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Cairn Leuchan Climb without the gate

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Mounth Road, Balintober, Ballater, Aberdeenshire, Scotland, AB35 5SN, United Kingdom
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Climb Profile

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260 m365 m475 m580 m12.4% from 0 m to 14 m11.6% from 14 m to 28 m8.6% from 28 m to 34 m11.8% from 34 m to 43 m11.3% from 43 m to 51 m11.6% from 51 m to 63 m10.6% from 63 m to 74 m10.9% from 74 m to 88 m12.7% from 88 m to 98 m6.9% from 98 m to 107 m9.1% from 107 m to 112 m9.8% from 112 m to 118 m10.4% from 118 m to 125 m9.1% from 125 m to 134 m10.3% from 134 m to 143 m12.8% from 143 m to 147 m13.5% from 147 m to 158 m12.2% from 158 m to 162 m10.3% from 162 m to 171 m10.1% from 171 m to 185 m9.6% from 185 m to 200 m5.6% from 200 m to 230 m-2.0% from 230 m to 240 m-0.5% from 240 m to 261 m1.7% from 261 m to 272 m2.1% from 272 m to 282 m0.8% from 282 m to 294 m5.4% from 294 m to 314 m10.1% from 314 m to 322 m10.3% from 322 m to 337 m12.9% from 337 m to 344 m8.6% from 344 m to 355 m13.1% from 355 m to 364 m11.8% from 364 m to 367 m10.0% from 367 m to 377 m11.0% from 377 m to 387 m10.5% from 387 m to 397 m10.6% from 397 m to 403 m10.9% from 403 m to 416 m11.8% from 416 m to 425 m9.8% from 425 m to 438 m11.1% from 438 m to 452 m10.2% from 452 m to 462 m15.9% from 462 m to 468 m9.8% from 468 m to 477 m10.9% from 477 m to 488 m15.0% from 488 m to 498 m9.5% from 498 m to 507 m9.4% from 507 m to 513 m15.5% from 513 m to 522 m10.6% from 522 m to 528 m13.0% from 528 m to 538 m9.5% from 538 m to 544 m11.7% from 544 m to 552 m13.4% from 552 m to 566 m14.5% from 566 m to 573 m16.3% from 573 m to 577 m10.3% from 577 m to 588 m16.1% from 588 m to 597 m12.9% from 597 m to 604 m16.1% from 604 m to 607 m11.0% from 607 m to 619 m13.4% from 619 m to 631 m11.4% from 631 m to 639 m11.5% from 639 m to 652 m12.8% from 652 m to 659 m13.1% from 659 m to 665 m13.6% from 665 m to 674 m14.1% from 674 m to 683 m14.0% from 683 m to 692 m14.8% from 692 m to 704 m14.5% from 704 m to 709 m14.3% from 709 m to 715 m15.3% from 715 m to 721 m15.9% from 721 m to 727 m14.9% from 727 m to 734 m16.4% from 734 m to 740 m15.5% from 740 m to 748 m16.4% from 748 m to 754 m14.6% from 754 m to 758 m15.5% from 758 m to 766 m16.5% from 766 m to 775 m15.7% from 775 m to 783 m16.2% from 783 m to 790 m14.8% from 790 m to 799 m14.9% from 799 m to 805 m13.5% from 805 m to 815 m15.7% from 815 m to 825 m13.8% from 825 m to 834 m15.3% from 834 m to 844 m11.9% from 844 m to 853 m14.0% from 853 m to 862 m17.1% from 862 m to 870 m10.6% from 870 m to 878 m10.0% from 878 m to 882 m8.2% from 882 m to 888 m11.4% from 888 m to 899 m6.7% from 899 m to 905 m7.8% from 905 m to 911 m9.3% from 911 m to 919 m6.5% from 919 m to 928 m10.3% from 928 m to 945 m11.1% from 945 m to 956 m11.3% from 956 m to 967 m10.9% from 967 m to 980 m12.4% from 980 m to 1.0 km13.0% from 1.0 km to 1.0 km13.8% from 1.0 km to 1.0 km15.1% from 1.0 km to 1.0 km16.0% from 1.0 km to 1.0 km15.9% from 1.0 km to 1.1 km13.2% from 1.1 km to 1.1 km8.3% from 1.1 km to 1.1 km5.6% from 1.1 km to 1.1 km7.9% from 1.1 km to 1.1 km6.2% from 1.1 km to 1.1 km4.4% from 1.1 km to 1.1 km10.5% from 1.1 km to 1.1 km9.2% from 1.1 km to 1.1 km9.5% from 1.1 km to 1.2 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Climb Stats

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Climb categoryCategory 3
Distance3.31 km / 2.06 miles
Elevation gain315.4 m / 1,035 ft
Average gradient9.5%
Maximum gradient17.2%
Elevation high578.7 m / 1,899 ft
Elevation low263.3 m / 864 ft
Climb difficulty score31,552.6

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Climb Rank

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This climb ranks 106,266th out of 2,710,652 worldwide cycling climbs.

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Ranked as the 1,630th most difficult cycling climb of all 332,744 climbs in United Kingdom.

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Places 265th out of 31,752 cycling climbs in Scotland.

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Ranks 26th 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 60 climbs) in Ballater.

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