Rwanda

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Rwanda

Every climb, race and route we hold in Rwanda, on one map.

Climbs
2
Highest summit
2266m· Virunga foothills
Routes
1

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Regions in Rwanda

The terrain of Rwanda

Every cataloged climb in the country, plotted by how long it runs and how hard it bites.

Highest summit
2266m
Virunga foothills
Longest climb
9km
Cyuru Pass
Steepest climb
4.4%
Virunga foothills

Difficulty mix

Cat 3
1
Cat 4
1

Length against gradient

0% 2% 4% 6% 035810Length (km)Virunga foothills — 4.3 km, 4.4%, 190 m Cyuru Pass — 9 km, 4.2%, 372 m
The 2 most prominent climbs in Rwanda. Color is category; the two ringed marks are the longest and the steepest.

Rwanda earns its reputation as the land of a thousand hills, and its climbing is every bit as spirited as that name suggests. The catalogue here is small but distilled: two ascents that reward riders willing to trade distance for elevation. There are no hors catégorie monsters to grind out, yet the terrain still demands respect, rising through green, folded country toward a highest summit of 2,266 metres. It is a place where every road seems to tilt upward and the effort feels honest.

The marquee efforts are the Virunga foothills and Cyuru Pass, two climbs that capture what makes riding here so distinctive. The Virunga foothills carry you into steep, dramatic country, while Cyuru Pass offers a sustained, rhythmic ascent to test your legs. Together they form a concentrated introduction to Rwandan climbing: short on quantity, generous on character, and impossible to forget once ridden.