The Hair Pins

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Bishop's View, Kilvean, Inverness West, Inverness, Highland, Scotland, IV3 8LJ, United Kingdom

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Climb Profile

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190 m230 m265 m305 m3.3% from 0 m to 9 m12.1% from 9 m to 18 m4.7% from 18 m to 27 m37.7% from 27 m to 32 m-5.1% from 32 m to 42 m-1.6% from 42 m to 48 m0.0% from 48 m to 59 m14.8% from 59 m to 68 m19.7% from 68 m to 75 m13.5% from 75 m to 84 m-16.3% from 84 m to 93 m-2.2% from 93 m to 106 m15.3% from 106 m to 112 m-4.9% from 112 m to 116 m49.1% from 116 m to 122 m26.4% from 122 m to 129 m5.5% from 129 m to 136 m10.4% from 136 m to 141 m20.5% from 141 m to 148 m-2.1% from 148 m to 162 m22.8% from 162 m to 170 m-5.3% from 170 m to 180 m-30.0% from 180 m to 187 m0.0% from 187 m to 193 m45.3% from 193 m to 200 m12.8% from 200 m to 211 m-15.0% from 211 m to 223 m-7.3% from 223 m to 228 m-25.9% from 228 m to 242 m-15.3% from 242 m to 249 m10.7% from 249 m to 261 m144.7% from 261 m to 265 m-25.0% from 265 m to 274 m3.8% from 274 m to 282 m27.1% from 282 m to 293 m-25.8% from 293 m to 302 m30.7% from 302 m to 312 m58.1% from 312 m to 317 m-8.2% from 317 m to 325 m44.7% from 325 m to 330 m-26.3% from 330 m to 334 m1.6% from 334 m to 340 m56.4% from 340 m to 344 m108.5% from 344 m to 350 m13.0% from 350 m to 355 m45.5% from 355 m to 361 m-15.1% from 361 m to 370 m3.6% from 370 m to 378 m-38.1% from 378 m to 385 m-17.9% from 385 m to 391 m-13.5% from 391 m to 395 m23.6% from 395 m to 400 m-23.1% from 400 m to 404 m-24.1% from 404 m to 413 m-23.8% from 413 m to 419 m52.8% from 419 m to 430 m133.3% from 430 m to 433 m28.9% from 433 m to 441 m20.6% from 441 m to 447 m-16.0% from 447 m to 455 m-19.5% from 455 m to 459 m21.4% from 459 m to 465 m-8.7% from 465 m to 469 m3.7% from 469 m to 475 m-15.2% from 475 m to 479 m20.4% from 479 m to 484 m26.2% from 484 m to 498 m81.1% from 498 m to 502 m-11.1% from 502 m to 505 m-12.5% from 505 m to 511 m84.4% from 511 m to 514 m-19.1% from 514 m to 521 m-1.2% from 521 m to 529 m28.0% from 529 m to 544 m4.9% from 544 m to 552 m-35.0% from 552 m to 558 m17.8% from 558 m to 562 m8.0% from 562 m to 567 m9.7% from 567 m to 573 m10.6% from 573 m to 578 m34.3% from 578 m to 585 m5.9% from 585 m to 590 m20.7% from 590 m to 604 m43.9% from 604 m to 616 m25.6% from 616 m to 624 m67.6% from 624 m to 627 m-58.3% from 627 m to 631 m62.5% from 631 m to 634 m16.7% from 634 m to 639 m-41.5% from 639 m to 643 m-24.4% from 643 m to 647 m147.1% from 647 m to 651 m11.6% from 651 m to 655 m7.1% from 655 m to 660 m39.3% from 660 m to 669 m25.7% from 669 m to 676 m-8.1% from 676 m to 686 m-2.7% from 686 m to 694 m32.8% from 694 m to 700 m11.6% from 700 m to 707 m26.1% from 707 m to 716 m-9.7% from 716 m to 726 m-12.3% from 726 m to 732 m9.2% from 732 m to 740 m63.3% from 740 m to 745 m28.4% from 745 m to 754 m2.5% from 754 m to 762 m22.8% from 762 m to 768 m6.2% from 768 m to 774 m-20.0% from 774 m to 778 m-12.5% from 778 m to 785 m23.2% from 785 m to 790 m-9.3% from 790 m to 794 m75.0% from 794 m to 798 m14.9% from 798 m to 802 m17.0% from 802 m to 808 m-16.7% from 808 m to 811 m21.4% from 811 m to 820 m26.7% from 820 m to 824 m11.3% from 824 m to 829 m76.9% from 829 m to 833 m24.1% from 833 m to 842 m-7.1% from 842 m to 846 m0.0% from 846 m to 852 m32.6% from 852 m to 856 m22.9% from 856 m to 860 m22.6% from 860 m to 863 m51.3% from 863 m to 867 m-3.2% from 867 m to 870 m6.6% from 870 m to 881 m3.2% from 881 m to 890 m32.4% from 890 m to 900 m12.1% from 900 m to 911 m4.3% from 911 m to 920 m-4.1% from 920 m to 930 m-11.2% from 930 m to 938 m-18.8% from 938 m to 941 m-15.1% from 941 m to 946 m26.1% from 946 m to 951 m20.9% from 951 m to 955 m11.1% from 955 m to 962 m-26.6% from 962 m to 968 m-15.0% from 968 m to 979 m81.4% from 979 m to 986 m4%13%15%12%0 m250 m500 m750 m
Gradient key0-3%3-6%6-9%9-12%12-15%15%+

Climb Stats

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Climb categoryCategory 4
Distance0.99 km / 0.61 miles
Elevation gain107.8 m / 354 ft
Average gradient10.9%
Maximum gradient42.4%
Elevation high301.8 m / 990 ft
Elevation low194 m / 636 ft
Climb difficulty score10,780.26

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Climb Rank

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This climb ranks 519,876th out of 2,710,652 worldwide cycling climbs.

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Ranked as the 37,405th most difficult cycling climb of all 332,744 climbs in United Kingdom.

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Places 4,147th out of 31,752 cycling climbs in Scotland.

Ranks 757th out of 3,565 cycling climbs in Highland.

Ranking 95th out of 421 cycling climbs in Inverness.

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