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Black Hill climb

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Black Hill path, Balerno, City of Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland, EH14 7FA, United Kingdom
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Climb Profile

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Climb Stats

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Climb categoryCategory 4
Distance1.47 km / 0.91 miles
Elevation gain90.3 m / 296 ft
Average gradient6.2%
Maximum gradient22.7%
Elevation high372 m / 1,220 ft
Elevation low281.7 m / 924 ft
Climb difficulty score9,032.5

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Climb Rank

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This climb ranks 647,902nd out of 2,710,652 worldwide cycling climbs.

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Ranked as the 50,360th most difficult cycling climb of all 332,744 climbs in United Kingdom.

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Places 5,501st out of 31,752 cycling climbs in Scotland.

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Ranks 167th out of 789 cycling climbs in Midlothian.

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This is the most difficult cycling climb in City of Edinburgh.

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