km to 2.4 km-3.6% from 2.4 km to 2.4 km-4.0% from 2.4 km to 2.4 km-9.5% from 2.4 km to 2.4 km-17.2% from 2.4 km to 2.4 km-13.3% from 2.4 km to 2.5 km-10.5% from 2.5 km to 2.5 km-23.4% from 2.5 km to 2.5 km-23.1% from 2.5 km to 2.5 km-14.4% from 2.5 km to 2.5 km0.0% from 2.5 km to 2.5 km8.7% from 2.5 km to 2.5 km8.8% from 2.5 km to 2.5 km15.0% from 2.5 km to 2.5 km8.3% from 2.5 km to 2.5 km-6.5% from 2.5 km to 2.5 km3.0% from 2.5 km to 2.5 km38.9% from 2.5 km to 2.6 km22.2% from 2.6 km to 2.6 km5.9% from 2.6 km to 2.6 km8.1% from 2.6 km to 2.6 km11.8% from 2.6 km to 2.6 km25.8% from 2.6 km to 2.6 km16.1% from 2.6 km to 2.6 km23.7% from 2.6 km to 2.6 km33.1% from 2.6 km to 2.6 km26.7% from 2.6 km to 2.6 km25.4% from 2.6 km to 2.7 km29.2% from 2.7 km to 2.7 km19.3% from 2.7 km to 2.7 km10.8% from 2.7 km to 2.7 km15.2% from 2.7 km to 2.7 km25.8% from 2.7 km to 2.7 km12.6% from 2.7 km to 2.7 km17.0% from 2.7 km to 2.7 km-8.3% from 2.7 km to 2.7 km-12.3% from 2.7 km to 2.7 km-10.6% from 2.7 km to 2.7 km-5.9% from 2.7 km to 2.7 km-7.3% from 2.7 km to 2.8 km-2.6% from 2.8 km to 2.8 km-4.9% from 2.8 km to 2.8 km-2.8% from 2.8 km to 2.8 km3.1% from 2.8 km to 2.8 km6.0% from 2.8 km to 2.8 km7.8% from 2.8 km to 2.8 km8.7% from 2.8 km to 2.8 km9.6% from 2.8 km to 2.8 km10.7% from 2.8 km to 2.8 km11.3% from 2.8 km to 2.9 km11.0% from 2.9 km to 2.9 km-1.6% from 2.9 km to 2.9 km5.6% from 2.9 km to 2.9 km-3.0% from 2.9 km to 2.9 km-4.8% from 2.9 km to 2.9 km-3.8% from 2.9 km to 2.9 km-4.8% from 2.9 km to 2.9 km0.0% from 2.9 km to 2.9 km-6.0% from 2.9 km to 2.9 km-5.3% from 2.9 km to 2.9 km-0.8% from 2.9 km to 3.0 km-7.5% from 3.0 km to 3.0 km-10.1% from 3.0 km to 3.0 km-6.2% from 3.0 km to 3.0 km5.3% from 3.0 km to 3.0 km10.4% from 3.0 km to 3.0 km8.9% from 3.0 km to 3.0 km7%-3%11%7%8%6%0 m500 m1 km1.5 km2 km2.5 km3 km
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Climb Stats

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Climb categoryCategory 3
Distance3.03 km / 1.88 miles
Elevation gain181.9 m / 597 ft
Average gradient6%
Maximum gradient29.2%
Elevation high402.66 m / 1,321 ft
Elevation low203.76 m / 668 ft
Climb difficulty score18,198.88

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Climb Rank

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This climb ranks 259,614th out of 2,710,652 worldwide cycling climbs.

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Ranked as the 11,645th most difficult cycling climb of all 332,744 climbs in United Kingdom.

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Places 7,266th out of 268,497 cycling climbs in England.

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Ranks 145th out of 4,137 cycling climbs in Worcestershire.

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Ranking 70th out of 1,009 cycling climbs in Malvern Hills.

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