Kirkstone Pass (The Struggle) virtual cycling route
UK Kirkstone Pass (The Struggle)
Distance: 15.65 km
Elevation Gain: 523 m
Elevation Loss: 117 m
Difficulty: 629 (Moderate)
FIETS Index: 2.34 FIETS
Avg Grade: 8.67 %
Max cat climb: 2
Min elevation: 32 m
Max elevation: 450 m
Ride Category: Climb

Kirkstone Pass is a mountain pass in the English Lake District, in the county of Cumbria. It is at an altitude of 1,489 feet (454 m). It is the Districtโ€™s highest pass traversed by road, the A592 road between Ambleside in Rothay Valley and Patterdale in Ullswater Valley. The picturesque view down into Patterdale has Brothers Water as its focal point. The Kirkstone Pass Inn stands close to the summit. Once a vital coaching inn, it now caters primarily for tourists. It is the third-highest public house in England. The name of the pass comes from a prominent stone, the Kirkstone, which stands a few yards from the A592 on the Patterdale side of the inn. Its shadow resembles a steeple; โ€™kirkโ€™ means church in old Norse and was a variant in related Old English.

Rank Rider Date Time Power W/kg Speed
🥇 Alan Gunner Oct 12, 2020 00:36:35 300 W 4.41 w/kg 25.66 km/h
🥈 Christopher Epo Sep 28, 2020 00:37:11 338 W 3.93 w/kg 25.25 km/h
🥉 Tigo Star Nov 05, 2020 00:37:40 313 W 4.09 w/kg 24.92 km/h
4 Gunnar Tojren Jan 05, 2022 00:38:31 308 W 3.95 w/kg 24.37 km/h
5 Igor Tatarinov Jan 06, 2022 00:38:46 315 W 3.86 w/kg 24.22 km/h
6 Patrick BERNARD Mar 19, 2021 00:38:47 334 W 3.86 w/kg 24.21 km/h
7 Guillaume Babin Jan 25, 2022 00:38:50 287 W 3.89 w/kg 24.18 km/h
8 Tom Smeets Sep 27, 2020 00:38:56 273 W 3.74 w/kg 24.11 km/h
9 SmP Aug 31, 2021 00:39:00 238 W 4.10 w/kg 24.07 km/h
10 Robert Oroloko Aug 29, 2021 00:39:02 253 W 4.22 w/kg 24.05 km/h
11 René Schnabel Jan 10, 2021 00:39:09 381 W 3.71 w/kg 23.98 km/h
12 Roman Mospan Jan 14, 2022 00:39:24 288 W 4.06 w/kg 23.83 km/h
13 Chris Jan 14, 2022 00:39:32 295 W 3.94 w/kg 23.75 km/h
14 Magdalene Aug 17, 2021 00:39:36 236 W 4.29 w/kg 23.71 km/h
15 Armen Mosesyan Jan 11, 2022 00:39:38 319 W 3.84 w/kg 23.69 km/h
16 Tristan Kramers Sep 26, 2020 00:39:45 271 W 3.76 w/kg 23.62 km/h
17 Mark Sinkinson Jan 10, 2021 00:40:35 279 W 3.58 w/kg 23.13 km/h
18 Юрий Ермолаев Apr 16, 2022 00:40:41 275 W 3.82 w/kg 23.08 km/h
19 Remy Lemieux Apr 27, 2021 00:40:48 248 W 3.59 w/kg 23.01 km/h
20 D Speelman Nov 25, 2022 00:41:15 260 W 3.47 w/kg 22.76 km/h
21 Jacob Stang Jan 06, 2022 00:41:24 266 W 3.80 w/kg 22.68 km/h
22 Michiel Romeijn Jan 11, 2022 00:41:35 261 W 3.48 w/kg 22.58 km/h
23 Douglas Forer Jan 25, 2022 00:41:39 292 W 3.60 w/kg 22.54 km/h
24 Christiaan Riemens Apr 11, 2021 00:41:45 243 W 3.33 w/kg 22.49 km/h
25 Martin Budd Oct 01, 2020 00:41:46 251 W 3.50 w/kg 22.48 km/h
26 Michiel Vaal Feb 01, 2022 00:41:48 236 W 3.93 w/kg 22.46 km/h
27 Keith Walden Jul 06, 2021 00:41:54 238 W 3.50 w/kg 22.41 km/h
28 Geir Skaugen Jan 05, 2022 00:42:06 293 W 3.45 w/kg 22.30 km/h
29 Stuart Crowder Jan 11, 2021 00:42:15 243 W 3.47 w/kg 22.22 km/h
