The steep red road climb (sarn helen)
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| Climb category | Category 3 |
| Distance | 2.11 km / 1.31 miles |
| Elevation gain | 173.7 m / 570 ft |
| Average gradient | 8.2% |
| Maximum gradient | 25.5% |
| Elevation high | 654.5 m / 2,147 ft |
| Elevation low | 480.8 m / 1,577 ft |
| Climb difficulty score | 17,363.93 |
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Climb Rank
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🗺 This climb ranks 277,459th out of 2,710,652 worldwide cycling climbs. |
🧮 Ranked as the 13,305th most difficult cycling climb of all 332,744 climbs in United Kingdom. |
📉 Places 2,971st out of 26,148 cycling climbs in Wales. |
⚖ Ranks 452nd out of 2,830 cycling climbs in Powys. |
🏵️ A local climb of note, this is the 6th most difficult cycling climb (out of 20 climbs) in Llywel. |
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