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HC Sibiu, Romania

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Northern ascent from Cârtișoara
Length
30.0 km
Height gain
1548 m
Average
5.2%
Steepest km
8.0%
Summit altitude
2043 m
Difficulty
262

Elevation profile

495 m → 2043 m Touch or hover to inspect
0–4% 4–6% 6–8% 8–10% 10–14% 14%+
Steepest km: km 27 at 8.0%

Climb analysis

Where the climbing is

0–4%
11.0 km
4–6%
6.0 km
6–8%
9.0 km
8–10%
2.8 km
10–14%
1.3 km
14%+
0.0 km

Hardest sustained

1 km · km 26.0–27.0
8.0%
2 km · km 27.8–29.8
7.3%
5 km · km 23.9–28.9
6.6%

Time to the top

2h 02 at 3 W/kg · 70 kg rider + 8 kg bike, no wind

Kilometre by kilometre

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Km Altitude Gradient 0–15%
1 515 m 1.9%
2 531 m 1.6%
3 538 m 0.7%
4 565 m 2.7%
5 586 m 2.1%
6 624 m 3.8%
7 662 m 3.8%
8 725 m 6.3%
9 778 m 5.3%
10 834 m 5.6%

Route map

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At the summit now

Updated 2 min ago
-2° Cloudy Feels like -7° · 2043 m
Tailwind on 67% of the climb · Wind 14 km/h N
Tailwind 67% Crosswind 17% Headwind 16%

How hard is 262?

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

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