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I Love The Blaen Bran Climb

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The Square, Upper Cwmbran, Torfaen, Wales, NP44 5AQ, United Kingdom
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Climb Profile

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Climb Stats

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Climb categoryCategory 4
Distance2.99 km / 1.86 miles
Elevation gain151.8 m / 498 ft
Average gradient4.6%
Maximum gradient24.3%
Elevation high251.8 m / 826 ft
Elevation low114.6 m / 376 ft
Climb difficulty score13,759.06

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Climb Rank

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This climb ranks 380,143rd out of 2,710,652 worldwide cycling climbs.

🧮

Ranked as the 23,239th most difficult cycling climb of all 332,744 climbs in United Kingdom.

📉

Places 4,486th out of 26,148 cycling climbs in Wales.

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Ranks 80th out of 535 cycling climbs in Torfaen.

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This is the most difficult cycling climb in Upper Cwmbran.

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