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HC GranadaAndalusia, Spain

Sierra de Lújar

Southern ascent from Castell de Ferro

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Length: 32.0 km
Height gain: 1866 m
Average: 5.8%
Steepest km: 10.7%
Summit altitude: 1870 m
Difficulty: 501

Andalusia · 4th of the five hardest

Elevation profile

5 m → 1870 m Touch or hover to inspect

0–4% 4–6% 6–8% 8–10% 10–14% 14%+

Steepest km: km 29 at 10.7%

Climb analysis

Where the climbing is

0–4%: 10.5 km
4–6%: 4.3 km
6–8%: 4.0 km
8–10%: 7.5 km
10–14%: 5.8 km
14%+: 0.0 km

Hardest sustained

1 km · km 29.6–30.6: 12.4%
2 km · km 29.2–31.2: 10.7%
5 km · km 26.3–31.3: 9.9%

Time to the top

2h 24 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	29 m	+25 m	2.5%	5.4%
2	52 m	+23 m	2.3%	3.6%
3	82 m	+30 m	3.0%	6.8%
4	112 m	+29 m	2.9%	3.8%
5	141 m	+30 m	2.9%	3.8%
6	175 m	+34 m	3.4%	4.4%
7	241 m	+66 m	6.6%	10.6%
8	340 m	+99 m	9.9%	14.0%
9	442 m	+102 m	10.2%	13.2%
10	514 m	+72 m	7.2%	14.0%
11	604 m	+90 m	9.0%	10.6%
12	698 m	+94 m	9.4%	10.7%
13	803 m	+106 m	10.6%	13.6%
14	866 m	+63 m	6.3%	9.8%
15	820 m	−46 m	−4.6%	8.0%
16	899 m	+79 m	7.9%	10.3%
17	974 m	+75 m	7.5%	8.8%
18	1029 m	+55 m	5.5%	8.4%
19	1084 m	+55 m	5.5%	6.6%
20	1101 m	+17 m	1.7%	6.4%
21	1085 m	−16 m	−1.6%	5.0%
22	1046 m	−39 m	−3.9%	4.5%
23	1103 m	+57 m	5.7%	7.2%
24	1138 m	+35 m	3.5%	9.2%
25	1214 m	+76 m	7.6%	13.6%
26	1305 m	+91 m	9.1%	11.4%
27	1388 m	+84 m	8.4%	12.2%
28	1479 m	+90 m	9.0%	11.4%
29	1585 m	+107 m	10.7%	12.6%
30	1685 m	+100 m	10.0%	14.8%
31	1788 m	+103 m	10.3%	13.2%
32	1870 m	+82 m	8.4%	10.8%

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How hard is 501?

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

Edelweißpitze 507

El Teide, Mirador Tabonal Negro, Candelaria 502

Sierra de Lújar, Castell de Ferro 501

Passo di Foppa (Mortirolo), Mazzo di Valtellina 501

Pico do Arieiro, Machico 500

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