Nako Pass is a climb of 16.1 kilometers (hors catégorie). Nako Pass tops out at 3,867 m above sea level. It is located in Chango, Himachal Pradesh, India. The average gradient is 6.6% with a maximum of 14.2%. The climb has 1070 meters of elevation gain.
Climb difficulty analysis: The Nako Pass covers 16.1 km for 1070 m of elevation gain, with an average gradient of 6.6%, which puts it in the hors catégorie. The difficulty lies mainly in its consistency, since the easy sections are rare: KM 3.0-4.0 (2%) and KM 14.0-15.0 (3%). The steepest stretches are at KM 2.0-3.0 (8%), then at KM 10.0-11.0 and KM 11.0-12.0 (8% each), and KM 16.0-16.1 hits 12% to finish things off.
Tips for pacing yourself:
1. Pace yourself from the bottom. The first few kilometres, especially KM 0.0-1.0 at 7% and then KM 2.0-3.0 at 8%, are tempting to attack too hard, so keep a steady cadence.
2. Use KM 3.0-4.0 at 2% to recover. It's one of the few breathers in the first half: take the time to drink, eat and get your legs and breathing back before pushing on.
3. Save something for the finale. After the very steep KM 10.0-12.0, save some energy for KM 15.0-16.0 at 7% and KM 16.0-16.1 at 12%, where you'll have to dig into your last reserves.
16.1 km • 1070 m D+
VAM: average climbing speed, based on elevation gain
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