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Beast of Burden (full)

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Woodland Cafe, Bush Wacker, Troed-y-rhiw, Merthyr Tydfil, Merthyr Tydfil County Borough, Wales, CF48 1YZ, United Kingdom
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Climb Profile

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270 m350 m425 m505 m18.2% from 0 m to 18 m14.3% from 18 m to 39 m11.8% from 39 m to 60 m14.1% from 60 m to 82 m10.4% from 82 m to 104 m-0.5% from 104 m to 125 m-9.7% from 125 m to 146 m-7.3% from 146 m to 166 m-2.8% from 166 m to 188 m3.3% from 188 m to 209 m9.1% from 209 m to 230 m-10.3% from 230 m to 245 m5.5% from 245 m to 256 m13.7% from 256 m to 267 m13.2% from 267 m to 288 m19.3% from 288 m to 310 m17.5% from 310 m to 331 m9.5% from 331 m to 351 m5.5% from 351 m to 371 m2.1% from 371 m to 395 m2.3% from 395 m to 416 m4.1% from 416 m to 438 m12.4% from 438 m to 461 m21.5% from 461 m to 484 m24.1% from 484 m to 492 m22.2% from 492 m to 508 m-0.5% from 508 m to 529 m-6.0% from 529 m to 553 m5.8% from 553 m to 575 m7.5% from 575 m to 595 m12.4% from 595 m to 615 m11.7% from 615 m to 636 m7.8% from 636 m to 656 m6.0% from 656 m to 678 m32.3% from 678 m to 681 m5.2% from 681 m to 692 m10.5% from 692 m to 712 m-1.0% from 712 m to 733 m4.4% from 733 m to 753 m11.5% from 753 m to 776 m11.1% from 776 m to 797 m20.5% from 797 m to 805 m14.2% from 805 m to 818 m4.1% from 818 m to 840 m2.0% from 840 m to 860 m8.0% from 860 m to 882 m4.0% from 882 m to 902 m9.3% from 902 m to 925 m14.0% from 925 m to 938 m8.6% from 938 m to 960 m11.0% from 960 m to 981 m16.8% from 981 m to 991 m26.1% from 991 m to 994 m21.0% from 994 m to 1.0 km3.4% from 1.0 km to 1.0 km0.5% from 1.0 km to 1.1 km-8.0% from 1.1 km to 1.1 km12.4% from 1.1 km to 1.1 km15.3% from 1.1 km to 1.1 km16.9% from 1.1 km to 1.1 km16.3% from 1.1 km to 1.1 km11.7% from 1.1 km to 1.2 km10.6% from 1.2 km to 1.2 km10.4% from 1.2 km to 1.2 km12.3% from 1.2 km to 1.2 km9.5% from 1.2 km to 1.2 km8.3% from 1.2 km to 1.3 km7.2% from 1.3 km to 1.3 km5.8% from 1.3 km to 1.3 km36.2% from 1.3 km to 1.3 km21.2% from 1.3 km to 1.3 km3.7% from 1.3 km to 1.3 km1.0% from 1.3 km to 1.4 km0.9% from 1.4 km to 1.4 km2.4% from 1.4 km to 1.4 km2.2% from 1.4 km to 1.4 km4.4% from 1.4 km to 1.4 km4.4% from 1.4 km to 1.4 km3.9% from 1.4 km to 1.5 km3.8% from 1.5 km to 1.5 km3.4% from 1.5 km to 1.5 km2.0% from 1.5 km to 1.5 km1.9% from 1.5 km to 1.5 km2.0% from 1.5 km to 1.5 km2.0% from 1.5 km to 1.6 km0.9% from 1.6 km to 1.6 km1.8% from 1.6 km to 1.6 km6.7% from 1.6 km to 1.6 km2.3% from 1.6 km to 1.6 km1.4% from 1.6 km to 1.6 km2.4% from 1.6 km to 1.7 km4.6% from 1.7 km to 1.7 km5.1% from 1.7 km to 1.7 km10.1% from 1.7 km to 1.7 km7.9% from 1.7 km to 1.7 km2.4% from 1.7 km to 1.8 km1.5% from 1.8 km to 1.8 km-3.7% from 1.8 km to 1.8 km-1.4% from 1.8 km to 1.8 km6.7% from 1.8 km to 1.8 km11.0% from 1.8 km to 1.8 km10.8% from 1.8 km to 1.9 km15.4% from 1.9 km to 1.9 km9.8% from 1.9 km to 1.9 km12.0% from 1.9 km to 1.9 km16.0% from 1.9 km to 1.9 km3.2% from 1.9 km to 1.9 km-4.5% from 1.9 km to 2.0 km-3.2% from 2.0 km to 2.0 km5.7% from 2.0 km to 2.0 km5.9% from 2.0 km to 2.0 km9.2% from 2.0 km to 2.0 km8.0% from 2.0 km to 2.0 km5.5% from 2.0 km to 2.1 km6.4% from 2.1 km to 2.1 km8.3% from 2.1 km to 2.1 km3.6% from 2.1 km to 2.1 km3.1% from 2.1 km to 2.2 km2.8% from 2.2 km to 2.2 km3.9% from 2.2 km to 2.2 km3.2% from 2.2 km to 2.2 km1.9% from 2.2 km to 2.2 km1.9% from 2.2 km to 2.3 km0.5% from 2.3 km to 2.3 km0.9% from 2.3 km to 2.3 km-0.5% from 2.3 km to 2.3 km-0.5% from 2.3 km to 2.3 km-0.9% from 2.3 km to 2.4 km-1.0% from 2.4 km to 2.4 km-2.4% from 2.4 km to 2.4 km-2.3% from 