San Felix is a climb of 13.8 kilometers (hors catégorie). San Felix tops out at 2,505 m above sea level. It is located in Perímetro Urbano Medellín, Antioquia, Colombia. The average gradient is 7.7% with a maximum of 20.2%. The climb has 1057 meters of elevation gain.
Difficulty analysis: This HC climb is brutal from the start, with an extremely demanding opening 4 km: 9%, 8%, 18%, 13%. The 18% ramp at the 3rd km is particularly nasty. The rest of the climb is more regular, with gradients of 3% to 7%, but over a long 13.8 km it still takes a lot out of you.
Tips for pacing the effort:
1. Managing the start: Resist the urge to go out too hard. Settle into a steady rhythm over the first kilometres (9%-8%) to save your legs for the wall at 18%.
2. Preparing for the steep ramp: Shift into an easier gear well before the 18% section. The goal is to get through this critical stretch without "blowing up", as the gradient eases off after that.
3. Finding your rhythm: After the 4th km, use the less steep sections (3%-6%) to recover and settle into a cadence you can hold all the way to the summit.
13.8 km • 1057 m D+
VAM: average climbing speed, based on elevation gain
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