Thurso to Castletown

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Castletown Road, Mount Pleasant, Thurso, Highland, Scotland, KW14 8HZ, United Kingdom
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Climb Profile

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Climb Stats

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Climb categoryUncategorised
Distance5.8 km / 3.61 miles
Elevation gain51.4 m / 169 ft
Average gradient0.1%
Maximum gradient5.5%
Elevation high86.4 m / 283 ft
Elevation low55.4 m / 182 ft
Climb difficulty score580.38

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Climb Rank

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This climb ranks 2,615,603rd out of 2,710,652 worldwide cycling climbs.

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Ranked as the 316,815th most difficult cycling climb of all 332,744 climbs in United Kingdom.

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Places 30,516th out of 31,752 cycling climbs in Scotland.

Ranks 3,485th out of 3,565 cycling climbs in Highland.

Ranking 24th out of 26 cycling climbs in Thurso.

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