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HC SalamancaCastile and León, Spain

Peña de Francia

Eastern ascent from Las Casas del Conde — the hardest of the 4 ways up

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Length: 25.2 km
Height gain: 1109 m
Average: 4.4%
Steepest km: 7.6%
Summit altitude: 1706 m
Difficulty: 220

Salamanca · 2nd of the five hardest

4 ways up · this is the hardest Compare all 4

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Las Casas del Conde 25.2 km, 4.4% average, 1109 m height gain
Monsagro 15.8 km, 4.7% average, 743 m height gain
Eastern ascent 13.5 km, 5.3% average, 718 m height gain
North-eastern ascent 10.4 km, 6.2% average, 645 m height gain

Elevation profile

596 m → 1706 m Touch or hover to inspect

0–4% 4–6% 6–8% 8–10% 10–14% 14%+

Steepest km: km 21 at 7.6%

Climb analysis

Where the climbing is

0–4%: 7.0 km
4–6%: 6.3 km
6–8%: 10.7 km
8–10%: 1.3 km
10–14%: 0.0 km
14%+: 0.0 km

Hardest sustained

1 km · km 0.8–1.8: 7.8%
2 km · km 1.0–3.0: 7.3%
5 km · km 0.0–5.0: 7.0%

Time to the top

1h 33 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	665 m	+68 m	6.8%	8.2%
2	740 m	+75 m	7.5%	9.6%
3	810 m	+70 m	7.0%	9.2%
4	879 m	+70 m	7.0%	8.0%
5	948 m	+69 m	6.9%	8.0%
6	888 m	−60 m	−6.0%	0.0%
7	856 m	−32 m	−3.2%	5.5%
8	917 m	+61 m	6.1%	6.8%
9	967 m	+50 m	5.0%	7.0%
10	1019 m	+52 m	5.2%	6.8%
11	1057 m	+37 m	3.7%	5.0%
12	1065 m	+9 m	0.9%	6.0%
13	1065 m	−1 m	−0.1%	2.8%
14	1078 m	+14 m	1.4%	3.0%
15	1081 m	+3 m	0.3%	4.0%
16	1134 m	+53 m	5.3%	6.2%
17	1197 m	+63 m	6.3%	7.2%
18	1261 m	+64 m	6.4%	6.8%
19	1331 m	+70 m	7.0%	7.4%
20	1395 m	+64 m	6.4%	7.4%
21	1471 m	+76 m	7.6%	9.0%
22	1525 m	+54 m	5.4%	7.0%
23	1582 m	+57 m	5.7%	6.6%
24	1639 m	+57 m	5.7%	6.8%
25	1694 m	+55 m	5.5%	8.4%
26	1706 m	+12 m	6.1%	6.2%

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About Peña de Francia

How long and how steep?: From Las Casas del Conde, Peña de Francia is 25.2 km long and climbs 1,109 m at an average of 4.4%, to a summit at 1,706 m. Its steepest kilometre, km 21, averages 7.6%.
How long does it take?: At 3 W/kg it takes about 1 h 33 min to reach the top, at 4 W/kg about 1 h 13 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 220. It's the hardest of the 4 ways up to Peña de Francia.
Where is it?: It's in Salamanca, Castile and León, Spain.

How hard is 220?

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

Colle Tzecore, Saint-Vincent 220

Pajares, Campomanes 220

Peña de Francia, Las Casas del Conde 220

Monte Calamorro (Teleférico de Benalmadena), Benalmadena 220

Le Markstein, Linthal 219

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