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Cairn Vallich Hut Climb

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

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Climb Stats

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Climb categoryCategory 2
Distance3.79 km / 2.36 miles
Elevation gain361.6 m / 1,186 ft
Average gradient9.5%
Maximum gradient17%
Elevation high574.5 m / 1,885 ft
Elevation low212.9 m / 698 ft
Climb difficulty score36,170.91

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Climb Rank

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🗺

This climb ranks 80,638th out of 2,710,652 worldwide cycling climbs.

🧮

Ranked as the 823rd most difficult cycling climb of all 332,744 climbs in United Kingdom.

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Places 154th out of 31,752 cycling climbs in Scotland.

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Ranks 17th out of 2,909 cycling climbs in Aberdeenshire.

🏵️

A local climb of note, this is the 6th most difficult cycling climb (out of 60 climbs) in Ballater.

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