Remala Shankou is a climb of 16.7 kilometers (hors catégorie). The climb finishes at 5,068 m above sea level. It is located in Cuona, 西藏自治区 བོད་རང་སྐྱོང་ལྗོངས།, 中国. The average gradient is 4.8% with a maximum of 11.5%. The climb has 798 meters of elevation gain.
Difficulty breakdown: The 热玛拉山口 from Jiebai covers 16.7 km with 798 m of elevation gain, which puts it in the hors catégorie bracket. The 4.8% average grade looks mild on paper, but it's relentless: most of the climb, from km 0.0 to km 16.0, sits between 4% and 5%, with no real place to recover. The km 2.0 to 3.0 stretch at 3% gives you a bit of a breather, while the final push from km 16.0 to 16.7 ramps up to 6%, which makes the finish a real grind.
Pacing tips:
1. Dial in your effort from the bottom In the opening kilometres, between 4% and 5%, hold a steady rhythm and don't go out too hard, because there's still over 15 km to go.
2. Make the most of the relative flat from km 2.0 to 3.0 This 3% section is the perfect time to drink, eat, and recover before settling back into a strong tempo.
3. Save something for the finale from km 16.0 to 16.7 Run an appropriate gear and keep some energy in the tank for those 6% final kilometres, where the fatigue hits hardest.
16.7 km • 798 m D+
VAM: average climbing speed, based on elevation gain
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