A923 Muirhead-Balshando

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Coupar Angus Road, Muirhead, Backmuir of Liff, Muirhead, Angus, Scotland, DD2 5QP, United Kingdom

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Climb Profile

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Climb Stats

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Climb categoryCategory 4
Distance6.82 km / 4.24 miles
Elevation gain101.8 m / 334 ft
Average gradient1.5%
Maximum gradient7.2%
Elevation high242.9 m / 797 ft
Elevation low141 m / 463 ft
Climb difficulty score10,155.84

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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 560,195th out of 2,710,652 worldwide cycling climbs.

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Ranked as the 41,554th most difficult cycling climb of all 332,744 climbs in United Kingdom.

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Places 4,591st out of 31,752 cycling climbs in Scotland.

Ranks 73rd out of 966 cycling climbs in Angus.

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This is the most difficult cycling climb in Muirhead.

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