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Lour road grind

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Lour Road, West Caldhame, Kingsmuir, Forfar, Angus, Scotland, DD8 2AS, United Kingdom
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Climb Profile

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Climb Stats

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Climb categoryCategory 4
Distance1.68 km / 1.04 miles
Elevation gain84.7 m / 278 ft
Average gradient5%
Maximum gradient12.1%
Elevation high157.2 m / 516 ft
Elevation low74.1 m / 243 ft
Climb difficulty score8,383

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Climb Rank

How does this climb compare against every other climb in the world?

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This climb ranks 712,623rd out of 2,710,652 worldwide cycling climbs.

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Ranked as the 56,891st most difficult cycling climb of all 332,744 climbs in United Kingdom.

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Places 6,225th out of 31,752 cycling climbs in Scotland.

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Ranks 124th out of 966 cycling climbs in Angus.

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A local climb of note, this is the 8th most difficult cycling climb (out of 72 climbs) in Forfar.

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