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HC Machico MunicipalityMadeira, Portugal

Pico do Arieiro

Eastern ascent from Machico

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Length: 25.6 km
Height gain: 1788 m
Average: 7.0%
Steepest km: 13.0%
Summit altitude: 1794 m
Difficulty: 500

Madeira · 14 climbs

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Machico 25.6 km, 7.0% average, 1788 m height gain
Faial 23.0 km, 7.6% average, 1742 m height gain
Funchal 18.3 km, 9.3% average, 1694 m height gain
Funchal 17.8 km, 9.9% average, 1775 m height gain

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

How this is calculated

Kilometre by kilometre

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Km	Altitude	Gain	Gradient	Max
1	65 m	+59 m	5.9%	13.4%
2	168 m	+102 m	10.2%	15.8%
3	218 m	+50 m	5.0%	7.4%
4	296 m	+78 m	7.8%	10.4%
5	376 m	+81 m	8.1%	11.8%
6	455 m	+79 m	7.9%	15.6%
7	585 m	+130 m	13.0%	20.4%
8	685 m	+100 m	10.0%	17.2%
9	683 m	−1 m	−0.1%	4.2%
10	681 m	−3 m	−0.3%	3.6%
11	744 m	+63 m	6.3%	8.0%
12	846 m	+102 m	10.2%	14.4%
13	957 m	+111 m	11.1%	17.0%
14	1051 m	+95 m	9.5%	15.2%
15	1158 m	+107 m	10.7%	13.4%
16	1255 m	+97 m	9.7%	14.6%
17	1338 m	+83 m	8.3%	10.6%
18	1384 m	+45 m	4.5%	6.8%
19	1388 m	+5 m	0.5%	4.4%
20	1408 m	+20 m	2.0%	9.0%
21	1465 m	+58 m	5.8%	11.0%
22	1537 m	+72 m	7.2%	10.2%
23	1568 m	+31 m	3.1%	7.8%
24	1653 m	+85 m	8.5%	10.8%
25	1737 m	+84 m	8.4%	10.0%
26	1794 m	+57 m	9.1%	10.0%

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About Pico do Arieiro

How long and how steep?: From Machico, Pico do Arieiro is 25.6 km long and climbs 1,788 m at an average of 7.0%, to a summit at 1,794 m. Its steepest kilometre, km 7, averages 13.0%.
How long does it take?: At 3 W/kg it takes about 2 h 08 min to reach the top, at 4 W/kg about 1 h 39 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 500.
Where is it?: It's in Machico Municipality, Madeira, Portugal.

How hard is 500?

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

Sierra de Lújar, Castell de Ferro 501

Passo di Foppa (Mortirolo), Mazzo di Valtellina 501

Pico do Arieiro, Machico 500

Escalera del Infierno, Sierra Gorda, Querétaro, La Mora 498

Achada de Teixeira, Santana 497

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