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2 Aberdeenshire, United Kingdom

Cairn O’Mount

Northern ascent from Strachan
Length
13.8 km
Height gain
373 m
Average
2.7%
Steepest km
8.5%
Summit altitude
449 m
Difficulty
79

Elevation profile

75 m → 449 m Touch or hover to inspect
0–4% 4–6% 6–8% 8–10% 10–14% 14%+
Steepest km: km 14 at 8.5%

Climb analysis

Where the climbing is

0–4%
7.5 km
4–6%
1.8 km
6–8%
1.8 km
8–10%
2.0 km
10–14%
0.8 km
14%+
0.0 km

Hardest sustained

1 km · km 12.8–13.8
8.9%
2 km · km 9.7–11.7
7.0%
5 km · km 8.8–13.8
4.4%

Time to the top

0h 46 at 3 W/kg · 70 kg rider + 8 kg bike, no wind

Kilometre by kilometre

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Km Altitude Gradient 0–15%
1 100 m 2.4%
2 93 m −0.7%
3 105 m 1.3%
4 136 m 3.0%
5 167 m 3.2%
6 173 m 0.6%
7 208 m 3.5%
8 178 m −3.0%
9 241 m 6.3%
10 235 m −0.6%

Route map

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At the summit now

Updated 25 min ago
11° Rain Feels like 8° · 449 m
Headwind on 97% of the climb · Wind 26 km/h SW
Tailwind 0% Crosswind 3% Headwind 97%

How hard is 79?

Difficulty score is length × gradient, weighted for the steepest kilometre.

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