Calderdale Road Climb 15

by andy.geall79

Posted on Dec 08, 2014 at 13:46 PM

Birchcliffe Rd (Hebden Bridge to Mount Skip)

This climb is super tough and those riders running a 53/39 chainset maybe wishing they had opted for a compact. Bike talk aside this climb offers a mile of super steep climbing, with an average gradient of just short of 10% and a maximum of 19.6% be prepared to put in some effort. This climb ramps up straight away and there is no let-up till half way. Reach the summit at Heights Rd and the view up and down the Calder Valley is fantastic. Climb status very hard (Double Black) and (Cat 3).

Climb Status

Very Hard – Double Black

A Very Hard – Double Black climb will feature super technical difficulty and really challenge amateur and profession cyclists alike. Climbs of this nature are likely to have an average gradient over 10% and sections over 15% gradient make these climbs seriously tough. Calderdale has a number of road and mountain bike climbs that sit in this category.