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HC CáceresExtremadura, Spain

El Travieso

Western ascent from Baños de Montemayor — the hardest of the 2 ways up

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Length: 28.4 km
Height gain: 1128 m
Average: 4.0%
Steepest km: 8.4%
Summit altitude: 1855 m
Difficulty: 273

Extremadura · 2nd of the five hardest

2 ways up · this is the hardest Compare all 2

Baños de Montemayor 28.4 km, 4.0% average, 1128 m height gain
Bejar 12.0 km, 7.1% average, 857 m height gain

Elevation profile

727 m → 1855 m Touch or hover to inspect

0–4% 4–6% 6–8% 8–10% 10–14% 14%+

Steepest km: km 25 at 8.4%

Climb analysis

Where the climbing is

0–4%: 9.3 km
4–6%: 6.7 km
6–8%: 8.5 km
8–10%: 3.8 km
10–14%: 0.3 km
14%+: 0.0 km

Hardest sustained

1 km · km 24.2–25.2: 8.7%
2 km · km 23.6–25.6: 8.5%
5 km · km 22.6–27.6: 7.9%

Time to the top

1h 43 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	784 m	+57 m	5.7%	6.4%
2	845 m	+61 m	6.1%	8.6%
3	906 m	+61 m	6.1%	7.8%
4	965 m	+59 m	5.9%	6.4%
5	1029 m	+64 m	6.4%	7.2%
6	1089 m	+60 m	6.0%	7.2%
7	1168 m	+79 m	7.9%	13.2%
8	1218 m	+50 m	5.0%	6.0%
9	1257 m	+40 m	4.0%	5.0%
10	1302 m	+44 m	4.4%	6.2%
11	1315 m	+14 m	1.4%	2.6%
12	1294 m	−21 m	−2.1%	0.2%
13	1286 m	−8 m	−0.8%	0.2%
14	1236 m	−50 m	−5.0%	0.0%
15	1178 m	−58 m	−5.8%	0.0%
16	1147 m	−31 m	−3.1%	0.0%
17	1126 m	−21 m	−2.1%	0.4%
18	1110 m	−16 m	−1.6%	0.0%
19	1139 m	+28 m	2.8%	8.8%
20	1204 m	+66 m	6.6%	8.2%
21	1287 m	+82 m	8.2%	11.6%
22	1359 m	+73 m	7.3%	10.0%
23	1436 m	+77 m	7.7%	11.0%
24	1516 m	+80 m	8.0%	11.0%
25	1600 m	+84 m	8.4%	10.6%
26	1677 m	+78 m	7.8%	8.6%
27	1749 m	+72 m	7.2%	8.2%
28	1829 m	+80 m	8.0%	9.0%
29	1855 m	+26 m	6.3%	7.2%

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About El Travieso

How long and how steep?: From Baños de Montemayor, El Travieso is 28.4 km long and climbs 1,128 m at an average of 4.0%, to a summit at 1,855 m. Its steepest kilometre, km 25, averages 8.4%.
How long does it take?: At 3 W/kg it takes about 1 h 43 min to reach the top, at 4 W/kg about 1 h 21 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 273. It's the hardest of the 2 ways up to El Travieso.
Where is it?: It's in Cáceres, Extremadura, Spain.

How hard is 273?

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

Puerto de Velefique, Tabernas 273

Llano de las Ovejas, Nogar 273

El Travieso, Baños de Montemayor 273

Col du Galibier, Valloire 273

Kiran 273

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