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Observatory Road Hill

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Observatory Road, Blackford Hill, Blackford, City of Edinburgh, Scotland, EH9 3HE, United Kingdom
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Climb Profile

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120 m135 m155 m170 m9.0% from 0 m to 9 m4.1% from 9 m to 19 m6.7% from 19 m to 22 m3.5% from 22 m to 27 m2.1% from 27 m to 37 m2.1% from 37 m to 46 m9.4% from 46 m to 53 m9.1% from 53 m to 57 m4.7% from 57 m to 62 m5.5% from 62 m to 69 m2.3% from 69 m to 77 m8.2% from 77 m to 85 m4.4% from 85 m to 94 m11.0% from 94 m to 101 m5.7% from 101 m to 108 m7.5% from 108 m to 119 m3.8% from 119 m to 129 m9.8% from 129 m to 137 m7.6% from 137 m to 145 m8.3% from 145 m to 153 m16.2% from 153 m to 156 m11.4% from 156 m to 163 m9.2% from 163 m to 170 m13.3% from 170 m to 173 m13.8% from 173 m to 179 m13.1% from 179 m to 185 m6.5% from 185 m to 191 m18.2% from 191 m to 194 m10.5% from 194 m to 200 m10.2% from 200 m to 206 m10.0% from 206 m to 212 m9.8% from 212 m to 218 m12.7% from 218 m to 224 m17.8% from 224 m to 229 m23.3% from 229 m to 233 m12.5% from 233 m to 238 m16.7% from 238 m to 240 m8.3% from 240 m to 243 m14.3% from 243 m to 248 m17.8% from 248 m to 253 m10.9% from 253 m to 258 m9.7% from 258 m to 264 m7.0% from 264 m to 270 m13.8% from 270 m to 273 m20.0% from 273 m to 277 m13.3% from 277 m to 281 m8.7% from 281 m to 286 m16.7% from 286 m to 288 m15.1% from 288 m to 294 m8.3% from 294 m to 299 m7.4% from 299 m to 304 m15.7% from 304 m to 309 m7.4% from 309 m to 314 m21.1% from 314 m to 318 m9.5% from 318 m to 322 m8.3% from 322 m to 327 m16.2% from 327 m to 331 m12.5% from 331 m to 336 m7.7% from 336 m to 341 m7.0% from 341 m to 347 m19.0% from 347 m to 349 m12.9% from 349 m to 355 m12.0% from 355 m to 360 m8.3% from 360 m to 365 m17.4% from 365 m to 367 m17.0% from 367 m to 372 m14.6% from 372 m to 376 m18.2% from 376 m to 378 m22.2% from 378 m to 382 m19.0% from 382 m to 386 m14.0% from 386 m to 390 m15.7% from 390 m to 395 m18.6% from 395 m to 400 m17.4% from 400 m to 402 m20.5% from 402 m to 406 m13.6% from 406 m to 410 m10.9% from 410 m to 416 m5%9%13%13%0 m100 m200 m300 m400 m
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Climb Stats

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Climb categoryUncategorised
Distance0.42 km / 0.26 miles
Elevation gain43.2 m / 142 ft
Average gradient10.4%
Maximum gradient18.4%
Elevation high166.8 m / 547 ft
Elevation low123.6 m / 406 ft
Climb difficulty score4,318.08

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Climb Rank

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This climb ranks 1,220,591st out of 2,710,652 worldwide cycling climbs.

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Ranked as the 114,878th most difficult cycling climb of all 332,744 climbs in United Kingdom.

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Places 12,289th out of 31,752 cycling climbs in Scotland.

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Ranks 523rd out of 2,023 cycling climbs in City of Edinburgh.

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Ranking 11th out of 45 cycling climbs in Blackford.

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