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New Abbey, Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland, DG2 8BU, United Kingdom
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Climb Stats

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Climb categoryUncategorised
Distance1.86 km / 1.15 miles
Elevation gain45.2 m / 148 ft
Average gradient1.6%
Maximum gradient9.3%
Elevation high157.5 m / 517 ft
Elevation low115.5 m / 379 ft
Climb difficulty score2,973.28

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Climb Rank

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This climb ranks 1,542,683rd out of 2,710,652 worldwide cycling climbs.

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Ranked as the 155,027th most difficult cycling climb of all 332,744 climbs in United Kingdom.

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Places 16,252nd out of 31,752 cycling climbs in Scotland.

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Ranks 812th out of 1,443 cycling climbs in Dumfries and Galloway.

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Ranking 16th out of 20 cycling climbs in New Abbey.

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