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Turfberg / Alverschoten from Assel

2.7

12 reviews | Elevation profile | 3 photos

Turfberg / Alverschoten from Assel

Turfberg / Alverschoten from Assel

Turfberg / Alverschoten from Assel

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Difficulty points	7
Length	2 km
Average gradient	1.6%
Steepest 100 metres	3.4%
Total ascent	32 m

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Turfberg / Alverschoten from Assel is a climb in the region Kroondomein Het Loo. It is 2 km long and bridges 32 m of vertical ascent with an average gradient of 1.6%, resulting in a difficulty score of 7. The top of the ascent is located at 80 m above sea level. Climbfinder users shared 12 reviews of this climb and uploaded 3 photos.

Road name: Alverschotenseweg

3.0 by Teo

This is an automatic translation, the original language is: Dutch.
Quite a nice little climb from Assel. Not spectacular in terms of percentages, but because of the cobblestones you still have to pedal pretty hard.... read more

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Turfberg / Alverschoten from Assel

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Reviews (12)

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Teo ^premium

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Quite a nice little climb from Assel. Not spectacular in terms of percentages, but because of the cobblestones you still have to pedal pretty hard.

11 Mo 2.0

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It's nothing exciting in terms of percentages, the road surface takes care of that. You just can't drive comfortably.

TimvanDorst ^premium

1 y 1.0

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Basically just a rotten road. You don't drive fast, but you still kick out quite a few wattages

NiekBenedict ^premium

1 y 3.0

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Tricky and beautiful climb through beautiful forest. The clinkers make it just a bit harder for your feel.

MerijnvH ^premium

1 y 3.0

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Lovely stretch to crank up the wattages considerably and still make speed. The cobbles are beautiful. From the viaduct onwards it is indeed not really a climb, but if you go for a PR on the full segment, you will definitely feel this false flat in your legs. Once you've had this stretch, you can continue towards Hoenderlo, heading for the southern side of the Veluwe.

Pino ^premium

1 y 3.0

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My favourite climb for various interval training sessions (I live in the west of Apeldoorn). Especially the stretch up to the viaduct over the A1. Down there is Halte Assel with cafeteria. After the track up over cobbles in the shade. Quite a bit of recreational traffic in varying light conditions, make sure you have lights behind! Between the viaduct and the junction above is a wildlife viewing screen where you can often (preferably at dusk) view wildlife. At the junction above (with Hoog Buurloseweg) there is sometimes an ice cream van with good Italian ice cream on sunny days.

Fedor ^premium

3 y 3.0

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1.7％ average is not much but the stretch up to the viaduct you do feel because of the bricks and the fact that this is the steeper part of the climb. On the viaduct almost un-Dutch views over the motorway. After that, an almost flat section remains that forms a nice beech avenue. Good connecting route to pass the motorway.

5 y 3.0

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This is not really a climb, but with the bricks and the forest this is a very nice cycle route. It feels good to go from the level crossing to the viaduct over the A1. Especially in the evening hours when you come down here take into account crossing wildlife.

5 y 3.0

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When I first cycled here I did not really realize it was going up. The cobblestones make you go slower, but the gradient also slows down the speed. Nice if you drive from Hoog Soeren to the Radioweg.

Himmelsbla ^premium

5 y 3.0

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I never knew this climb had an official name. Back in the days, it was my regular training route. I can't help feeling that the part up to the A1 was steeper than 2％ by the way. It was fun to continue from the track on the big blade for a block of 2,5-3 minutes of maximum effort. The Strava segment ends at the first twenty meters of the viaduct. From the A1, the pedal upwards slowly. This climb combined with the approach route Apeldoorn-Hoog Soeren and then over the heath to Assel is in my opinion one of the more beautiful parts of the Veluwe. Advice from the ex-local: turn right at the top of this climb for a nice descent towards Radio Kootwijk and one of the most surreal surprises you have ever had on a bike. Thank me later!

5 y 3.0 00:02:05 (56.9 km/h)

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Great! Unique for this area: a real boulder climb. From the railway track onwards the stones start to ramble, a climb you will feel by itself. As mentioned below: the climb ends for your perception at the viaduct, because after this it is almost flat. Doable? Definitely. Recommended? Yes, I would.

5 y 2.0

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The climb is actually something like 1, 3 km long until the viaduct over the A1. The last 0.7 km is almost flat. This distorts the average percentage increase. The part up to the A1 is actually quite nice.

Climbing times

7 km/h	00:16:55
11 km/h	00:10:46
15 km/h	00:07:54
19 km/h	00:06:14

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Frequently Asked Questions

Turfberg / Alverschoten can be cycled from 3 sides. Turfberg / Alverschoten from Assel is the most popular side, but the summit can also be reached via Turfberg from Radio Kootwijk & Turfberg from Ugchelen.

You don't need special gearing for Turfberg / Alverschoten from Assel. The slope isn't long or steep enough to require much shifting down. You can conquer this climb on power alone. However, a compact gearing system with a smallest front chainring of 34 and largest rear sprocket of 28 or 30 is always nice if you enjoy cycling uphill. This helps maintain a smooth cadence.

Turfberg / Alverschoten from Assel is not tough enough to be assigned a mountain category. This means that even untrained cyclists can reach the top without any problems on this climb.

Turfberg / Alverschoten from Assel is 2 km long.

The average gradient of Turfberg / Alverschoten from Assel is 1.6%.

Turfberg / Alverschoten from Assel has a steepest segment with an average gradient of 3.4%.

The summit of Turfberg / Alverschoten from Assel is at 80 m.

At a slow pace of 7 km/h, it takes about 00:16:55 to climb Turfberg / Alverschoten from Assel. At 11 km/h the time is 00:10:46, and at 15 km/h 00:07:54. For the fastest cyclists, 00:06:14 is an achievable time.

Turfberg / Alverschoten from Assel is located in the region Kroondomein Het Loo in Netherlands.

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