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HC Bezirk Spittal an der DrauCarinthia, Austria

Grossglockner Pass / Edelweissspitze via Hochtor

Southern ascent from Heiligenblut

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Length: 23.9 km
Height gain: 1314 m
Average: 5.5%
Steepest km: 11.6%
Summit altitude: 2570 m
Difficulty: 490

Austria · 4 climbs

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Heiligenblut 23.9 km, 5.5% average, 1314 m height gain
Northern ascent 18.8 km, 9.0% average, 1697 m height gain

Elevation profile

1257 m → 2570 m Touch or hover to inspect

0–4% 4–6% 6–8% 8–10% 10–14% 14%+

Steepest km: km 7 at 11.6%

One short section looks like a survey error (hatched) — usually a tunnel or a bridge, measured from the terrain above or below the road. It is left out of the steepest-km figure.

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Climb analysis

Where the climbing is

0–4%: 7.5 km
4–6%: 1.4 km
6–8%: 1.3 km
8–10%: 5.5 km
10–14%: 8.3 km
14%+: 0.0 km

Hardest sustained

1 km · km 5.9–6.9: 11.7%
2 km · km 5.2–7.2: 10.8%
5 km · km 10.2–15.2: 9.9%

Time to the top

1h 54 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	1299 m	+42 m	4.2%	8.0%
2	1403 m	+104 m	10.4%	12.0%
3	1502 m	+100 m	10.0%	11.4%
4	1601 m	+99 m	9.9%	12.0%
5	1688 m	+87 m	8.7%	11.8%
6	1770 m	+83 m	8.3%	12.0%
7	1887 m	+116 m	11.6%	12.6%
8	1866 m	−21 m	−2.1%	11.4%
9	1859 m	−7 m	−0.7%	0.6%
10	1936 m	+77 m	7.6%	12.8%
11	2027 m	+91 m	9.1%	11.2%
12	2124 m	+96 m	9.6%	12.4%
13	2226 m	+102 m	10.2%	12.2%
14	2328 m	+102 m	10.2%	12.8%
15	2431 m	+103 m	10.3%	12.6%
16	2541 m	+110 m	11.0% ? Includes a suspected survey error	48.2%
17	2432 m	−109 m	−10.9% ? Includes a suspected survey error	0.0%
18	2351 m	−82 m	−8.2%	0.0%
19	2304 m	−47 m	−4.7%	22.6%
20	2261 m	−43 m	−4.3%	0.0%
21	2352 m	+91 m	9.1%	12.2%
22	2415 m	+63 m	6.3%	11.6%
23	2481 m	+66 m	6.6%	13.6%
24	2570 m	+89 m	9.8%	13.2%

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How hard is 490?

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

Passo di San Marco, Morbegno 494

Hochtor Pass (Großglockner), Fusch 492

Grossglockner Pass / Edelweissspitze via Hochtor, Heiligenblut 490

Alpe di Cadinello, Roveredo 489

Caminho do Meio, Bom Sucesso 487

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