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Pico do Arieiro

Eastern ascent from Machico
Length
25.6 km
Height gain
1788 m
Average
7.0%
Steepest km
13.0%
Summit altitude
1794 m
Difficulty
500
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Elevation profile

7 m → 1794 m Touch or hover to inspect
0–4% 4–6% 6–8% 8–10% 10–14% 14%+
Steepest km: km 7 at 13.0%

Climb analysis

Where the climbing is

0–4%
6.3 km
4–6%
2.0 km
6–8%
5.5 km
8–10%
6.6 km
10–14%
4.3 km
14%+
1.0 km

Hardest sustained

1 km · km 6.2–7.2
13.6%
2 km · km 5.8–7.8
11.9%
5 km · km 10.6–15.6
10.4%

Time to the top

2h 08 at 3 W/kg · 70 kg rider + 8 kg bike, no wind

Kilometre by kilometre

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Km Altitude Gradient 0–15%
1 65 m 5.9%
2 168 m 10.2%
3 218 m 5.0%
4 296 m 7.8%
5 376 m 8.1%
6 455 m 7.9%
7 585 m 13.0%
8 685 m 10.0%
9 683 m −0.1%
10 681 m −0.3%

Route map

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At the summit now

Updated 1 min ago
8° Foggy Feels like 6° · 1794 m
Crosswind on 46% of the climb · Wind 5 km/h NE
Tailwind 40% Crosswind 46% Headwind 14%

How hard is 500?

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

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