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Sun Bank, Llangollen, Denbighshire, Wales, LL20 8EG, United Kingdom
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Climb Profile

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95 m200 m300 m405 m10.0% from 0 m to 63 m8.2% from 63 m to 124 m10.7% from 124 m to 186 m14.0% from 186 m to 211 m7.4% from 211 m to 221 m4.3% from 221 m to 282 m16.7% from 282 m to 285 m9.9% from 285 m to 346 m10.4% from 346 m to 407 m10.3% from 407 m to 467 m9.7% from 467 m to 528 m8.4% from 528 m to 590 m3.6% from 590 m to 653 m3.5% from 653 m to 714 m2.4% from 714 m to 776 m-0.8% from 776 m to 839 m0.9% from 839 m to 903 m4.1% from 903 m to 967 m13.0% from 967 m to 1.0 km12.4% from 1.0 km to 1.1 km13.6% from 1.1 km to 1.1 km11.9% from 1.1 km to 1.2 km1.8% from 1.2 km to 1.3 km8.4% from 1.3 km to 1.3 km13.1% from 1.3 km to 1.3 km10.5% from 1.3 km to 1.3 km8.3% from 1.3 km to 1.4 km8.4% from 1.4 km to 1.4 km8.3% from 1.4 km to 1.5 km11.0% from 1.5 km to 1.5 km12.9% from 1.5 km to 1.6 km11.2% from 1.6 km to 1.6 km12.0% from 1.6 km to 1.7 km5.4% from 1.7 km to 1.7 km0.0% from 1.7 km to 1.7 km5.1% from 1.7 km to 1.8 km8.0% from 1.8 km to 1.8 km1.1% from 1.8 km to 1.8 km-4.6% from 1.8 km to 1.9 km-3.1% from 1.9 km to 1.9 km-5.1% from 1.9 km to 1.9 km4.6% from 1.9 km to 2.0 km8.5% from 2.0 km to 2.0 km0.2% from 2.0 km to 2.1 km-1.9% from 2.1 km to 2.2 km-0.8% from 2.2 km to 2.2 km-0.2% from 2.2 km to 2.2 km14.0% from 2.2 km to 2.3 km28.2% from 2.3 km to 2.3 km1.7% from 2.3 km to 2.4 km-6.4% from 2.4 km to 2.4 km-13.7% from 2.4 km to 2.5 km-17.5% from 2.5 km to 2.5 km4.4% from 2.5 km to 2.6 km5.5% from 2.6 km to 2.6 km4.9% from 2.6 km to 2.7 km4.3% from 2.7 km to 2.8 km-3.5% from 2.8 km to 2.8 km2.6% from 2.8 km to 2.9 km11.9% from 2.9 km to 2.9 km-3.0% from 2.9 km to 3.0 km25.1% from 3.0 km to 3.0 km17.9% from 3.0 km to 3.0 km12.1% from 3.0 km to 3.0 km14.2% from 3.0 km to 3.1 km16.9% from 3.1 km to 3.1 km8.5% from 3.1 km to 3.1 km-2.9% from 3.1 km to 3.1 km5.1% from 3.1 km to 3.2 km10.3% from 3.2 km to 3.2 km9.6% from 3.2 km to 3.2 km9.3% from 3.2 km to 3.2 km13.1% from 3.2 km to 3.2 km5.1% from 3.2 km to 3.3 km2.3% from 3.3 km to 3.3 km6.7% from 3.3 km to 3.4 km4.7% from 3.4 km to 3.4 km12.9% from 3.4 km to 3.4 km1.5% from 3.4 km to 3.5 km11.4% from 3.5 km to 3.5 km16.4% from 3.5 km to 3.6 km12.6% from 3.6 km to 3.6 km13.7% from 3.6 km to 3.7 km15.1% from 3.7 km to 3.7 km13.3% from 3.7 km to 3.8 km16.6% from 3.8 km to 3.8 km14.9% from 3.8 km to 3.8 km15.9% from 3.8 km to 3.9 km6.5% from 3.9 km to 3.9 km4.9% from 3.9 km to 3.9 km4.8% from 3.9 km to 4.0 km6.9% from 4.0 km to 4.0 km9.5% from 4.0 km to 4.0 km11.6% from 4.0 km to 4.1 km5.9% from 4.1 km to 4.1 km6.2% from 4.1 km to 4.1 km7.1% from 4.1 km to 4.1 km6.5% from 4.1 km to 4.2 km5.6% from 4.2 km to 4.2 km7.7% from 4.2 km to 4.3 km9.6% from 4.3 km to 4.3 km9.7% from 4.3 km to 4.3 km9.0% from 4.3 km to 4.3 km9.5% from 4.3 km to 4.3 km9.0% from 4.3 km to 4.4 km6.2% from 4.4 km to 4.4 km5.8% from 4.4 km to 4.4 km7.8% from 4.4 km to 4.5 km12.7% from 4.5 km to 4.5 km8.3% from 4.5 km to 4.5 km7%7%2%10%8%0 m1 km2 km3 km4 km
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Climb Stats

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Climb categoryCategory 3
Distance4.51 km / 2.81 miles
Elevation gain336.7 m / 1,105 ft
Average gradient6.7%
Maximum gradient17.3%
Elevation high402.2 m / 1,320 ft
Elevation low98 m / 322 ft
Climb difficulty score30,248.49

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Climb Rank

How does this climb compare against every other climb in the world?

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This climb ranks 115,052nd out of 2,710,652 worldwide cycling climbs.

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Ranked as the 1,953rd most difficult cycling climb of all 332,744 climbs in United Kingdom.

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Places 579th out of 26,148 cycling climbs in Wales.

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Ranks 53rd out of 1,526 cycling climbs in Denbighshire.

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Ranking 17th out of 172 cycling climbs in Llangollen.

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