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HC Santa Cruz de TenerifeCanary Islands, Spain

Roque de los Muchachos

South-eastern ascent from Santa Cruz de la Palma

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Length: 35.8 km
Height gain: 2410 m
Average: 6.7%
Steepest km: 23.4%
Summit altitude: 2419 m
Difficulty: 857

Spain · 2nd of the five hardest

Elevation profile

9 m → 2419 m Touch or hover to inspect

0–4% 4–6% 6–8% 8–10% 10–14% 14%+

Steepest km: km 14 at 23.4%

Climb analysis

Where the climbing is

0–4%: 6.0 km
4–6%: 5.1 km
6–8%: 12.8 km
8–10%: 8.3 km
10–14%: 0.8 km
14%+: 3.0 km

Hardest sustained

1 km · km 12.8–13.8: 24.7%
2 km · km 12.8–14.8: 21.5%
5 km · km 12.4–17.4: 15.0%

Time to the top

2h 59 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	75 m	+65 m	6.5%	9.8%
2	144 m	+70 m	7.0%	9.2%
3	223 m	+78 m	7.8%	10.4%
4	276 m	+54 m	5.4%	8.6%
5	335 m	+59 m	5.9%	10.2%
6	389 m	+53 m	5.3%	7.7%
7	464 m	+76 m	7.6%	10.0%
8	545 m	+80 m	8.0%	12.0%
9	627 m	+82 m	8.2%	11.2%
10	682 m	+55 m	5.5%	11.0%
11	760 m	+78 m	7.8%	13.2%
12	839 m	+79 m	7.9%	11.2%
13	961 m	+122 m	12.2%	28.8%
14	1195 m	+234 m	23.4%	27.4%
15	1368 m	+174 m	17.3%	19.8%
16	1507 m	+139 m	13.9%	15.4%
17	1586 m	+79 m	7.9%	11.4%
18	1662 m	+76 m	7.6%	10.0%
19	1735 m	+73 m	7.3%	10.4%
20	1812 m	+77 m	7.7%	12.2%
21	1881 m	+68 m	6.8%	8.8%
22	1940 m	+59 m	5.9%	9.4%
23	2013 m	+74 m	7.4%	10.0%
24	2092 m	+79 m	7.9%	10.5%
25	2174 m	+82 m	8.2%	10.0%
26	2228 m	+55 m	5.5%	9.0%
27	2289 m	+61 m	6.1%	12.2%
28	2268 m	−22 m	−2.2%	3.0%
29	2301 m	+34 m	3.4%	9.8%
30	2251 m	−51 m	−5.1%	0.0%
31	2200 m	−51 m	−5.1%	0.0%
32	2148 m	−52 m	−5.2%	0.0%
33	2206 m	+59 m	5.9%	8.8%
34	2274 m	+68 m	6.8%	8.6%
35	2356 m	+82 m	8.2%	12.0%
36	2419 m	+63 m	7.5%	11.2%

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How hard is 857?

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

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