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Poets Glen to Top of Maidens

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Poet's Glen, Blinkbonny, Currie, City of Edinburgh, Scotland, EH14 6AG, United Kingdom
Cat. 3

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Climb Profile

Altitude builds left to right while colour shows gradient severity for each part of Poets Glen to Top of Maidens.

165 m230 m290 m355 m4.5% from 0 m to 20 m8.4% from 20 m to 40 m8.3% from 40 m to 61 m8.2% from 61 m to 82 m7.5% from 82 m to 102 m8.5% from 102 m to 123 m14.1% from 123 m to 143 m24.2% from 143 m to 164 m11.2% from 164 m to 186 m8.6% from 186 m to 208 m7.0% from 208 m to 229 m7.0% from 229 m to 249 m6.5% from 249 m to 271 m22.1% from 271 m to 283 m0.0% from 283 m to 305 m13.9% from 305 m to 326 m13.0% from 326 m to 347 m14.0% from 347 m to 369 m15.2% from 369 m to 392 m10.5% from 392 m to 412 m8.0% from 412 m to 435 m12.0% from 435 m to 456 m14.8% from 456 m to 478 m12.8% from 478 m to 500 m12.1% from 500 m to 521 m10.2% from 521 m to 543 m6.6% from 543 m to 564 m6.8% from 564 m to 586 m2.2% from 586 m to 609 m-1.6% from 609 m to 628 m-3.9% from 628 m to 633 m-13.7% from 633 m to 648 m-1.5% from 648 m to 668 m-8.3% from 668 m to 679 m-0.4% from 679 m to 704 m0.5% from 704 m to 725 m3.9% from 725 m to 745 m2.1% from 745 m to 769 m3.0% from 769 m to 790 m0.4% from 790 m to 813 m0.0% from 813 m to 836 m0.0% from 836 m to 842 m-0.4% from 842 m to 867 m0.8% from 867 m to 893 m1.2% from 893 m to 919 m1.6% from 919 m to 943 m6.3% from 943 m to 967 m3.0% from 967 m to 991 m3.2% from 991 m to 1.0 km6.4% from 1.0 km to 1.0 km2.1% from 1.0 km to 1.1 km1.1% from 1.1 km to 1.1 km0.0% from 1.1 km to 1.1 km0.5% from 1.1 km to 1.1 km0.0% from 1.1 km to 1.1 km0.4% from 1.1 km to 1.2 km0.9% from 1.2 km to 1.2 km1.3% from 1.2 km to 1.2 km2.5% from 1.2 km to 1.2 km3.6% from 1.2 km to 1.3 km2.0% from 1.3 km to 1.3 km0.4% from 1.3 km to 1.3 km1.7% from 1.3 km to 1.3 km3.0% from 1.3 km to 1.4 km3.6% from 1.4 km to 1.4 km1.3% from 1.4 km to 1.4 km2.2% from 1.4 km to 1.4 km7.0% from 1.4 km to 1.4 km3.8% from 1.4 km to 1.5 km6.0% from 1.5 km to 1.5 km9.1% from 1.5 km to 1.5 km5.8% from 1.5 km to 1.5 km9.4% from 1.5 km to 1.6 km6.9% from 1.6 km to 1.6 km4.9% from 1.6 km to 1.6 km0.0% from 1.6 km to 1.6 km1.4% from 1.6 km to 1.6 km1.9% from 1.6 km to 1.7 km0.0% from 1.7 km to 1.7 km-0.5% from 1.7 km to 1.7 km-1.2% from 1.7 km to 1.7 km-0.9% from 1.7 km to 1.8 km-0.9% from 1.8 km to 1.8 km-3.9% from 1.8 km to 1.8 km-6.5% from 1.8 km to 1.8 km-2.5% from 1.8 km to 1.8 km-1.5% from 1.8 km to 1.8 km-0.8% from 1.8 km to 1.9 km-0.8% from 1.9 km to 1.9 km0.0% from 1.9 km to 1.9 km1.6% from 1.9 km to 1.9 km1.7% from 1.9 km to 2.0 km2.5% from 2.0 km to 2.0 km8.2% from 2.0 km to 2.0 km8.5% from 2.0 km to 2.0 km3.4% from 2.0 km to 2.1 km1.7% from 2.1 km to 2.1 km1.3% from 2.1 km to 2.1 km3.6% from 2.1 km to 2.1 km2.8% from 2.1 km to 2.1 km2.3% from 2.1 km to 2.2 km5.6% from 2.2 km to 2.2 km4.2% from 2.2 km to 2.2 km5.0% from 2.2 km to 2.2 km4.3% from 2.2 km to 2.2 km5.5% from 2.2 km to 2.3 km6.1% from 2.3 km to 2.3 km6.4% from 2.3 km to 2.3 km6.4% from 2.3 km to 2.3 km5.9% from 2.3 km to 2.3 km7.4% from 2.3 km