Calderdale Road Climb 09

by andy.geall79

Posted on Nov 05, 2014 at 17:38 PM

West Vale to Outlane

This climb starts in the 2014 Tour De France village of West Vale, the early stages of the climb are flat before ramping up to the village of Holywell Green; the climb then eases off slightly through Stainland and onto Sowood. At Sowood the climb kicks again before reaching Outlane. With an average gradient of 3.9% and a maximum gradient of 10.9% this is a hard climb. Climb status hard (Red) and (Cat 3).

Climb Status

Hard – Red

Hard climbs will feature a constant level of difficulty or feature a technically difficult section. Climbs of this nature are likely to feature terrain with a gradient between 5 and 10%.This type of climb will really challenge new cyclists and require regular cyclists to increase their efforts to successfully complete this type of climb.The majority of the climbs in the Calderdale area are hard – Red.