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HC L'AquilaAbruzzo, Italy

Passo della Forcella

South-eastern ascent from Gagliano Aterno

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Length: 21.7 km
Height gain: 777 m
Average: 3.6%
Steepest km: 7.1%
Summit altitude: 1404 m
Difficulty: 144

Abruzzo · 5th of the five hardest

Elevation profile

626 m → 1404 m Touch or hover to inspect

0–4% 4–6% 6–8% 8–10% 10–14% 14%+

Steepest km: km 5 at 7.1%

Climb analysis

Where the climbing is

0–4%: 10.0 km
4–6%: 4.7 km
6–8%: 5.3 km
8–10%: 1.8 km
10–14%: 0.0 km
14%+: 0.0 km

Hardest sustained

1 km · km 9.8–10.8: 7.7%
2 km · km 4.0–6.0: 6.8%
5 km · km 4.0–9.0: 5.9%

Time to the top

1h 14 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	671 m	+44 m	4.4%	14.2%
2	690 m	+19 m	1.9%	10.2%
3	723 m	+33 m	3.3%	12.2%
4	738 m	+15 m	1.5%	9.6%
5	809 m	+71 m	7.1%	13.6%
6	873 m	+63 m	6.3%	14.6%
7	940 m	+67 m	6.7%	19.2%
8	982 m	+42 m	4.2%	12.8%
9	1032 m	+50 m	5.0%	13.4%
10	1089 m	+57 m	5.7%	9.6%
11	1153 m	+64 m	6.4%	18.2%
12	1180 m	+27 m	2.7%	20.2%
13	1183 m	+3 m	0.3%	17.2%
14	1167 m	−16 m	−1.6%	12.8%
15	1137 m	−30 m	−3.0%	0.0%
16	1113 m	−24 m	−2.4%	0.0%
17	1159 m	+46 m	4.6%	8.8%
18	1227 m	+69 m	6.9%	17.0%
19	1286 m	+59 m	5.9%	14.4%
20	1352 m	+66 m	6.6%	17.7%
21	1380 m	+28 m	2.8%	13.6%
22	1404 m	+24 m	3.4%	23.3%

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About Passo della Forcella

How long and how steep?: From Gagliano Aterno, Passo della Forcella is 21.7 km long and climbs 777 m at an average of 3.6%, to a summit at 1,404 m. Its steepest kilometre, km 5, averages 7.1%.
How long does it take?: At 3 W/kg it takes about 1 h 14 min to reach the top, at 4 W/kg about 59 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 144.
Where is it?: It's in L'Aquila, Abruzzo, Italy.

How hard is 144?

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

Puerto del Arenal, Arenas de San Pedro 144

Collado de Estella, Macael 144

Passo della Forcella, Gagliano Aterno 144

Hardknott Pass, Beckfoot 143

Monte Faro Dende Comezo, Comezo 143

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