Hills¶

Challenging hill climbs that can be incorporated into route planning.

Each hill description includes the average and maximum gradient, elevation increase, distance and any other relevant statistics.

Hill Climbing Routes by Johnny Rocket

• Kent Alps: North Downs in South East England
• Surrey Hills: area of natural beauty (AONB) in South England

Tools¶

Most tools and services are semi-commercial, with limits on free use without a paid-for subscription.

• Climb Finder - satistics and visuals for a large collection of hills.
• BikeClimbs - top bike climbs by country (has links for VeloViewer, Google Street View and Strava)
• Interactive Hill Climb Calculator - calculate hill climb time based on assumed effort

Climb Finder to search for climbs by region to help planning a route. Providing statistics to support improvement of a riders climbing capability.

Velo Viewer is a commercial service providing a level of climb details to professional cyclist level, for those looking to optimise their training.

Ride With GPS¶

Each routes show an elevation cross section panel which can optionally show a color gradient.

Selecting a section of the route, e.g. a specific hill, on the elevation shows the gradient in more detail for that section of the route.