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North Side of Belfast Castle to top of Cavehill

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Maze, Castle Trail, Greencastle, Belfast, County Antrim, Northern Ireland, BT15 5GQ, United Kingdom
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Climb Profile

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125 m200 m275 m350 m10.7% from 0 m to 15 m16.0% from 15 m to 76 m22.3% from 76 m to 97 m16.7% from 97 m to 159 m19.1% from 159 m to 221 m29.5% from 221 m to 231 m61.7% from 231 m to 292 m17.2% from 292 m to 354 m8.3% from 354 m to 414 m8.8% from 414 m to 455 m9.9% from 455 m to 462 m17.7% from 462 m to 483 m25.0% from 483 m to 502 m17.9% from 502 m to 539 m12.8% from 539 m to 544 m-2.5% from 544 m to 604 m-10.7% from 604 m to 631 m21.1% from 631 m to 640 m22.4% from 640 m to 653 m25.7% from 653 m to 693 m40.5% from 693 m to 734 m18.4% from 734 m to 739 m35.3% from 739 m to 748 m27.5% from 748 m to 752 m15.3% from 752 m to 764 m11.3% from 764 m to 805 m-19.0% from 805 m to 817 m6.6% from 817 m to 871 m11.1% from 871 m to 914 m-9.2% from 914 m to 924 m4.1% from 924 m to 955 m-17.3% from 955 m to 988 m15.0% from 988 m to 1.0 km24.5% from 1.0 km to 1.0 km16.0% from 1.0 km to 1.0 km11.6% from 1.0 km to 1.1 km-7.1% from 1.1 km to 1.1 km-8.1% from 1.1 km to 1.1 km-10.6% from 1.1 km to 1.1 km-5.2% from 1.1 km to 1.1 km7.6% from 1.1 km to 1.2 km15.6% from 1.2 km to 1.2 km12.2% from 1.2 km to 1.3 km18.6% from 1.3 km to 1.3 km12.0% from 1.3 km to 1.3 km19.8% from 1.3 km to 1.3 km10.5% from 1.3 km to 1.4 km12.8% from 1.4 km to 1.4 km17.9% from 1.4 km to 1.5 km8.6% from 1.5 km to 1.5 km-1.7% from 1.5 km to 1.6 km-4.6% from 1.6 km to 1.6 km21%22%16%4%9%15%0 m250 m500 m750 m1 km1.3 km1.5 km
Gradient key0-3%3-6%6-9%9-12%12-15%15%+

Climb Stats

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Climb categoryCategory 3
Distance1.57 km / 0.98 miles
Elevation gain220 m / 722 ft
Average gradient14%
Maximum gradient43.4%
Elevation high346.8 m / 1,138 ft
Elevation low126 m / 413 ft
Climb difficulty score21,999.28

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Climb Rank

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This climb ranks 195,893rd out of 2,710,652 worldwide cycling climbs.

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Ranked as the 6,513th most difficult cycling climb of all 332,744 climbs in United Kingdom.

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Places 174th out of 6,346 cycling climbs in Northern Ireland.

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Ranks 97th out of 2,063 cycling climbs in County Antrim.

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Ranking 40th out of 419 cycling climbs in Belfast.

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