Myreside to Gillespie Xroads

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36A, Colinton Road, Church Hill, Merchiston, City of Edinburgh, Scotland, EH10 5BX, United Kingdom
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Climb Profile

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135 m155 m175 m195 m-3.0% from 0 m to 33 m-8.7% from 33 m to 40 m-4.3% from 40 m to 54 m0.0% from 54 m to 89 m0.4% from 89 m to 136 m2.1% from 136 m to 184 m0.0% from 184 m to 189 m-0.4% from 189 m to 236 m-2.3% from 236 m to 279 m-4.8% from 279 m to 312 m-1.3% from 312 m to 344 m-1.5% from 344 m to 370 m2.1% from 370 m to 389 m-0.7% from 389 m to 419 m0.0% from 419 m to 430 m3.9% from 430 m to 465 m7.8% from 465 m to 470 m7.2% from 470 m to 484 m0.0% from 484 m to 497 m4.4% from 497 m to 520 m2.7% from 520 m to 542 m1.9% from 542 m to 574 m0.0% from 574 m to 579 m0.0% from 579 m to 598 m1.4% from 598 m to 613 m0.9% from 613 m to 656 m4.1% from 656 m to 665 m1.1% from 665 m to 684 m0.0% from 684 m to 699 m2.9% from 699 m to 713 m2.5% from 713 m to 737 m2.6% from 737 m to 760 m5.8% from 760 m to 774 m1.5% from 774 m to 801 m4.3% from 801 m to 819 m1.1% from 819 m to 838 m4.1% from 838 m to 858 m2.0% from 858 m to 877 m0.8% from 877 m to 930 m8.3% from 930 m to 935 m1.3% from 935 m to 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Climb Stats

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Climb categoryUncategorised
Distance4.52 km / 2.81 miles
Elevation gain53.6 m / 176 ft
Average gradient1.2%
Maximum gradient5.7%
Elevation high194.2 m / 637 ft
Elevation low136 m / 446 ft
Climb difficulty score5,377.01

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Climb Rank

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This climb ranks 1,041,194th out of 2,710,652 worldwide cycling climbs.

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Ranked as the 93,669th most difficult cycling climb of all 332,744 climbs in United Kingdom.

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Places 10,142nd out of 31,752 cycling climbs in Scotland.

Ranks 399th out of 2,023 cycling climbs in City of Edinburgh.

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A local climb of note, this is the 5th most difficult cycling climb (out of 21 climbs) in Merchiston.

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