Fochriw climb
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| Climb category | Category 3 |
| Distance | 6.77 km / 4.21 miles |
| Elevation gain | 203.6 m / 668 ft |
| Average gradient | 3% |
| Maximum gradient | 14.6% |
| Elevation high | 335.4 m / 1,100 ft |
| Elevation low | 131.8 m / 432 ft |
| Climb difficulty score | 20,371.08 |
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Climb Rank
How does this climb compare against every other climb in the world?
🗺 This climb ranks 220,133rd out of 2,710,652 worldwide cycling climbs. |
🧮 Ranked as the 8,317th most difficult cycling climb of all 332,744 climbs in United Kingdom. |
📉 Places 2,074th out of 26,148 cycling climbs in Wales. |
⚖ Ranks 85th out of 1,201 cycling climbs in Caerphilly County Borough. |
🏵️ A local climb of note, this is the 6th most difficult cycling climb (out of 53 climbs) in Bargoed. |
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