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Short cut to the top.

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Kermit, Troed-y-rhiw, Merthyr Tydfil, Merthyr Tydfil County Borough, Wales, CF48 1YZ, United Kingdom
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Climb Profile

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330 m385 m445 m500 m59.5% from 0 m to 4 m6.5% from 4 m to 7 m-10.6% from 7 m to 12 m35.4% from 12 m to 16 m13.6% from 16 m to 21 m-8.6% from 21 m to 24 m50.0% from 24 m to 28 m-14.0% from 28 m to 33 m-12.1% from 33 m to 36 m60.4% from 36 m to 41 m28.9% from 41 m to 45 m22.2% from 45 m to 50 m12.5% from 50 m to 54 m-38.9% from 54 m to 57 m-10.4% from 57 m to 62 m-48.7% from 62 m to 66 m-12.2% from 66 m to 70 m27.5% from 70 m to 74 m33.3% from 74 m to 78 m40.0% from 78 m to 82 m22.9% from 82 m to 86 m5.7% from 86 m to 89 m0.0% from 89 m to 94 m81.0% from 94 m to 98 m-17.2% from 98 m to 104 m35.5% from 104 m to 107 m5.7% from 107 m to 112 m30.0% from 112 m to 117 m31.6% from 117 m to 121 m-31.2% from 121 m to 124 m29.4% from 124 m to 128 m18.9% from 128 m to 133 m29.3% from 133 m to 137 m-32.7% from 137 m to 142 m9.4% from 142 m to 145 m17.1% from 145 m to 149 m0.0% from 149 m to 152 m11.1% from 152 m to 156 m-46.3% from 156 m to 163 m-12.5% from 163 m to 168 m15.8% from 168 m to 172 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Climb Stats

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Climb categoryCategory 3
Distance2.44 km / 1.52 miles
Elevation gain270.4 m / 887 ft
Average gradient6.6%
Maximum gradient46.4%
Elevation high497.7 m / 1,633 ft
Elevation low331.1 m / 1,086 ft
Climb difficulty score16,107.96

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Climb Rank

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This climb ranks 308,184th out of 2,710,652 worldwide cycling climbs.

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Ranked as the 16,121st most difficult cycling climb of all 332,744 climbs in United Kingdom.

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Places 3,432nd out of 26,148 cycling climbs in Wales.

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Ranks 70th out of 365 cycling climbs in Merthyr Tydfil County Borough.

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Ranking 17th out of 99 cycling climbs in Merthyr Tydfil.

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