Santa Marta das Cortiças from Esporões

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cobbles (along the entire length)

Statistics

Difficulty points	670
Length	4 km
Average gradient	9.1%
Steepest 100 meters	16.5%
Total ascent	365m

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1 hairpin turn

Cobbles

#26 toughest climb of Minho

#45 average steepest climb of Minho

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Santa Marta das Cortiças from Esporões is a climb in the region Minho. It is 4km long and bridges 365 vertical meters with an average gradient of 9.1%, resulting in a difficulty score of 670. The top of the ascent is located at 559 meters above sea level. Climbfinder users shared 1 review/story of this climb and uploaded 0 photos.

Road names: Rua Joaõ Ferreira da Silva & Rua de Marinhais

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Pael

3 Mo 5.0

Very hard climb, almost 100％ on cobbles, really steep. You need a good preparation for this one. I don't recommend doing the descent from here, specially when its cold, since the road is too "tight" to go fast, and the cobbles can hurt your hands...

Climbing times

7 km/h	00:34:26
11 km/h	00:21:55
15 km/h	00:16:04
19 km/h	00:12:41

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