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The Long One

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The Square, Gelligaer, Gilfach, Tir-y-Berth, Caerphilly County Borough, Wales, NP12 3XD, United Kingdom
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Climb Profile

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135 m170 m205 m240 m5.8% from 0 m to 7 m0.0% from 7 m to 14 m0.0% from 14 m to 67 m6.2% from 67 m to 74 m6.5% from 74 m to 80 m7.4% from 80 m to 85 m10.8% from 85 m to 89 m25.0% from 89 m to 91 m13.3% from 91 m to 94 m11.4% from 94 m to 98 m9.3% from 98 m to 102 m8.3% from 102 m to 107 m7.4% from 107 m to 112 m0.0% from 112 m to 130 m2.4% from 130 m to 147 m21.4% from 147 m to 149 m15.4% from 149 m to 152 m25.0% from 152 m to 154 m22.2% from 154 m to 156 m0.0% from 156 m to 158 m0.0% from 158 m to 163 m0.0% from 163 m to 164 m5.0% from 164 m to 172 m13.3% from 172 m to 175 m15.4% from 175 m to 177 m18.7% from 177 m to 181 m10.8% from 181 m to 184 m0.0% from 184 m to 194 m0.0% from 194 m to 200 m0.0% from 200 m to 206 m2.7% from 206 m to 221 m5.3% from 221 m to 229 m11.4% from 229 m to 236 m5.6% from 236 m to 243 m4.3% from 243 m to 257 m6.1% from 257 m to 263 m8.7% from 263 m to 270 m5.8% from 270 m to 277 m8.5% from 277 m to 284 m5.1% from 284 m to 292 m8.2% from 292 m to 299 m5.8% 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Climb Stats

Combined metric and imperial stats for quick route planning.

Climb categoryUncategorised
Distance4.97 km / 3.09 miles
Elevation gain115.4 m / 379 ft
Average gradient0.4%
Maximum gradient17.5%
Elevation high239.2 m / 785 ft
Elevation low139.6 m / 458 ft
Climb difficulty score1,988.6

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Climb Rank

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This climb ranks 1,882,996th out of 2,710,652 worldwide cycling climbs.

🧮

Ranked as the 201,794th most difficult cycling climb of all 332,744 climbs in United Kingdom.

📉

Places 20,142nd out of 26,148 cycling climbs in Wales.

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Ranks 963rd out of 1,201 cycling climbs in Caerphilly County Borough.

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A local climb of note, this is the 8th most difficult cycling climb (out of 9 climbs) in Gilfach.

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