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Col de la Balfron

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Printers Row, Boqhuan, Balfron, Stirling, Scotland, G63 0RQ, United Kingdom
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Climb Profile

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45 m75 m110 m140 m0.0% from 0 m to 9 m6.6% from 9 m to 18 m3.3% from 18 m to 27 m3.3% from 27 m to 36 m3.3% from 36 m to 45 m8.0% from 45 m to 54 m3.4% from 54 m to 63 m3.6% from 63 m to 71 m3.6% from 71 m to 80 m3.7% from 80 m to 88 m3.8% from 88 m to 95 m0.0% from 95 m to 103 m4.1% from 103 m to 110 m4.1% from 110 m to 118 m8.5% from 118 m to 125 m0.0% from 125 m to 132 m4.7% from 132 m to 138 m4.6% from 138 m to 145 m4.8% from 145 m to 151 m4.8% from 151 m to 157 m0.0% from 157 m to 163 m5.0% from 163 m to 169 m5.2% from 169 m to 175 m10.5% from 175 m to 181 m5.5% from 181 m to 186 m5.5% from 186 m to 192 m0.0% from 192 m to 197 m7.7% from 197 m to 202 m6.0% from 202 m to 207 m6.0% from 207 m to 212 m6.1% from 212 m to 217 m0.0% from 217 m to 222 m6.1% from 222 m to 227 m12.0% from 227 m to 232 m0.0% from 232 m to 237 m5.9% from 237 m to 242 m5.8% from 242 m to 247 m5.8% from 247 m to 252 m5.8% from 252 m to 257 m5.8% from 257 m to 263 m5.8% from 263 m to 268 m5.6% from 268 m to 273 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Climb Stats

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Climb categoryCategory 4
Distance1.99 km / 1.23 miles
Elevation gain87.2 m / 286 ft
Average gradient4.4%
Maximum gradient11.2%
Elevation high136.8 m / 449 ft
Elevation low49.6 m / 163 ft
Climb difficulty score8,724.69

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Climb Rank

How does this climb compare against every other climb in the world?

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This climb ranks 676,715th out of 2,710,652 worldwide cycling climbs.

🧮

Ranked as the 53,299th most difficult cycling climb of all 332,744 climbs in United Kingdom.

📉

Places 5,845th out of 31,752 cycling climbs in Scotland.

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Ranks 321st out of 1,208 cycling climbs in Stirling.

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This is the second most difficult cycling climb in Balfron.

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