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HC Asturias, Spain

Cuitu Negru (Puerto de Pajares)

Northern ascent from Las Puentes

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Length: 20.1 km
Height gain: 1359 m
Average: 6.8%
Steepest km: 15.1%
Summit altitude: 1843 m
Difficulty: 371

Asturias · 175 climbs

3 ways up Compare all 3

Campomanes 25.5 km, 5.7% average, 1459 m height gain
Las Puentes 20.1 km, 6.8% average, 1359 m height gain
Arbas del Puerto 6.6 km, 7.8% average, 514 m height gain

Elevation profile

484 m → 1843 m Touch or hover to inspect

0–4% 4–6% 6–8% 8–10% 10–14% 14%+

Steepest km: km 19 at 15.1%

Climb analysis

Where the climbing is

0–4%: 5.5 km
4–6%: 2.5 km
6–8%: 5.1 km
8–10%: 4.0 km
10–14%: 2.0 km
14%+: 1.0 km

Hardest sustained

1 km · km 18.0–19.0: 15.1%
2 km · km 18.0–20.0: 14.0%
5 km · km 15.2–20.1: 8.6%

Time to the top

1h 38 at 3 W/kg · 70 kg rider + 8 kg bike, no wind

How this is calculated

Kilometre by kilometre

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Km	Altitude	Gain	Gradient	Max
1	504 m	+20 m	2.0%	9.2%
2	577 m	+73 m	7.3%	8.0%
3	623 m	+47 m	4.7%	8.2%
4	680 m	+57 m	5.7%	7.2%
5	768 m	+88 m	8.8%	11.8%
6	850 m	+82 m	8.2%	10.8%
7	915 m	+65 m	6.5%	9.6%
8	940 m	+25 m	2.5%	5.0%
9	989 m	+49 m	4.9%	8.0%
10	1038 m	+50 m	5.0%	8.4%
11	1117 m	+78 m	7.8%	10.6%
12	1191 m	+74 m	7.4%	8.6%
13	1289 m	+98 m	9.8%	13.0%
14	1369 m	+80 m	8.0%	14.6%
15	1405 m	+36 m	3.6%	9.8%
16	1443 m	+39 m	3.9%	10.8%
17	1467 m	+23 m	2.3%	5.4%
18	1553 m	+86 m	8.6%	16.0%
19	1703 m	+151 m	15.1%	18.8%
20	1834 m	+130 m	13.0%	19.6%
21	1843 m	+9 m	7.8%	8.2%

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About Cuitu Negru (Puerto de Pajares)

How long and how steep?: From Las Puentes, Cuitu Negru (Puerto de Pajares) is 20.1 km long and climbs 1,359 m at an average of 6.8%, to a summit at 1,843 m. Its steepest kilometre, km 19, averages 15.1%.
How long does it take?: At 3 W/kg it takes about 1 h 38 min to reach the top, at 4 W/kg about 1 h 15 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 371.
Where is it?: It's in Asturias, Spain.

How hard is 371?

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

Mortirolo via Monno, Edolo 372

Val Thorens via Saint-Jean-de-Belleville, Moûtiers 371

Cuitu Negru (Puerto de Pajares), Las Puentes 371

Croix de Coueur, La Châble 367

Torre (Serra da Estrela), Vila Cova à Coelheira 367

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