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Braid Burn to Observatory Road

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Howe Dean Path, Blackford Hill, Blackford, City of Edinburgh, Scotland, EH16 6TR, United Kingdom
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Climb Profile

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70 m90 m105 m125 m-7.1% from 0 m to 3 m0.0% from 3 m to 4 m-10.0% from 4 m to 6 m0.0% from 6 m to 7 m-9.1% from 7 m to 8 m0.0% from 8 m to 9 m0.0% from 9 m to 9 m-7.7% from 9 m to 10 m-4.2% from 10 m to 13 m-11.1% from 13 m to 14 m-2.6% from 14 m to 18 m-5.9% from 18 m to 24 m0.0% from 24 m to 26 m-2.8% from 26 m to 33 m-7.7% from 33 m to 35 m-2.7% from 35 m to 42 m0.0% from 42 m to 46 m0.0% from 46 m to 50 m1.3% from 50 m to 58 m0.0% from 58 m to 60 m3.3% from 60 m to 66 m0.0% from 66 m to 69 m6.3% from 69 m to 71 m1.8% from 71 m to 77 m6.2% from 77 m to 78 m0.0% from 78 m to 80 m1.6% from 80 m to 86 m1.7% from 86 m to 92 m3.2% from 92 m to 95 m4.8% from 95 m to 101 m9.4% from 101 m to 105 m9.8% from 105 m to 111 m18.5% from 111 m to 113 m16.3% from 113 m to 118 m23.1% from 118 m to 119 m20.9% from 119 m to 123 m20.4% from 123 m to 128 m16.7% from 128 m to 129 m15.4% from 129 m to 133 m12.1% from 133 m to 137 m13.3% from 137 m to 138 m7.7% from 138 m to 142 m8.3% from 142 m to 146 m6.7% from 146 m to 149 m15.8% from 149 m to 151 m10.4% from 151 m to 155 m10.8% from 155 m to 159 m10.7% from 159 m to 165 m6.2% from 165 m to 166 m7.9% from 166 m to 170 m11.0% from 170 m to 178 m11.4% from 178 m to 182 m9.6% from 182 m to 189 m6.7% from 189 m to 191 m9.5% from 191 m to 198 m11.1% from 198 m to 206 m20.0% from 206 m to 208 m17.6% from 208 m to 209 m20.7% from 209 m to 212 m18.5% from 212 m to 218 m17.6% from 218 m to 219 m19.7% from 219 m to 225 m18.2% from 225 m to 226 m25.0% from 226 m to 228 m17.1% from 228 m to 232 m12.2% from 232 m to 237 m10.5% from 237 m to 239 m11.6% from 239 m to 254 m13.0% from 254 m to 258 m12.1% from 258 m to 267 m13.1% from 267 m to 283 m13.2% from 283 m to 288 m14.1% from 288 m to 296 m13.7% from 296 m to 301 m14.3% from 301 m to 306 m13.9% from 306 m to 314 m12.3% from 314 m to 322 m10.4% from 322 m to 342 m9.6% from 342 m to 359 m4.8% from 359 m to 361 m3.7% from 361 m to 372 m5.0% from 372 m to 378 m2.3% from 378 m to 382 m0.0% from 382 m to 385 m-6.2% from 385 m to 386 m1.2% from 386 m to 395 m-4.6% from 395 m to 406 m-2.8% from 406 m to 409 m-2.9% from 409 m to 413 m-3.6% from 413 m to 416 m10.0% from 416 m to 417 m11.1% from 417 m to 418 m12.0% from 418 m to 421 m17.1% from 421 m to 424 m15.8% from 424 m to 426 m17.6% from 426 m to 428 m16.7% from 428 m to 430 m20.1% from 430 m to 444 m11.4% from 444 m to 462 m4.7% from 462 m to 466 m7.4% from 466 m to 475 m7.5% from 475 m to 479 m6.9% from 479 m to 481 m8.7% from 481 m to 484 m6.7% from 484 m to 485 m9.0% from 485 m to 495 m11.8% from 495 m to 497 m8.2% from 497 m to 507 m10.6% from 507 m to 523 m9.4% from 523 m to 539 m9.5% from 539 m to 557 m-1%12%14%7%9%10%0 m100 m200 m300 m400 m500 m
Gradient key0-3%3-6%6-9%9-12%12-15%15%+

Climb Stats

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Climb categoryUncategorised
Distance0.56 km / 0.35 miles
Elevation gain47.6 m / 156 ft
Average gradient8.6%
Maximum gradient20.5%
Elevation high123.3 m / 405 ft
Elevation low73.9 m / 242 ft
Climb difficulty score4,758.93

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Climb Rank

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This climb ranks 1,139,696th out of 2,710,652 worldwide cycling climbs.

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Ranked as the 105,172nd most difficult cycling climb of all 332,744 climbs in United Kingdom.

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Places 11,322nd out of 31,752 cycling climbs in Scotland.

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Ranks 456th out of 2,023 cycling climbs in City of Edinburgh.

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A local climb of note, this is the 8th most difficult cycling climb (out of 45 climbs) in Blackford.

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