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
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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
1h 04
at 2 W/kg · 70 kg rider + 8 kg bike, no wind
0h 46
at 3 W/kg · 70 kg rider + 8 kg bike, no wind
0h 37
at 4 W/kg · 70 kg rider + 8 kg bike, no wind
0h 31
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 | 100 m | +24 m | 2.4% | 16.6% |
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| 2 | 93 m | −7 m | −0.7% | 5.2% |
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| 3 | 105 m | +13 m | 1.3% | 17.2% |
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| 4 | 136 m | +30 m | 3.0% | 17.0% |
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| 5 | 167 m | +32 m | 3.2% | 17.2% |
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| 6 | 173 m | +6 m | 0.6% | 11.6% |
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| 7 | 208 m | +35 m | 3.5% | 7.8% |
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| 8 | 178 m | −30 m | −3.0% | 23.0% |
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| 9 | 241 m | +63 m | 6.3% | 20.2% |
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| 10 | 235 m | −6 m | −0.6% | 15.6% |
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| 11 | 294 m | +59 m | 5.9% | 9.6% |
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| 12 | 368 m | +74 m | 7.4% | 12.0% |
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| 13 | 383 m | +15 m | 1.5% | 12.0% |
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| 14 | 449 m | +65 m | 8.5% | 11.8% |
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About Cairn O’Mount
- How long and how steep?
- From Strachan, Cairn O’Mount is 13.8 km long and climbs 373 m at an average of 2.7%, to a summit at 449 m. Its last kilometre is the steepest, at 8.5%.
- How long does it take?
- At 3 W/kg it takes about 46 min to reach the top, at 4 W/kg about 37 min (70 kg rider, 8 kg bike, no wind).
- What category is it?
- It's a category 2 climb, with a difficulty score of 79.
- Where is it?
- It's in Aberdeenshire, Scotland, United Kingdom.
How hard is 79?
Difficulty score is length × gradient, weighted for the steepest kilometre.
Cairn O’Mount, Strachan
79
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