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HC Melgaço MunicipalityViana do Castelo, Portugal

Portelinha

North-western ascent from Alvaredo

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Length: 21.7 km
Height gain: 894 m
Average: 4.1%
Steepest km: 10.5%
Summit altitude: 1017 m
Difficulty: 175

Melgaço Municipality · 3 climbs

3 ways up Compare all 3

Ceivães 24.1 km, 3.8% average, 929 m height gain
Alvaredo 21.7 km, 4.1% average, 894 m height gain
A Frieira 18.2 km, 5.4% average, 976 m height gain

Elevation profile

123 m → 1017 m Touch or hover to inspect

0–4% 4–6% 6–8% 8–10% 10–14% 14%+

Steepest km: km 4 at 10.5%

Climb analysis

Where the climbing is

0–4%: 10.3 km
4–6%: 5.2 km
6–8%: 4.0 km
8–10%: 1.5 km
10–14%: 0.8 km
14%+: 0.0 km

Hardest sustained

1 km · km 3.2–4.2: 11.4%
2 km · km 3.0–5.0: 10.0%
5 km · km 3.0–8.0: 7.2%

Time to the top

1h 16 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	185 m	+62 m	6.2%	7.6%
2	229 m	+44 m	4.4%	9.0%
3	230 m	+1 m	0.1%	5.0%
4	335 m	+105 m	10.5%	13.2%
5	430 m	+95 m	9.5%	13.4%
6	503 m	+73 m	7.3%	10.4%
7	559 m	+55 m	5.5%	11.2%
8	588 m	+30 m	3.0%	7.0%
9	643 m	+54 m	5.4%	8.6%
10	668 m	+26 m	2.6%	4.0%
11	722 m	+54 m	5.4%	9.6%
12	778 m	+55 m	5.5%	7.4%
13	825 m	+47 m	4.7%	7.0%
14	867 m	+42 m	4.2%	6.8%
15	873 m	+6 m	0.6%	4.0%
16	860 m	−13 m	−1.3%	0.8%
17	866 m	+6 m	0.5%	4.8%
18	899 m	+33 m	3.3%	5.8%
19	917 m	+19 m	1.9%	2.5%
20	939 m	+22 m	2.2%	3.8%
21	981 m	+42 m	4.2%	6.8%
22	1017 m	+37 m	5.0%	7.4%

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About Portelinha

How long and how steep?: From Alvaredo, Portelinha is 21.7 km long and climbs 894 m at an average of 4.1%, to a summit at 1,017 m. Its steepest kilometre, km 4, averages 10.5%.
How long does it take?: At 3 W/kg it takes about 1 h 16 min to reach the top, at 4 W/kg about 1 h 00 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 175.
Where is it?: It's in Melgaço Municipality, Viana do Castelo, Portugal.

How hard is 175?

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

Le Champ du Feu, Andlau 176

Alto de Hazallanas 175

Portelinha, Alvaredo 175

Monte Perone - Rifugio di San Francesco, La Pila 175

Qafa e Llogarasë 175

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