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Alternative Loop.

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Plean, Stirling, Scotland, FK7 8BA, United Kingdom
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Climb Profile

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Climb Stats

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Climb categoryCategory 4
Distance12.32 km / 7.65 miles
Elevation gain123.5 m / 405 ft
Average gradient1%
Maximum gradient20.6%
Elevation high248.16 m / 814 ft
Elevation low81.85 m / 269 ft
Climb difficulty score12,317.4

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Climb Rank

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🗺

This climb ranks 438,932nd out of 2,710,652 worldwide cycling climbs.

🧮

Ranked as the 29,155th most difficult cycling climb of all 332,744 climbs in United Kingdom.

📉

Places 3,258th out of 31,752 cycling climbs in Scotland.

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Ranks 205th out of 1,208 cycling climbs in Stirling.

🥇

This is the most difficult cycling climb in Plean.

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