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Heads Of The Valleys Rd Climb

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Heads of the Valleys Road, Vaynor, Trefechan, Merthyr Tydfil County Borough, Wales, CF47 9DP, United Kingdom
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Climb Profile

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215 m245 m275 m305 m9.6% from 0 m to 74 m6.0% from 74 m to 145 m4.3% from 145 m to 218 m10.0% from 218 m to 290 m13.6% from 290 m to 362 m6.5% from 362 m to 431 m4.8% from 431 m to 502 m0.6% from 502 m to 571 m2.7% from 571 m to 642 m2.6% from 642 m to 713 m5.8% from 713 m to 783 m6.8% from 783 m to 854 m6.4% from 854 m to 922 m5.9% from 922 m to 993 m2.0% from 993 m to 1.1 km4.5% from 1.1 km to 1.1 km6.5% from 1.1 km to 1.2 km4.7% from 1.2 km to 1.3 km5.1% from 1.3 km to 1.3 km5.9% from 1.3 km to 1.4 km5.3% from 1.4 km to 1.5 km7%9%3%6%4%5%0 m250 m500 m750 m1 km1.3 km
Gradient key0-3%3-6%6-9%9-12%12-15%15%+

Climb Stats

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Climb categoryCategory 4
Distance1.49 km / 0.92 miles
Elevation gain84.9 m / 279 ft
Average gradient5.7%
Maximum gradient11.5%
Elevation high302.57 m / 993 ft
Elevation low217.72 m / 714 ft
Climb difficulty score8,495.34

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Climb Rank

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This climb ranks 700,402nd out of 2,710,652 worldwide cycling climbs.

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Ranked as the 55,642nd most difficult cycling climb of all 332,744 climbs in United Kingdom.

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Places 8,565th out of 26,148 cycling climbs in Wales.

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Ranks 140th out of 365 cycling climbs in Merthyr Tydfil County Borough.

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A local climb of note, this is the 10th most difficult cycling climb (out of 21 climbs) in Trefechan.

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