Climb library

Famous climbs of cycling

Detailed profiles of the climbs that define the sport — length, average gradient, elevation gain, race history, and pacing advice.

3838 climbs

Cat 1🇪🇸

Puerto Malo

10.3 km
Length
8.4%
Avg grade
849 m
Ascent

10.3 km at a punishing 8.4% average, ramping to 15.51% and climbing from 6 m to 871 m — a Category 1 test of sustained power.

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Cat 1🇮🇹

Sella Ursic / Čez Stože

10.2 km
Length
7.6%
Avg grade
758 m
Ascent

A relentless 10.2 km grind averaging 7.6% and gaining 777 m to a 1294 m summit, with a savage 16.92% ramp waiting to break you.

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Cat 1🇮🇹

Passo la Colla

10.2 km
Length
6.5%
Avg grade
642 m
Ascent

A 10.2 km category 1 climb rising 661 m at 6.49% average, with pitches touching 10.96% from a 178 m base to an 839 m summit.

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Cat 1🇨🇴

Alto de El Cacique

10.1 km
Length
8.3%
Avg grade
809 m
Ascent

10.1 km at a relentless 8.3% average, climbing from 2344 m to 3185 m with a savage 14.93% max pitch.

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Cat 1🇨🇭

Col de Moutons

10.1 km
Length
7.0%
Avg grade
678 m
Ascent

A relentless 10.1 km category 1 climb averaging 7.05% with a 16.6% sting, hauling you from 964 m to 1675 m.

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Cat 1🇪🇸

Collado de la Gitana

10 km
Length
7.2%
Avg grade
1151 m
Ascent

A Category 1 Spanish climb of 10 km and 716 m net gain, made harder by 1,151 m of total ascent and a punishing steepest ramp.

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Cat 1🇪🇸

Collada Trabáu

10 km
Length
6.4%
Avg grade
677 m
Ascent

A category 1 grind: 10 km at 6.39% average, ramps hitting 14.15%, and 639 m of net vertical to the 1233 m summit.

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Cat 1🇨🇱

Cerro Alto Nahuelbuta

9.9 km
Length
7.0%
Avg grade
666 m
Ascent

A Category 1 grind: 9.9 km at 7.01% average, climbing 697 m from 338 m to a 1035 m summit, with ramps hitting 18.24%.

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Cat 1🇪🇸

Puerto de Haza del Lino

9.9 km
Length
8.6%
Avg grade
1371 m
Ascent

A 9.9 km Category 1 climb in Spain with an 8.64% average, punishing ramps, and 517 m of hidden descending baked into the profile.

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Cat 1🇨🇴

Alto de Guática

9.9 km
Length
7.3%
Avg grade
689 m
Ascent

A relentless 9.9 km Category 1 grind averaging 7.31%, climbing from 2503 m to 3223 m for 720 m of thin-air net gain.

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Cat 1🇪🇸

Puerto Espaban

9.9 km
Length
7.3%
Avg grade
1197 m
Ascent

A 9.9 km Category 1 climb in Spain with 719 m of net gain but 1,197 m of total ascent — the undulation is the real story.

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Cat 1🇮🇹

Passo Santa Donna

9.8 km
Length
7.2%
Avg grade
686 m
Ascent

9.8 km at a relentless 7.17% average, ramping to 16.65% and lifting you from 330 m to 1034 m — a Category 1 grind.

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Cat 1🇮🇹

Joeljoch

9.8 km
Length
6.5%
Avg grade
615 m
Ascent

A 9.8 km category 1 climb averaging 6.46%, spiking to 11.86%, hauling you from 1102 m to 1736 m for 634 m of net gain.

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Cat 1🇨🇴

Alto del Volador

9.8 km
Length
8.1%
Avg grade
749 m
Ascent

A category 1 grind: 9.8 km at 8.08% average, spiking to 13.18%, climbing 792 m from 231 m to a 1023 m summit.

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Cat 1🇨🇴

Paso de los Andes

9.7 km
Length
7.4%
Avg grade
682 m
Ascent

A relentless 9.7 km Category 1 grind averaging 7.44%, climbing from 467 m to 1189 m with ramps touching 13.79%.

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Cat 1🇨🇭

Risipass

9.7 km
Length
7.4%
Avg grade
696 m
Ascent

9.7 km at a relentless 7.42% average, climbing 719 m from 739 m to 1458 m with ramps hitting 16.83%.

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Cat 1🇦🇹

Durchspring

9.6 km
Length
7.5%
Avg grade
1200 m
Ascent

A 9.6 km Category 1 climb in Austria with 719 m of net gain, 1,200 m of total ascent, and pitches touching 30% — an undulating grind that rewards disciplined pacing.

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Cat 1🇦🇹

Krischnig

9.6 km
Length
7.0%
Avg grade
865 m
Ascent

A 9.6 km Category 1 Austrian climb with 667 m of net gain but 865 m of total ascent — the rollers make the effort harder than the average suggests.

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Cat 1🇦🇹

Stribing

9.5 km
Length
7.1%
Avg grade
909 m
Ascent

A 9.5 km Category 1 Austrian climb with 672 m of net gain but 909 m of total ascent — the undulation is the real story.

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Cat 1🇦🇹

Schrimmennieder

9.4 km
Length
8.7%
Avg grade
1196 m
Ascent

A 9.4 km Category 1 Austrian climb averaging 8.67% with 381 m of hidden re-climbing on top of its 815 m net gain.

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Cat 1🇪🇸

Collada de Lletó

9.4 km
Length
9.1%
Avg grade
819 m
Ascent

A 9.4 km Cat-1 grind averaging 9.07%, climbing from 684 m to 1536 m with ramps spiking to a brutal 23.56%.

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Cat 1🇨🇴

Alto de Chinchicuá

9.4 km
Length
8.9%
Avg grade
808 m
Ascent

9.4 km at 8.91% average with a savage 39.41% max, hauling you from 1359 m to 2193 m for 834 m of net gain.

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Cat 1🇦🇹

Hoheneck

9.3 km
Length
6.8%
Avg grade
774 m
Ascent

A 9.3 km Category 1 climb in Austria with 631 m of net gain but 774 m of total ascent — the undulation is the real story.

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Cat 1🇮🇹

Bocca Paolone

9.3 km
Length
8.8%
Avg grade
790 m
Ascent

A relentless 9.3 km wall averaging 8.84% with ramps to 15.47%, climbing 822 m from 141 m to a 963 m summit.

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