Water o' Leith to Howdenburn Junction
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| Climb category | Category 3 |
| Distance | 4.84 km / 3.01 miles |
| Elevation gain | 300.9 m / 987 ft |
| Average gradient | 6.2% |
| Maximum gradient | 23.6% |
| Elevation high | 425 m / 1,394 ft |
| Elevation low | 104.8 m / 344 ft |
| Climb difficulty score | 30,090.49 |
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Climb Rank
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🗺 This climb ranks 116,179th out of 2,710,652 worldwide cycling climbs. |
🧮 Ranked as the 1,995th most difficult cycling climb of all 332,744 climbs in United Kingdom. |
📉 Places 325th out of 31,752 cycling climbs in Scotland. |
🏵️ Get your legs ready, this is the 6th most difficult cycling climb (out of 2,023 climbs) in City of Edinburgh. |
🥇 This is the most difficult cycling climb in Colinton. |
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