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An Extra Bit Of Slack

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B7062, Traquair Mill, Traquair, Scottish Borders, Scotland, EH44 6PJ, United Kingdom
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Climb Stats

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Climb categoryCategory 3
Distance7.02 km / 4.36 miles
Elevation gain204 m / 669 ft
Average gradient2.9%
Maximum gradient9%
Elevation high334 m / 1,096 ft
Elevation low130 m / 427 ft
Climb difficulty score20,427.91

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Climb Rank

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This climb ranks 219,238th out of 2,710,652 worldwide cycling climbs.

🧮

Ranked as the 8,244th most difficult cycling climb of all 332,744 climbs in United Kingdom.

📉

Places 1,072nd out of 31,752 cycling climbs in Scotland.

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Ranks 160th out of 1,955 cycling climbs in Scottish Borders.

🏵️

A local climb of note, this is the 5th most difficult cycling climb (out of 27 climbs) in Traquair.

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