Nara La is a climb of 22.9 kilometers (hors catégorie). The climb finishes at 4,502 m above sea level. It is located in Tumkot, कर्णाली प्रदेश, नेपाल. The average gradient is 7.1% with a maximum of 18.7%. The climb has 1629 meters of elevation gain.
Difficulty breakdown: The Nara La from Moto Gumba covers 22.9 km for 1629 m of elevation gain, with an average gradient of 7.1%, which easily justifies its HC (hors catégorie) rating. The first three kilometres are the hardest, between 10% and 12%, and the stretch from km 16.0 to km 22.0 stays tough with several sections at 9%. The difficulty comes mostly from the length of the effort: the more rolling sections, like km 5.0 to 7.0 at 1-2%, offer little respite on a climb this long.
Tips for pacing yourself:
1. Don't go out too hard: keep your effort in check over the first three kilometres at 10-12% so you have something left for the rest of the climb.
2. Recover on the easier sections: use the descent from km 4.0 to 5.0 and the gentle gradients from km 5.0 to 7.0 to drink, eat, and get your cadence back to a steady rhythm.
3. Hold a steady rhythm on the final section: between km 16.0 and km 22.9, where the gradients vary between 5% and 9%, choose a suitable gear and keep a smooth cadence rather than attacking the slopes.
22.9 km • 1629 m D+
VAM: average climbing speed, based on elevation gain
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