Hillstart

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Midlothian Snowsports Centre, Swanston Road, Swanston, City of Edinburgh, Scotland, EH10 7DS, United Kingdom
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Climb Profile

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240 m260 m280 m300 m20.0% from 0 m to 6 m25.6% from 6 m to 10 m15.4% from 10 m to 18 m16.9% from 18 m to 26 m12.2% from 26 m to 36 m9.3% from 36 m to 47 m21.2% from 47 m to 53 m19.7% from 53 m to 59 m14.0% from 59 m to 68 m18.9% from 68 m to 73 m21.2% from 73 m to 80 m14.7% from 80 m to 87 m14.3% from 87 m to 94 m17.9% from 94 m to 100 m17.1% from 100 m to 107 m14.5% from 107 m to 116 m21.2% from 116 m to 122 m25.8% from 122 m to 125 m11.8% from 125 m to 127 m28.0% from 127 m to 132 m23.5% from 132 m to 137 m12.0% from 137 m to 145 m22.6% from 145 m to 151 m15.4% from 151 m to 157 m12.1% from 157 m to 167 m21.1% from 167 m to 173 m22.7% from 173 m to 177 m35.9% from 177 m to 181 m20.8% from 181 m to 186 m75.0% from 186 m to 187 m32.4% from 187 m to 199 m20.0% from 199 m to 202 m55.6% from 202 m to 203 m28.1% from 203 m to 209 m22.7% from 209 m to 213 m45.2% from 213 m to 217 m35.9% from 217 m to 220 m26.7% from 220 m to 225 m19.2% from 225 m to 230 m28.6% from 230 m to 232 m46.2% from 232 m to 234 m88.9% from 234 m to 234 m26.7% from 234 m to 236 m4.9% from 236 m to 252 m3.6% from 252 m to 258 m6.9% from 258 m to 272 m15.8% from 272 m to 280 m17.2% from 280 m to 286 m18.2% from 286 m to 292 m10.8% from 292 m to 301 m16%22%18%0 m100 m200 m300 m
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Climb Stats

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Climb categoryUncategorised
Distance0.3 km / 0.19 miles
Elevation gain55.6 m / 182 ft
Average gradient18.5%
Maximum gradient46.6%
Elevation high295.8 m / 970 ft
Elevation low240.2 m / 788 ft
Climb difficulty score5,560.83

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Climb Rank

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This climb ranks 1,014,976th out of 2,710,652 worldwide cycling climbs.

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Ranked as the 90,728th most difficult cycling climb of all 332,744 climbs in United Kingdom.

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Places 9,842nd out of 31,752 cycling climbs in Scotland.

Ranks 381st out of 2,023 cycling climbs in City of Edinburgh.

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A local climb of note, this is the 7th most difficult cycling climb (out of 10 climbs) in Swanston.

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