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Arthur Seat Bottom to Peak

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Queen's Drive, Jock's Lodge, Northfield/Willowbrae, City of Edinburgh, Scotland, EH8 8JD, United Kingdom
Cat. 4

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Climb Profile

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835 m to 840 m0.0% from 840 m to 845 m1.7% from 845 m to 868 m8.3% from 868 m to 873 m8.5% from 873 m to 878 m8.7% from 878 m to 887 m4.2% from 887 m to 897 m8.3% from 897 m to 901 m8.3% from 901 m to 906 m7.7% from 906 m to 911 m0.0% from 911 m to 916 m8.0% from 916 m to 921 m2.9% from 921 m to 942 m11.5% from 942 m to 947 m7.5% from 947 m to 952 m12.0% from 952 m to 957 m7.4% from 957 m to 963 m0.0% from 963 m to 983 m11.8% from 983 m to 988 m7.7% from 988 m to 994 m7.8% from 994 m to 999 m12.0% from 999 m to 1.0 km8.2% from 1.0 km to 1.0 km2.7% from 1.0 km to 1.0 km7.7% from 1.0 km to 1.0 km11.3% from 1.0 km to 1.0 km7.3% from 1.0 km to 1.0 km7.5% from 1.0 km to 1.0 km0.0% from 1.0 km to 1.0 km7.4% from 1.0 km to 1.1 km11.1% from 1.1 km to 1.1 km7.4% from 1.1 km to 1.1 km7.4% from 1.1 km to 1.1 km7.4% from 1.1 km to 1.1 km3.7% from 1.1 km to 1.1 km7.7% from 1.1 km to 1.1 km11.3% from 1.1 km to 1.1 km7.4% from 1.1 km to 1.1 km7.0% from 1.1 km to 1.1 km3.7% from 1.1 km to 1.1 km8.5% 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Climb Stats

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Climb categoryCategory 4
Distance2.61 km / 1.62 miles
Elevation gain82.8 m / 272 ft
Average gradient3.1%
Maximum gradient9.4%
Elevation high208.4 m / 684 ft
Elevation low127.8 m / 419 ft
Climb difficulty score8,097.2

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Climb Rank

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This climb ranks 747,439th out of 2,710,652 worldwide cycling climbs.

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Ranked as the 60,394th most difficult cycling climb of all 332,744 climbs in United Kingdom.

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Places 6,619th out of 31,752 cycling climbs in Scotland.

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Ranks 222nd out of 2,023 cycling climbs in City of Edinburgh.

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A local climb of note, this is the 9th most difficult cycling climb (out of 76 climbs) in Northfield/Willowbrae.

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