Alto de la Cumbre
South-eastern ascent from San Sebastián de la Gomera
- Length
- 10.7 km
- Height gain
- 631 m
- Average
- 5.9%
- Steepest km
- 8.1%
- Summit altitude
- 638 m
- Difficulty
- 125
Elevation profile
7 m → 722 m
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0–4%
4–6%
6–8%
8–10%
10–14%
14%+
Steepest km: km 5 at 8.1%
2 short sections look like survey errors
(hatched) — usually a tunnel or a bridge, measured from the terrain above or below the road. They are left out of the steepest-km figure.
Climb analysis
Where the climbing is
- 0–4%
- 2.0 km
- 4–6%
- 2.5 km
- 6–8%
- 3.0 km
- 8–10%
- 2.0 km
- 10–14%
- 0.8 km
- 14%+
- 0.5 km
Hardest sustained
- 1 km · km 6.5–7.5
- 12.0%
- 2 km · km 5.5–7.5
- 9.8%
- 5 km · km 2.5–7.5
- 8.3%
Time to the top
1h 16
at 2 W/kg · 70 kg rider + 8 kg bike, no wind
0h 52
at 3 W/kg · 70 kg rider + 8 kg bike, no wind
0h 40
at 4 W/kg · 70 kg rider + 8 kg bike, no wind
0h 33
at 5 W/kg · 70 kg rider + 8 kg bike, no wind
How this is calculated
Kilometre by kilometre
Export CSV| Km | Altitude | Gain | Gradient | Max | 0–15% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 37 m | +30 m | 3.0% | 6.0% |
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| 2 | 96 m | +59 m | 5.9% | 6.4% |
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| 3 | 152 m | +56 m | 5.6% | 7.0% |
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| 4 | 218 m | +66 m | 6.6% | 9.0% |
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| 5 | 299 m | +81 m | 8.1% | 11.2% |
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| 6 | 375 m | +77 m | 7.7% | 10.6% |
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| 7 | 441 m | +66 m | 6.6% | 10.6% |
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| 8 | 520 m | +79 m | 7.9% | 30.0% |
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| 9 | 549 m | +29 m | 2.9% ? Includes a suspected survey error | 61.8% |
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| 10 | 624 m | +75 m | 7.5% | 10.5% |
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| 11 | 638 m | +14 m | 1.9% ? Includes a suspected survey error | 44.8% |
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Route map
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About Alto de la Cumbre
- How long and how steep?
- From San Sebastián de la Gomera, Alto de la Cumbre is 10.7 km long and climbs 631 m at an average of 5.9%, to a summit at 638 m. Its steepest kilometre, km 5, averages 8.1%.
- How long does it take?
- At 3 W/kg it takes about 52 min to reach the top, at 4 W/kg about 41 min (70 kg rider, 8 kg bike, no wind).
- What category is it?
- It's an HC (hors catégorie) climb, with a difficulty score of 125.
- Where is it?
- It's in Santa Cruz de Tenerife, Canary Islands, Spain.
How hard is 125?
Difficulty score is length × gradient, weighted for the steepest kilometre.
Alto de la Cumbre, San Sebastián de la Gomera
125
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