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Heading on up

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Hermitage of Braid and Blackford Hill Local Nature Reserve, Blackford Hill View, Blackford Hill, Blackford, City of Edinburgh, Scotland, EH9 3HD, United Kingdom
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Climb Profile

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Climb Stats

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Climb categoryUncategorised
Distance0.61 km / 0.38 miles
Elevation gain29 m / 95 ft
Average gradient4.7%
Maximum gradient9.5%
Elevation high130.4 m / 428 ft
Elevation low101.4 m / 333 ft
Climb difficulty score2,902.78

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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 1,562,128th out of 2,710,652 worldwide cycling climbs.

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Ranked as the 157,637th most difficult cycling climb of all 332,744 climbs in United Kingdom.

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Places 16,493rd out of 31,752 cycling climbs in Scotland.

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Ranks 781st out of 2,023 cycling climbs in City of Edinburgh.

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Ranking 18th out of 45 cycling climbs in Blackford.

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