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Purgatory

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Mountain Road, Denscombe, St Martins, Caerphilly, Caerphilly County Borough, Wales, CF83 1HJ, United Kingdom
Cat. 4

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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 gain127.6 m / 419 ft
Average gradient8.7%
Maximum gradient18.8%
Elevation high246.8 m / 810 ft
Elevation low117.1 m / 384 ft
Climb difficulty score12,764.64

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Climb Rank

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This climb ranks 419,102nd out of 2,710,652 worldwide cycling climbs.

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Ranked as the 27,178th most difficult cycling climb of all 332,744 climbs in United Kingdom.

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Places 5,035th out of 26,148 cycling climbs in Wales.

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Ranks 229th out of 1,201 cycling climbs in Caerphilly County Borough.

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Ranking 20th out of 115 cycling climbs in Caerphilly.

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