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Up the steps and Lang Linn

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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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90 m105 m125 m140 m0.0% from 0 m to 3 m15.2% from 3 m to 77 m9.7% from 77 m to 80 m9.5% from 80 m to 88 m7.5% from 88 m to 103 m6.7% from 103 m to 106 m8.3% from 106 m to 110 m0.0% from 110 m to 114 m0.0% from 114 m to 122 m1.4% from 122 m to 129 m2.7% from 129 m to 133 m2.1% from 133 m to 137 m1.8% from 137 m to 143 m3.2% from 143 m to 149 m2.7% from 149 m to 153 m1.9% from 153 m to 158 m2.5% from 158 m to 162 m2.9% from 162 m to 166 m3.9% from 166 m to 174 m2.5% from 174 m to 178 m0.0% from 178 m to 181 m2.5% from 181 m to 185 m2.5% from 185 m to 189 m2.6% from 189 m to 193 m2.3% from 193 m to 198 m2.3% from 198 m to 202 m0.0% from 202 m to 206 m2.6% from 206 m to 210 m0.0% from 210 m to 214 m2.8% from 214 m to 218 m7.0% from 218 m to 222 m5.9% from 222 m to 226 m4.1% from 226 m to 230 m6.5% from 230 m to 234 m2.9% from 234 m to 237 m6.1% from 237 m to 244 m3.1% from 244 m to 247 m5.4% from 247 m to 251 m2.5% from 251 m to 255 m2.3% from 255 m to 259 m4.4% from 259 m to 263 m2.9% from 263 m to 267 m2.3% from 267 m to 271 m2.2% from 271 m to 276 m4.7% from 276 m to 280 m4.0% from 280 m to 285 m3.8% from 285 m to 290 m1.6% from 290 m to 297 m5.4% from 297 m to 302 m5.6% from 302 m to 308 m3.2% from 308 m to 314 m0.0% from 314 m to 318 m0.0% from 318 m to 323 m2.9% from 323 m to 326 m0.0% from 326 m to 330 m2.3% from 330 m to 334 m2.3% from 334 m to 338 m2.2% from 338 m to 343 m2.2% from 343 m to 347 m5.7% from 347 m to 351 m1.9% from 351 m to 356 m2.1% from 356 m to 361 m2.0% from 361 m to 366 m2.5% from 366 m to 370 m0.0% from 370 m to 375 m8.1% from 375 m to 378 m14.3% from 378 m to 383 m13.3% from 383 m to 387 m12.2% from 387 m to 392 m14.0% from 392 m to 396 m12.8% from 396 m to 400 m12.5% from 400 m to 404 m13.3% from 404 m to 409 m12.2% from 409 m to 413 m15.0% from 413 m to 417 m11.4% from 417 m to 420 m18.9% from 420 m to 424 m27.8% from 424 m to 429 m27.5% from 429 m to 433 m25.6% from 433 m to 437 m30.3% from 437 m to 441 m32.2% from 441 m to 447 m28.3% from 447 m to 452 m29.1% from 452 m to 457 m25.9% from 457 m to 463 m28.8% from 463 m to 468 m32.6% from 468 m to 473 m30.0% from 473 m to 477 m28.6% from 477 m to 481 m20.0% from 481 m to 485 m0.0% from 485 m to 490 m0.0% from 490 m to 494 m0.0% from 494 m to 499 m0.0% from 499 m to 502 m0.0% from 502 m to 506 m0.0% from 506 m to 510 m0.0% from 510 m to 513 m0.0% from 513 m to 518 m2.8% from 518 m to 521 m0.0% from 521 m to 525 m-4.4% from 525 m to 529 m-2.6% from 529 m to 533 m2.4% from 533 m to 537 m0.0% from 537 m to 544 m13%3%4%5%21%-0%0 m100 m200 m300 m400 m500 m
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Climb Stats

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Climb categoryUncategorised
Distance0.54 km / 0.34 miles
Elevation gain44.9 m / 147 ft
Average gradient8.3%
Maximum gradient30%
Elevation high138.1 m / 453 ft
Elevation low93 m / 305 ft
Climb difficulty score4,490.96

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Climb Rank

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This climb ranks 1,187,531st out of 2,710,652 worldwide cycling climbs.

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Ranked as the 110,858th most difficult cycling climb of all 332,744 climbs in United Kingdom.

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Places 11,895th out of 31,752 cycling climbs in Scotland.

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Ranks 503rd out of 2,023 cycling climbs in City of Edinburgh.

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A local climb of note, this is the 10th most difficult cycling climb (out of 45 climbs) in Blackford.

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