Region: Black Forest
Climbing effort: 502 cep
Elevation meters: 462
Steepest kilometer: 15.9%

Steepest 250 m: 18%
Foot: 359 m    Top: 810 m
Mean slope: 7.7%
Length: 5.9 km

From: Hornberg
Road conditions (2018): good
Other race bikers: 0-1 per hour
Motor vehicles: <10 per hour
Scenery and road: (2/5)
Restaurant or bar near top: no

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This climb contains a merciless section. The first one and a half kilometers from Hornberg are not yet exciting (2-4%) but then, when we turn left into a little valley, the road immediately gets much steeper. This is just the beginning. From the end of the residential area the slope becomes really infernal (or gorgeous, depending on the physical and mental state of the cyclist). The next kilometer has a gradient of 15.9%, to this day (2019) the steepest kilometer on this website in the Black Forest. Only when leaving the valley with a sharp bend the pain (or the pleasure) alleviates somewhat. Note however that in this case mitigation means that the next kilometer still has a slope of 10-13% so real recovery is still impossible. Fortunately, the last two kilometers are pretty easy. They include a short descent (7 elevation meters) and a strip of 250 meters of 13% just before the finish, which is located at a fork in the road right next to a wooden shed.