Gamoniteiro
Pola De Lena, Spain
The Gamoniteiro is a col with a length of 14.8 kilometer. This is a highest category (HC) col. It is located in Pola De Lena, Principality of Asturias, Spain. The average grade of this col is 9.7% with a maximum of 12.9%. The Gamoniteiro ascents from 357 meter at the start, to 1.782 meter at the top, with a total of 1.425 ascending meters.
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Facts
| Distance | 14.8 km |
| Elevation gain | 1425 m |
| Average grade | 9.7 % |
| Maximum grade | 12.9 % |
| Climb category | HC |
| Minimum elevation | 357 m |
| Maximum elevation | 1782 m |
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Description
The road to reach the summit is extremely narrow, with terrible asphalt, potholes, and extremely steep. The ramps really hit hard, getting up to 15% at the end of three, ascending in difficulty, 3km from home, a flattening out for no more than 100m is then followed by a spike up to 13%. The last 1,5km is also the toughest, averaging no less than 12%, and with a maximum of just 17%, that tells you that it's incessant suffering. It's actually kind of strange that the maximum of such a brutal climb is just 17%. On top of the summit, there are some antennas and communications towers.