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🇨🇴

Alto de los Muertos

8.5 km
Length
8.1%
Avg grade
653 m
Ascent

A relentless 8.5 km Category 1 wall averaging 8.14%, spiking to 17.77% as it climbs 690 m from 359 m to a 1049 m summit.

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Cat 1🇫🇷

Coll de la Plaça d'Armes

8.4 km
Length
7.6%
Avg grade
899 m
Ascent

A Category 1 Spanish climb of 8.4 km and 644 m net gain, with punishing undulation and a 27.83% ramp that dictates gearing.

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Cat 1🇮🇹

Forcella Lareseit

8.4 km
Length
8.7%
Avg grade
715 m
Ascent

A relentless 8.4 km wall averaging 8.74%, spiking to 19.78%, hauling you from 341 m to 1074 m for 733 m of net gain.

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Cat 1🇨🇴

Alto del Chapetón

8.4 km
Length
8.9%
Avg grade
765 m
Ascent

A 9.4 km Category 1 climb in Colombia with 745 m of net gain, undulating pitches, and a steepest ramp of 27.36% that dictates your gearing.

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Cat 1🇮🇹

Sella Forte Casara

8.4 km
Length
8.2%
Avg grade
666 m
Ascent

A relentless 8.4 km Category 1 grind averaging 8.23%, spiking at 17.5% and climbing 689 m to a 881 m summit.

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Cat 1🇪🇸

Port de Belhay

8.3 km
Length
7.0%
Avg grade
1197 m
Ascent

Port de Belhay is an 8.3km Category 1 climb in Spain whose undulating profile hides 621m of hidden descent behind a modest 6.97% average.

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Cat 1🇨🇴

Alto de los Manueles

8.2 km
Length
7.3%
Avg grade
574 m
Ascent

8.2 km at a relentless 7.25% average, spiking to 10.03%, hauling you from 965 m to 1563 m — a genuine Category 1 test.

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Cat 1🇪🇸

Azpirotz

8.2 km
Length
7.7%
Avg grade
611 m
Ascent

Azpirotz stacks 634 m of climbing into 8.2 km at a relentless 7.72% average, spiking to 13.24% before the 838 m summit.

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Cat 1🇪🇸

Collado de Pedralva

8.2 km
Length
8.4%
Avg grade
872 m
Ascent

A Category 1 Spanish climb of 8.2 km and 691 m net gain, with 872 m of total ascent that makes it harder than the average gradient suggests.

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Forcella Col Mat

8.2 km
Length
7.8%
Avg grade
621 m
Ascent

8.2 km at a relentless 7.78% average, climbing 636 m to a 1016 m summit with a savage 14.37% pitch waiting to break you.

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Cat 1🇨🇴

Alto del Higuerón

8.2 km
Length
9.8%
Avg grade
772 m
Ascent

8.2 km at a brutal 9.76% average, ramping to 19.09% and climbing 797 m from 896 m to 1693 m — a Category 1 wall that never lets up.

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Col de Varda

8.1 km
Length
8.0%
Avg grade
613 m
Ascent

8.1 km at a relentless 8% average, ramping to 19.01%, hauling you from 1454 m up to 2106 m for 652 m of net gain.

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Cat 1🇪🇸

Puerto del Arenal

8 km
Length
9.1%
Avg grade
689 m
Ascent

Eight kilometres averaging 9.14%, ramping to 22.82%, hauling you from 625 m to 1357 m for 732 m of net gain.

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Colletta dei Corni

7.9 km
Length
8.6%
Avg grade
665 m
Ascent

A relentless 7.9 km Category 1 wall averaging 8.58% with a savage 27.36% ramp, hauling you 681 m up from 206 m to 887 m.

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Cat 1🇨🇭

Zwüschet Mythen

7.9 km
Length
9.4%
Avg grade
714 m
Ascent

A relentless 7.9 km wall averaging 9.38%, spiking to 22.21%, hauling you from 450 m up to 1188 m of summit air.

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Cat 1🇫🇷

Belaungo lepoa

7.8 km
Length
7.8%
Avg grade
592 m
Ascent

A relentless Category 1 grind: 7.8 km at 7.79% average, climbing 604 m from 197 m to 801 m with a savage 27.83% pitch.

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Collado Pagasarri

7.7 km
Length
8.4%
Avg grade
630 m
Ascent

7.7 km at a relentless 8.45% average, spiking to 32.87%, hauling you from -3 m to a 644 m summit for 647 m of net gain.

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Forcorella di Marzio

7.5 km
Length
7.5%
Avg grade
536 m
Ascent

A relentless Category 1 test: 7.5 km at 7.5% average, spiking to 14.28%, hauling you from 246 m to 806 m.

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Bartolosattel

7.5 km
Length
8.0%
Avg grade
585 m
Ascent

A Category 1 Italian climb of 8.3 km and 636 m net gain, with pitches to 25% and enough undulation to reward disciplined pacing.

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Cat 1🇪🇸

Urraki mendatea

7.5 km
Length
7.8%
Avg grade
557 m
Ascent

7.5 km at a punishing 7.78% average, ramping to 10.94%, hauling you from 88 m to 669 m for 581 m of net climbing.

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Sella Prasnig

7.5 km
Length
9.5%
Avg grade
689 m
Ascent

7.5 km at 9.53% average with a brutal 27.64% max — 711 m of climbing from 820 m up to 1531 m.

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Cat 1🇦🇹

Plesch

7.4 km
Length
7.9%
Avg grade
705 m
Ascent

A 7.4 km Category 1 Austrian climb with 588 m of net gain but 705 m of total ascent — an undulating profile that demands smart pacing and low gearing.

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Cat 1🇪🇸

Puerto de Linera

7.4 km
Length
8.3%
Avg grade
738 m
Ascent

A 7.4 km Category 1 climb in Spain averaging 8.32% with sharp undulation and a brutal steepest ramp that demands sub-compact gearing.

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Forcella Mosè

7.1 km
Length
8.1%
Avg grade
561 m
Ascent

7.1 km at a punishing 8.09% average, climbing 577 m to a 1155 m summit with ramps spiking to 16.85%.

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