2.4 km to 2.4 km-2.9% from 2.4 km to 2.5 km-3.3% from 2.5 km to 2.5 km-2.1% from 2.5 km to 2.5 km-2.5% from 2.5 km to 2.5 km-1.4% from 2.5 km to 2.5 km-1.3% from 2.5 km to 2.6 km3.8% from 2.6 km to 2.6 km0.5% from 2.6 km to 2.6 km-1.6% from 2.6 km to 2.6 km8.2% from 2.6 km to 2.6 km3.5% from 2.6 km to 2.7 km12.1% from 2.7 km to 2.7 km16.7% from 2.7 km to 2.7 km20.0% from 2.7 km to 2.7 km19.7% from 2.7 km to 2.7 km14.3% from 2.7 km to 2.7 km14.3% from 2.7 km to 2.7 km11.6% from 2.7 km to 2.7 km13.4% from 2.7 km to 2.8 km15.3% from 2.8 km to 2.8 km13.7% from 2.8 km to 2.8 km18.2% from 2.8 km to 2.8 km11.5% from 2.8 km to 2.8 km0.0% from 2.8 km to 2.8 km8.5% from 2.8 km to 2.8 km0.0% from 2.8 km to 2.8 km1.3% from 2.8 km to 2.9 km7.8% from 2.9 km to 2.9 km9.4% from 2.9 km to 2.9 km12.0% from 2.9 km to 2.9 km15.4% from 2.9 km to 2.9 km15.6% from 2.9 km to 3.0 km7.3% from 3.0 km to 3.0 km16.9% from 3.0 km to 3.0 km11.7% from 3.0 km to 3.0 km14.6% from 3.0 km to 3.0 km6.8% from 3.0 km to 3.0 km4.8% from 3.0 km to 3.1 km1.1% from 3.1 km to 3.1 km0.9% from 3.1 km to 3.1 km-2.3% from 3.1 km to 3.1 km-0.5% from 3.1 km to 3.1 km-1.9% from 3.1 km to 3.1 km-0.9% from 3.1 km to 3.2 km-7.6% from 3.2 km to 3.2 km-5.3% from 3.2 km to 3.2 km-6.0% from 3.2 km to 3.2 km-8.1% from 3.2 km to 3.2 km-9.8% from 3.2 km to 3.3 km-7.4% from 3.3 km to 3.3 km-7.6% from 3.3 km to 3.3 km-7.0% from 3.3 km to 3.3 km-2.6% from 3.3 km to 3.3 km1.0% from 3.3 km to 3.3 km1.0% from 3.3 km to 3.4 km1.5% from 3.4 km to 3.4 km1.5% from 3.4 km to 3.4 km7.7% from 3.4 km to 3.4 km19.2% from 3.4 km to 3.4 km20.3% from 3.4 km to 3.5 km12.9% from 3.5 km to 3.5 km7.5% from 3.5 km to 3.5 km-4.2% from 3.5 km to 3.5 km-11.4% from 3.5 km to 3.5 km-3.9% from 3.5 km to 3.6 km1.5% from 3.6 km to 3.6 km5.0% from 3.6 km to 3.6 km4.1% from 3.6 km to 3.6 km2.5% from 3.6 km to 3.7 km3.7% from 3.7 km to 3.7 km6.3% from 3.7 km to 3.7 km11.0% from 3.7 km to 3.7 km10.6% from 3.7 km to 3.7 km13.2% from 3.7 km to 3.8 km9.0% from 3.8 km to 3.8 km4.1% from 3.8 km to 3.8 km7.6% from 3.8 km to 3.8 km10.8% from 3.8 km to 3.8 km7.1% from 3.8 km to 3.9 km5.4% from 3.9 km to 3.9 km-0.5% from 3.9 km to 3.9 km0.0% from 3.9 km to 3.9 km1.3% from 3.9 km to 4.0 km0.4% from 4.0 km to 4.0 km0.0% from 4.0 km to 4.0 km0.0% from 4.0 km to 4.0 km0.0% from 4.0 km to 4.0 km3.0% from 4.0 km to 4.1 km2.5% from 4.1 km to 4.1 km2.4% from 4.1 km to 4.1 km1.2% from 4.1 km to 4.1 km-1.0% from 4.1 km to 4.1 km-1.4% from 4.1 km to 4.2 km2.3% from 4.2 km to 4.2 km-0.4% from 4.2 km to 4.2 km-0.5% from 4.2 km to 4.2 km-1.3% from 4.2 km to 4.2 km2.0% from 4.2 km to 4.2 km1.9% from 4.2 km 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Climb Stats

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Climb categoryCategory 3
Distance4.41 km / 2.74 miles
Elevation gain225.2 m / 739 ft
Average gradient5.1%
Maximum gradient19.2%
Elevation high502 m / 1,647 ft
Elevation low274.7 m / 901 ft
Climb difficulty score22,498.65

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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 189,295th out of 2,710,652 worldwide cycling climbs.

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Ranked as the 6,069th most difficult cycling climb of all 332,744 climbs in United Kingdom.

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Places 1,603rd out of 26,148 cycling climbs in Wales.

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Ranks 30th out of 365 cycling climbs in Merthyr Tydfil County Borough.

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A local climb of note, this is the 7th most difficult cycling climb (out of 99 climbs) in Merthyr Tydfil.

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