For the Classics lover
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| Climb category | Category 3 |
| Distance | 4.57 km / 2.84 miles |
| Elevation gain | 165 m / 541 ft |
| Average gradient | 3.6% |
| Maximum gradient | 27.7% |
| Elevation high | 244.6 m / 802 ft |
| Elevation low | 79.2 m / 260 ft |
| Climb difficulty score | 16,480.01 |
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|---|---|---|---|
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Leaves to Lymphoy Craiglockhart, City of Edinburgh | 5.03 km | 1.3% | 67 m |
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Climb Rank
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🗺 This climb ranks 298,614th out of 2,710,652 worldwide cycling climbs. |
🧮 Ranked as the 15,199th most difficult cycling climb of all 332,744 climbs in United Kingdom. |
📉 Places 1,817th out of 31,752 cycling climbs in Scotland. |
⚖ Ranks 50th out of 2,023 cycling climbs in City of Edinburgh. |
🥈️ This is the second most difficult cycling climb in Craiglockhart. |
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