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Puerto de Palombera

Southern ascent from Espinilla

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Length: 6.1 km
Height gain: 329 m
Average: 5.4%
Steepest km: 7.4%
Summit altitude: 1257 m
Difficulty: 64

3 ways up Compare all 3

Fresneda 22.0 km, 4.3% average, 938 m height gain
Saja 16.6 km, 4.9% average, 818 m height gain
Espinilla 6.1 km, 5.4% average, 329 m height gain

Elevation profile

929 m → 1257 m Touch or hover to inspect

0–4% 4–6% 6–8% 8–10% 10–14% 14%+

Steepest km: km 4 at 7.4%

Climb analysis

Where the climbing is

0–4%: 2.1 km
4–6%: 0.0 km
6–8%: 4.0 km
8–10%: 0.0 km
10–14%: 0.0 km
14%+: 0.0 km

Hardest sustained

1 km · km 3.0–4.0: 7.4%
2 km · km 2.0–4.0: 7.2%

Time to the top

0h 24 at 3 W/kg · 70 kg rider + 8 kg bike, no wind

Kilometre by kilometre

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Km	Altitude	Gain	Gradient	Max
1	954 m	+26 m	2.6%	3.4%
2	976 m	+22 m	2.2%	9%
3	1046 m	+70 m	7.0%	8.6%
4	1120 m	+74 m	7.4%	9%
5	1190 m	+70 m	7.0%	10.2%
6	1257 m	+68 m	6.8%	8.8%
7	1257 m	0 m	0.0%	0.2%

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13° Clear Feels like 12° · 1257 m

Tailwind on 83% of the climb · Wind 13 km/h S

Tailwind 83% Crosswind 17% Headwind 0%

How hard is 64?

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

San Jerónimo 64

Riopinos, Redipuertas 64

Puerto de Palombera, Espinilla 64

Porrinhoso, Pedregais 64

Cerdeirinhas, Eirós 64

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Location

Country Spain

Region Cantabria

Province Cantabria

Mountain range Cantabrian Mountains

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