Przełęcz Mokra

Przełęcz Mokra cycling climb profile

Przełęcz Mokra is a compact but serious category 2 climb in CZ: 4.8 km from a start elevation of 360 m to a summit elevation of 732 m. The headline figure is the average gradient of 7.68%, but the more useful detail is how close that sits to the maximum gradient of 8.67%.

That tells you the climb is not defined by one brutal wall or a long sequence of easy recoveries. It is a steady uphill effort where the gradient stays close enough to its average that poor pacing early will be exposed before the top.

How the gradient rides

With 372 m of net elevation gain packed into 4.8 km, Przełęcz Mokra asks for sustained torque rather than repeated accelerations. The maximum gradient of 8.67% is only modestly above the average, so the climb is likely to feel controlled but unrelenting: hard enough to keep pressure on the pedals, not irregular enough to give many natural places to reset.

The practical consequence is simple. This is not a climb to ride by surging into the steeper moments and hoping the road gives something back. If the gradient is already averaging 7.68%, the road is asking for a measured threshold-style effort almost from the start. Riders who go over pace in the opening section will not have much gradient relief to bring their breathing back under control.

Pacing and gearing notes

Treat Przełęcz Mokra as a seated, rhythm climb. The best pacing strategy is to settle early into a gear you can turn cleanly and resist the urge to chase speed when the road briefly feels manageable. Because the max gradient is close to the average, the climb rewards consistency more than punch.

A lower climbing gear is the safer choice, especially if riding it after fatigue has already built. The goal is not just to survive the steepest section, but to keep cadence from collapsing across the full 4.8 km. If you pace by power, anchor the effort around sustainable climbing output rather than short spikes. For context on setting that effort, use your /glossary/ftp as the ceiling, not the target to exceed from the bottom.

The final approach should be ridden only slightly harder if you still have control. On a climb this steady, the summit at 732 m is reached by avoiding early losses, not by finding a dramatic late acceleration.