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Cabeço Gordo from Varadouro

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In some places the road surface of this climb is bad, but it can be ridden with a road bike.
Elevation profile Cabeço Gordo from Varadouro
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Statistics

Difficulty points 1369
Length 13.5 km
Average gradient 7.6%
Steepest 100 meters 13.9%
Total ascent 1023m

Short recap

Beautiful scenery
22 hairpin turns
Bad road
#33 toughest climb of Portugal
#90 most elevation gain of Portugal
#14 longest climb of Azores
#85 average steepest climb of Azores
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Cabeço Gordo from Varadouro is a climb in the region Faial Island. It is 13.5km long and bridges 1023 vertical meters with an average gradient of 7.6%, resulting in a difficulty score of 1369. The top of the ascent is located at 1039 meters above sea level. Climbfinder users shared 1 review/story of this climb and uploaded 0 photos.

Road names: Rua Tenente Simas, Ramal para o Varadouro, Rua do Areeiro, Rua da Ribeira do cabo, Caminho Florestal da Ribeira do Cabo & Caminho Florestal da Caldeira

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This is an automatic translation, the original language is: Dutch. Show original

a very tough climb through the perentage and the till is also the most difficult around here

een zeer zwaare klim door het perentage en de kassij is ook de moelijkst hier in de buurt

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Climbing times

7 km/h 01:55:33
11 km/h 01:13:31
15 km/h 00:53:55
19 km/h 00:42:34

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