The Lecht from Cock Bridge is a climb in the region Aberdeenshire. It is 4.2km long and bridges 279 vertical meters with an average gradient of 6.7%, resulting in a difficulty score of 318. The top of the ascent is located at 643 meters above sea level. Climbfinder users shared 3 reviews of this climb and uploaded 4 photos.
Road names: A939 & Lecht Road
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Reading reviews of this climb, Mont Ventoux is nothing like it. That is a bit of an exaggeration. There are a few bits above 15％ especially in the beginning, but they are not kilometres long. The main suffering is already done at the first viewpoint. I would get off there, because you won't find them much prettier in Scotland, except maybe by the sea. Other than that, it's nice cycling: quiet road, good tarmac and beautiful scenery.
Als je de reviews van deze klim leest, is de Mont Ventoux er niks bij. Dat is wat overdreven. Er zitten vooral in het begin een paar stukjes van boven de 15％, maar die zijn geen kilometers lang. Het grootste leed is al geleden bij het eerste uitzichtpunt. Daar zou ik even afstappen, want veel mooier vind je ze niet in Schotland, behalve misschien aan zee. Verder is het fijn fietsen: rustige weg, goed asfalt en mooie omgeving.
When I got my first view of the A939 bending upwards onto The Lecht, all I could think was "that's a proper wall". And so it was. There was to be no gradual upping of the gradient, just straight into a mid- teen percent, muscle burner of a climb. My memory is of three distinct steep sections, each with a slight downhill or easing of the gradient at the upper end, and you know it's steep when 12％ feels like sweet relief. Towards the top of the third section the road becomes exposed to the elements, and on the day of my ride I felt the full force of a very stiff westerly coming from my left, which definitely upped the challenge element. As the road curved round and flattened somewhat the cross wind became a cross tail and boosted me up to the ski station whilst enjoying the lovely view out to the west.
I attempted this in September 2021. I was blown backwards by a gust of wind on the third hairpin. Two attempts to get back on the bike ended up on the deck. It was probably beautiful if I could have seen anything through tears of frustration. Ended up walking most of the way to the ski station, leaning at 45 degrees against the bike. Then had to pedal downhill most of the way into Tomintoul to move forward. Don't try this when the wind is gusting to over 100Km/h
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