The Cottages Climb

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Penmaenmawr, Conwy, Wales, United Kingdom

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Climb Profile

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330 m380 m430 m480 m0.0% from 0 m to 35 m10.4% from 35 m to 39 m2.6% from 39 m to 59 m3.0% from 59 m to 89 m0.0% from 89 m to 93 m3.3% from 93 m to 108 m4.9% from 108 m to 129 m3.3% from 129 m to 156 m3.6% from 156 m to 170 m2.5% from 170 m to 190 m2.8% from 190 m to 208 m14.5% from 208 m to 224 m5.3% from 224 m to 241 m8.2% from 241 m to 253 m7.3% from 253 m to 267 m9.0% from 267 m to 283 m6.8% from 283 m to 297 m2.8% from 297 m to 315 m1.9% from 315 m to 336 m0.0% from 336 m to 355 m-4.4% from 355 m to 376 m0.0% from 376 m to 397 m6.7% from 397 m to 417 m0.0% from 417 m to 434 m5.5% from 434 m to 453 m6.0% from 453 m to 468 m9.8% from 468 m to 488 m2.2% from 488 m to 506 m0.0% from 506 m to 525 m4.7% from 525 m to 546 m3.4% from 546 m to 561 m8.0% from 561 m to 579 m5.7% from 579 m to 596 m9.5% from 596 m to 616 m10.3% from 616 m to 631 m11.1% from 631 m to 643 m20.0% from 643 m to 650 m4.0% from 650 m to 663 m12.8% from 663 m to 678 m18.2% from 678 m to 691 m13.2% from 691 m to 706 m4.3% from 706 m to 715 m9.6% from 715 m to 726 m11.2% from 726 m to 738 m19.4% from 738 m to 749 m3.7% from 749 m to 762 m8.7% from 762 m to 773 m7.4% from 773 m to 786 m9.1% from 786 m to 796 m22.4% from 796 m to 807 m3.9% from 807 m to 819 m10.6% from 819 m to 834 m3.2% from 834 m to 846 m0.0% from 846 m to 855 m9.9% from 855 m to 870 m12.0% from 870 m to 881 m24.1% from 881 m to 889 m9.2% from 889 m to 900 m15.3% from 900 m to 910 m13.6% from 910 m to 920 m19.0% from 920 m to 930 m18.1% from 930 m to 941 m15.4% from 941 m to 947 m19.8% from 947 m to 957 m28.6% from 957 m to 960 m22.2% from 960 m to 967 m20.0% from 967 m to 972 m7.3% from 972 m to 984 m40.5% from 984 m to 988 m5.1% from 988 m to 998 m66.7% from 998 m to 1.0 km12.7% from 1.0 km to 1.0 km0.0% from 1.0 km to 1.0 km-4.3% from 1.0 km to 1.0 km25.0% from 1.0 km to 1.0 km21.3% from 1.0 km to 1.0 km15.6% from 1.0 km to 1.0 km38.4% from 1.0 km to 1.1 km16.1% from 1.1 km to 1.1 km17.9% from 1.1 km to 1.1 km0.0% from 1.1 km to 1.1 km23.6% from 1.1 km to 1.1 km4.8% from 1.1 km to 1.1 km25.9% from 1.1 km to 1.1 km8.3% from 1.1 km to 1.1 km20.9% from 1.1 km to 1.1 km8.2% from 1.1 km to 1.1 km10.3% from 1.1 km to 1.1 km15.0% from 1.1 km to 1.2 km24.1% from 1.2 km to 1.2 km0.0% from 1.2 km to 1.2 km10.2% from 1.2 km to 1.2 km0.0% from 1.2 km to 1.2 km-31.2% from 1.2 km to 1.2 km12.2% from 1.2 km to 1.2 km-11.4% from 1.2 km to 1.2 km29.7% from 1.2 km to 1.2 km8.6% from 1.2 km to 1.2 km8.7% from 1.2 km to 1.3 km11.0% from 1.3 km to 1.3 km8.5% from 1.3 km to 1.3 km2.7% from 1.3 km to 1.3 km7.5% from 1.3 km to 1.3 km7.4% from 1.3 km to 1.3 km13.8% from 1.3 km to 1.4 km-75.0% from 1.4 km to 1.4 km17.5% from 1.4 km to 1.4 km-25.0% from 1.4 km to 1.4 km29.8% from 1.4 km to 1.4 km6.3% from 1.4 km to 1.4 km27.0% from 1.4 km to 1.4 km17.1% from 1.4 km to 1.4 km28.9% from 1.4 km to 1.4 km0.0% from 1.4 km to 1.4 km90.9% from 1.4 km to 1.4 km140.0% from 1.4 km to 1.4 km0.0% from 1.4 km to 1.4 km45.5% from 1.4 km to 1.4 km50.0% from 1.4 km to 1.4 km90.0% from 1.4 km to 1.4 km0.0% from 1.4 km to 1.4 km47.6% from 1.4 km to 1.4 km22.7% from 1.4 km to 1.4 km90.0% from 1.4 km to 1.4 km-36.4% from 1.4 km to 1.4 km40.0% from 1.4 km to 1.4 km136.4% from 1.4 km to 1.4 km0.0% from 1.4 km to 1.5 km90.0% from 1.5 km to 1.5 km200.0% from 1.5 km to 1.5 km44.4% from 1.5 km to 1.5 km218.2% from 1.5 km to 1.5 km0.0% from 1.5 km to 1.5 km35.7% from 1.5 km to 1.5 km0.0% from 1.5 km to 1.5 km9.4% from 1.5 km to 1.5 km44.4% from 1.5 km to 1.5 km-112.5% from 1.5 km to 1.5 km100.0% from 1.5 km to 1.5 km0.0% from 1.5 km to 1.5 km0.0% from 1.5 km to 1.5 km-44.4% from 1.5 km to 1.5 km50.0% from 1.5 km to 1.5 km-60.0% from 1.5 km to 1.5 km-5.3% from 1.5 km to 1.5 km3.4% from 1.5 km to 1.5 km15.7% from 1.5 km to 1.5 km6.3% from 1.5 km to 1.5 km17.6% from 1.5 km to 1.5 km-30.0% from 1.5 km to 1.5 km17.5% from 1.5 km to 1.6 km0.0% from 1.6 km to 1.6 km8.3% from 1.6 km to 1.6 km16.7% from 1.6 km to 1.6 km4.6% from 1.6 km to 1.6 km4%4%9%13%11%15%9%0 m250 m500 m750 m1 km1.3 km1.5 km
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Climb Stats

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Climb categoryCategory 4
Distance1.58 km / 0.98 miles
Elevation gain145.2 m / 476 ft
Average gradient9.2%
Maximum gradient179.3%
Elevation high478.9 m / 1,571 ft
Elevation low333.7 m / 1,095 ft
Climb difficulty score14,514.28

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Climb Rank

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This climb ranks 354,366th out of 2,710,652 worldwide cycling climbs.

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Ranked as the 20,641st most difficult cycling climb of all 332,744 climbs in United Kingdom.

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Places 4,100th out of 26,148 cycling climbs in Wales.

Ranks 311th out of 1,378 cycling climbs in Conwy.

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A local climb of note, this is the 5th most difficult cycling climb (out of 24 climbs) in Penmaenmawr.

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