Bavelow Castle to The Saddle

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Bavelaw Castle, Red Road, Balerno, City of Edinburgh, Scotland, EH14 7JS, United Kingdom
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Climb Profile

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Climb Stats

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Climb categoryUncategorised
Distance7.88 km / 4.89 miles
Elevation gain24.8 m / 81 ft
Average gradient0.3%
Maximum gradient11.5%
Elevation high348.3 m / 1,143 ft
Elevation low229.9 m / 754 ft
Climb difficulty score2,441.68

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Climb Rank

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This climb ranks 1,711,485th out of 2,710,652 worldwide cycling climbs.

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Ranked as the 177,481st most difficult cycling climb of all 332,744 climbs in United Kingdom.

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Places 18,434th out of 31,752 cycling climbs in Scotland.

Ranks 904th out of 2,023 cycling climbs in City of Edinburgh.

Ranking 83rd out of 113 cycling climbs in Balerno.

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