to 2.4 km2.4% from 2.4 km to 2.4 km0.0% from 2.4 km to 2.4 km0.4% from 2.4 km to 2.4 km1.0% from 2.4 km to 2.5 km3.7% from 2.5 km to 2.5 km5.9% from 2.5 km to 2.5 km3.2% from 2.5 km to 2.5 km2.9% from 2.5 km to 2.5 km4.2% from 2.5 km to 2.5 km5.6% from 2.5 km to 2.6 km6.3% from 2.6 km to 2.6 km5.4% from 2.6 km to 2.6 km5.0% from 2.6 km to 2.6 km4.1% from 2.6 km to 2.7 km5.7% from 2.7 km to 2.7 km2.8% from 2.7 km to 2.7 km5.2% from 2.7 km to 2.7 km5.5% from 2.7 km to 2.7 km2.9% from 2.7 km to 2.8 km1.8% from 2.8 km to 2.8 km6.9% from 2.8 km to 2.8 km6.4% from 2.8 km to 2.8 km4.2% from 2.8 km to 2.8 km6.1% from 2.8 km to 2.9 km5.9% from 2.9 km to 2.9 km6.0% from 2.9 km to 2.9 km5.4% from 2.9 km to 2.9 km4.5% from 2.9 km to 3.0 km1.7% from 3.0 km to 3.0 km2.1% from 3.0 km to 3.0 km2.7% from 3.0 km to 3.0 km2.6% from 3.0 km to 3.0 km5.0% from 3.0 km to 3.0 km4.5% from 3.0 km to 3.1 km6.1% from 3.1 km to 3.1 km3.0% from 3.1 km to 3.1 km2.1% from 3.1 km to 3.1 km3.8% from 3.1 km to 3.2 km4.5% from 3.2 km to 3.2 km3.0% from 3.2 km to 3.2 km2.8% from 3.2 km to 3.2 km4.2% from 3.2 km to 3.2 km5.6% from 3.2 km to 3.3 km5.7% from 3.3 km to 3.3 km5.0% from 3.3 km to 3.3 km7.0% from 3.3 km to 3.3 km7.1% from 3.3 km to 3.3 km6.3% from 3.3 km to 3.4 km5.4% from 3.4 km to 3.4 km5.9% from 3.4 km to 3.4 km7.3% from 3.4 km to 3.4 km6.6% from 3.4 km to 3.4 km7.7% from 3.4 km to 3.4 km7.5% from 3.4 km to 3.5 km7.8% from 3.5 km to 3.5 km8.1% from 3.5 km to 3.5 km8.5% from 3.5 km to 3.5 km7.9% from 3.5 km to 3.5 km7.2% from 3.5 km to 3.6 km6.2% from 3.6 km to 3.6 km5.6% from 3.6 km to 3.6 km6.0% from 3.6 km to 3.6 km8.3% from 3.6 km to 3.7 km9.9% from 3.7 km to 3.7 km10.8% from 3.7 km to 3.7 km11.0% from 3.7 km to 3.7 km11.8% from 3.7 km to 3.7 km12.8% from 3.7 km to 3.8 km12.6% from 3.8 km to 3.8 km9.9% from 3.8 km to 3.8 km8.3% from 3.8 km to 3.8 km3.6% from 3.8 km to 3.8 km2.0% from 3.8 km to 3.9 km0.5% from 3.9 km to 3.9 km0.4% from 3.9 km to 3.9 km-0.9% from 3.9 km to 3.9 km-3.5% from 3.9 km to 3.9 km-8.1% from 3.9 km to 4.0 km-10.7% from 4.0 km to 4.0 km-5.0% from 4.0 km to 4.0 km11%2%3%1%4%5%5%5%0 m500 m1 km1.5 km2 km2.5 km3 km3.5 km
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Climb Stats

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Climb categoryCategory 3
Distance4 km / 2.48 miles
Elevation gain179.2 m / 588 ft
Average gradient4.5%
Maximum gradient14.4%
Elevation high350.9 m / 1,151 ft
Elevation low167.5 m / 550 ft
Climb difficulty score17,939.35

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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 265,140th out of 2,710,652 worldwide cycling climbs.

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Ranked as the 12,164th most difficult cycling climb of all 332,744 climbs in United Kingdom.

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Places 1,469th out of 31,752 cycling climbs in Scotland.

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Ranks 40th out of 2,023 cycling climbs in City of Edinburgh.

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A local climb of note, this is the 4th most difficult cycling climb (out of 104 climbs) in Currie.

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