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tower ess climb

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Glen Tanar Road, Dalwhing, Aboyne, Aberdeenshire, Scotland, AB34 5LB, United Kingdom
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Climb Profile

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Climb Stats

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Climb categoryCategory 3
Distance2.36 km / 1.47 miles
Elevation gain178.4 m / 585 ft
Average gradient7.6%
Maximum gradient22.9%
Elevation high343.7 m / 1,128 ft
Elevation low163.6 m / 537 ft
Climb difficulty score17,836.88

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Climb Rank

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This climb ranks 267,233rd out of 2,710,652 worldwide cycling climbs.

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Ranked as the 12,362nd most difficult cycling climb of all 332,744 climbs in United Kingdom.

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Places 1,496th out of 31,752 cycling climbs in Scotland.

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Ranks 129th out of 2,909 cycling climbs in Aberdeenshire.

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A local climb of note, this is the 10th most difficult cycling climb (out of 73 climbs) in Aboyne.

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