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HC AriègeOccitania, France

Port d'Envalira

North-eastern ascent from Ax-les-Thermes — the hardest of the 5 ways up

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Length: 35.1 km
Height gain: 1688 m
Average: 4.8%
Steepest km: 7.3%
Summit altitude: 2408 m
Difficulty: 258

Ariège · 3rd of the five hardest

5 ways up · this is the hardest Compare all 5

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Ax-les-Thermes 35.1 km, 4.8% average, 1688 m height gain
Latour-de-Carol 32.1 km, 3.6% average, 1157 m height gain
Andorra la Vella 28.0 km, 5.0% average, 1402 m height gain
Encamp 20.9 km, 5.1% average, 1068 m height gain
North-eastern ascent 10.8 km, 5.9% average, 635 m height gain

Elevation profile

720 m → 2408 m Touch or hover to inspect

0–4% 4–6% 6–8% 8–10% 10–14% 14%+

Steepest km: km 19 at 7.3%

Climb analysis

Where the climbing is

0–4%: 9.8 km
4–6%: 17.1 km
6–8%: 7.5 km
8–10%: 0.8 km
10–14%: 0.0 km
14%+: 0.0 km

Hardest sustained

1 km · km 18.6–19.6: 8.0%
2 km · km 31.4–33.4: 7.3%
5 km · km 30.2–35.1: 6.4%

Time to the top

2h 07 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	772 m	+52 m	5.2%	8.6%
2	810 m	+37 m	3.7%	8.8%
3	848 m	+38 m	3.8%	10.6%
4	879 m	+32 m	3.2%	6.0%
5	925 m	+46 m	4.6%	10.0%
6	966 m	+41 m	4.1%	5.6%
7	1009 m	+43 m	4.3%	6.0%
8	1042 m	+32 m	3.2%	6.2%
9	1071 m	+30 m	3.0%	5.6%
10	1101 m	+30 m	3.0%	4.4%
11	1131 m	+30 m	3.0%	4.0%
12	1171 m	+40 m	4.0%	7.0%
13	1211 m	+40 m	4.0%	5.4%
14	1243 m	+32 m	3.2%	4.6%
15	1288 m	+45 m	4.5%	8.0%
16	1332 m	+44 m	4.4%	6.6%
17	1384 m	+52 m	5.2%	6.4%
18	1423 m	+39 m	3.9%	5.2%
19	1496 m	+73 m	7.3%	9.8%
20	1551 m	+55 m	5.5%	7.6%
21	1616 m	+65 m	6.5%	9.4%
22	1663 m	+47 m	4.7%	5.6%
23	1712 m	+49 m	4.9%	5.2%
24	1758 m	+46 m	4.6%	5.6%
25	1815 m	+57 m	5.7%	7.0%
26	1876 m	+60 m	6.0%	6.6%
27	1927 m	+52 m	5.2%	6.4%
28	1978 m	+51 m	5.1%	5.6%
29	2032 m	+54 m	5.4%	6.0%
30	2086 m	+54 m	5.4%	6.2%
31	2129 m	+43 m	4.3%	7.2%
32	2197 m	+68 m	6.8%	9.8%
33	2270 m	+73 m	7.2%	9.4%
34	2336 m	+66 m	6.6%	7.6%
35	2401 m	+66 m	6.6%	7.0%
36	2408 m	+7 m	5.4%	10.0%

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About Port d'Envalira

How long and how steep?: From Ax-les-Thermes, Port d'Envalira is 35.1 km long and climbs 1,688 m at an average of 4.8%, to a summit at 2,408 m. Its steepest kilometre, km 19, averages 7.3%.
How long does it take?: At 3 W/kg it takes about 2 h 07 min to reach the top, at 4 W/kg about 1 h 40 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 258. It's the hardest of the 5 ways up to Port d’Envalira.
Where is it?: It's in Ariège, Occitania, France.

How hard is 258?

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

Ancares, Tejedo de Ancares 259

Val Grosina / Eita, Grosio 258

Port d'Envalira, Ax-les-Thermes 258

Alto de la Falgera, Veigas 257

Cormet de Roselend, Beaufort 257

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