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Balgreen Road to the tower

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Corstorphine Hill LNR Map Board, Corstorphine Road, Balgreen, Murrayfield, City of Edinburgh, Scotland, EH12 5ST, United Kingdom
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Climb Profile

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50 m90 m125 m165 m15.0% from 0 m to 13 m15.0% from 13 m to 27 m14.8% from 27 m to 37 m15.4% from 37 m to 48 m14.9% from 48 m to 59 m14.9% from 59 m to 71 m15.2% from 71 m to 83 m11.1% from 83 m to 93 m11.0% from 93 m to 103 m12.8% from 103 m to 114 m6.6% from 114 m to 125 m17.0% from 125 m to 135 m16.5% from 135 m to 148 m10.9% from 148 m to 160 m14.9% from 160 m to 172 m18.5% from 172 m to 183 m12.7% from 183 m to 194 m3.4% from 194 m to 205 m5.7% from 205 m to 218 m3.4% from 218 m to 229 m13.0% from 229 m to 241 m12.7% from 241 m to 251 m13.9% from 251 m to 261 m12.9% from 261 m to 271 m14.6% from 271 m to 284 m14.9% from 284 m to 294 m16.2% from 294 m to 304 m16.8% from 304 m to 316 m13.4% from 316 m to 327 m14.5% from 327 m to 338 m11.3% from 338 m to 349 m7.1% from 349 m to 361 m4.9% from 361 m to 371 m10.0% from 371 m to 384 m12.5% from 384 m to 394 m9.4% from 394 m to 407 m9.8% from 407 m to 418 m2.8% from 418 m to 429 m6.8% from 429 m to 441 m10.1% from 441 m to 452 m17.3% from 452 m to 463 m9.7% from 463 m to 474 m10.8% from 474 m to 484 m18.3% from 484 m to 494 m16.5% from 494 m to 505 m15.1% from 505 m to 515 m16.2% from 515 m to 528 m17.7% from 528 m to 541 m18.4% from 541 m to 551 m19.2% from 551 m to 564 m19.5% from 564 m to 577 m10.5% from 577 m to 588 m7.2% from 588 m to 599 m6.9% from 599 m to 610 m6.4% from 610 m to 621 m7.6% from 621 m to 632 m8.5% from 632 m to 647 m8.3% from 647 m to 659 m8.8% from 659 m to 671 m6.8% from 671 m to 683 m-1.0% from 683 m to 693 m0.0% from 693 m to 703 m4.3% from 703 m to 717 m4.3% from 717 m to 729 m4.7% from 729 m to 739 m3.7% from 739 m to 753 m5.7% from 753 m to 765 m7.3% from 765 m to 776 m8.1% from 776 m to 790 m9.2% from 790 m to 803 m10.1% from 803 m to 817 m9.8% from 817 m to 828 m10.9% from 828 m to 838 m9.2% from 838 m to 850 m13.0% from 850 m to 860 m9.5% from 860 m to 870 m8.7% from 870 m to 883 m7.2% from 883 m to 894 m10.4% from 894 m to 907 m0.0% from 907 m to 921 m2.0% from 921 m to 931 m2.7% from 931 m to 946 m1.5% from 946 m to 959 m1.5% from 959 m to 972 m3.5% from 972 m to 983 m-3.9% from 983 m to 996 m-6.3% from 996 m to 1.0 km-6.0% from 1.0 km to 1.0 km-5.9% from 1.0 km to 1.0 km-4.0% from 1.0 km to 1.0 km-5.2% from 1.0 km to 1.1 km-5.9% from 1.1 km to 1.1 km-4.6% from 1.1 km to 1.1 km-5.1% from 1.1 km to 1.1 km-3.3% from 1.1 km to 1.1 km-1.9% from 1.1 km to 1.1 km-3.4% from 1.1 km to 1.1 km-4.7% from 1.1 km to 1.1 km-5.2% from 1.1 km to 1.1 km-1.0% from 1.1 km to 1.2 km2.7% from 1.2 km to 1.2 km4.7% from 1.2 km to 1.2 km3.2% from 1.2 km to 1.2 km3.1% from 1.2 km to 1.2 km1.5% from 1.2 km to 1.2 km4.1% from 1.2 km to 1.2 km2.8% from 1.2 km to 1.2 km1.9% from 1.2 km to 1.3 km2.4% from 1.3 km to 1.3 km1.0% from 1.3 km to 1.3 km0.8% from 1.3 km to 1.3 km5.3% from 1.3 km to 1.3 km7.9% from 1.3 km to 1.3 km6.3% from 1.3 km to 1.3 km3.1% from 1.3 km to 1.3 km0.8% from 1.3 km to 1.3 km4.3% from 1.3 km to 1.4 km1.0% from 1.4 km to 1.4 km-1.9% from 1.4 km to 1.4 km2.0% from 1.4 km to 1.4 km5.0% from 1.4 km to 1.4 km1.9% from 1.4 km to 1.4 km-0.9% from 1.4 km to 1.4 km-4.8% from 1.4 km to 1.4 km-1.4% from 1.4 km to 1.5 km1.7% from 1.5 km to 1.5 km4.1% from 1.5 km to 1.5 km8.3% from 1.5 km to 1.5 km13.5% from 1.5 km to 1.5 km13.7% from 1.5 km to 1.5 km14.7% from 1.5 km to 1.5 km9.8% from 1.5 km to 1.5 km8.4% from 1.5 km to 1.5 km6.0% from 1.5 km to 1.6 km7.2% from 1.6 km to 1.6 km13%12%10%6%-2%3%0 m250 m500 m750 m1 km1.3 km1.5 km
Gradient key0-3%3-6%6-9%9-12%12-15%15%+

Climb Stats

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Climb categoryCategory 4
Distance1.57 km / 0.97 miles
Elevation gain117.1 m / 384 ft
Average gradient7%
Maximum gradient18.8%
Elevation high160.6 m / 527 ft
Elevation low51.5 m / 169 ft
Climb difficulty score10,965.5

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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 508,774th out of 2,710,652 worldwide cycling climbs.

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Ranked as the 36,298th most difficult cycling climb of all 332,744 climbs in United Kingdom.

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Places 4,007th out of 31,752 cycling climbs in Scotland.

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Ranks 117th out of 2,023 cycling climbs in City of Edinburgh.

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This is the second most difficult cycling climb in Balgreen.

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