30 Sebastian Meyer zu Selhausen Jan 08, 2021 00:42:21 289 W 3.28 w/kg 22.17 km/h
31 Andrew Weickhardt Aug 19, 2021 00:42:33 267 W 3.42 w/kg 22.06 km/h
32 Peter Kroon Jan 16, 2022 00:43:00 261 W 3.48 w/kg 21.83 km/h
33 Alex Vouillot Jan 05, 2022 00:43:19 261 W 3.53 w/kg 21.67 km/h
34 Oskar Casquero Jan 09, 2022 00:43:43 249 W 3.32 w/kg 21.47 km/h
35 Bruce Mcmillan Jan 12, 2022 00:43:47 234 W 3.21 w/kg 21.44 km/h
36 Jesús de Miguel González Apr 21, 2021 00:44:06 199 W 3.69 w/kg 21.29 km/h
37 Keith Loveman Aug 20, 2021 00:44:12 237 W 3.23 w/kg 21.24 km/h
38 GoustiFruit ⓋⒺⒼⒶⓃ Feb 20, 2021 00:44:30 211 W 3.20 w/kg 21.10 km/h
39 earthboundhomes Jan 11, 2021 00:44:35 252 W 2.83 w/kg 21.06 km/h
40 Frederik Vanrietvelde Jan 11, 2022 00:44:43 229 W 3.27 w/kg 20.99 km/h
41 B E Jan 08, 2021 00:44:49 234 W 3.34 w/kg 20.95 km/h
42 Rainer Klee Jan 09, 2022 00:44:51 262 W 3.08 w/kg 20.93 km/h
43 David Dos Santos Rodrigues Mar 06, 2021 00:44:53 200 W 3.23 w/kg 20.92 km/h
44 Matthias Marquardt Sep 28, 2020 00:45:01 208 W 3.30 w/kg 20.85 km/h
45 Robert van Gent Jan 23, 2021 00:45:03 220 W 3.34 w/kg 20.84 km/h
46 Tom van Ruitenbeek Jan 26, 2021 00:45:03 246 W 3.28 w/kg 20.84 km/h
47 Jean-Luc Olives Jan 12, 2022 00:45:07 220 W 3.38 w/kg 20.81 km/h
48 Jacqueline Tongue May 08, 2021 00:45:16 246 W 3.28 w/kg 20.74 km/h
49 Rene van Leeuwen Jan 21, 2021 00:45:29 230 W 3.07 w/kg 20.64 km/h
50 jos gent Jan 19, 2025 00:45:31 211 W 3.20 w/kg 20.63 km/h
51 filip degryse Jan 05, 2022 00:45:42 252 W 3.00 w/kg 20.54 km/h
52 Anthony Russell Jan 23, 2021 00:46:13 189 W 3.02 w/kg 20.31 km/h
53 Mark Vos Oct 07, 2021 00:46:13 238 W 3.17 w/kg 20.31 km/h
54 Marek Wronecki Feb 22, 2022 00:46:17 216 W 3.22 w/kg 20.28 km/h
55 Phil_godley@yahoo.com Apr 05, 2021 00:46:19 228 W 3.21 w/kg 20.27 km/h
56 Lukasz Pilny Jan 11, 2022 00:46:19 224 W 2.99 w/kg 20.27 km/h
57 John Gaasbeek Jan 05, 2022 00:46:21 241 W 3.01 w/kg 20.25 km/h
58 Fabio Zanirato Jan 09, 2022 00:46:32 179 W 3.14 w/kg 20.17 km/h
59 Thomas Beich Jan 06, 2022 00:46:43 230 W 2.99 w/kg 20.10 km/h
60 Daniel Beale Jan 12, 2021 00:46:52 208 W 2.93 w/kg 20.03 km/h
61 Gino Coccia Jan 06, 2022 00:46:53 269 W 2.89 w/kg 20.02 km/h
62 Matthijs Rohde Jan 05, 2022 00:46:54 249 W 3.04 w/kg 20.02 km/h
63 Rod McGovern Jan 11, 2021 00:48:05 234 W 2.96 w/kg 19.52 km/h
64 Indalecio Lekerika Jan 07, 2022 00:48:09 174 W 3.11 w/kg 19.50 km/h
65 David Descamps Mar 07, 2022 00:48:22 203 W 3.03 w/kg 19.41 km/h
66 J F Feb 08, 2022 00:48:37 232 W 2.64 w/kg 19.31 km/h
67 Piet van Hulst Feb 14, 2021 00:48:43 196 W 2.88 w/kg 19.27 km/h
68 Robert Rheault Jan 16, 2022 00:48:53 191 W 2.81 w/kg 19.20 km/h
69 J Lee Wamble Jan 08, 2021 00:49:00 207 W 2.82 w/kg 19.16 km/h
70 James MacDonald Jan 20, 2021 00:49:08 202 W 3.06 w/kg 19.11 km/h
71 Victor Van Den Berg Jan 17, 2021 00:49:19 205 W 2.56 w/kg 19.04 km/h
72 David Avery Feb 07, 2021 00:49:38 218 W 2.63 w/kg 18.91 km/h
73 Sven Andersson Feb 12, 2021 00:49:46 204 W 2.91 w/kg 18.86 km/h
74 Saskia Oosterbaan Feb 03, 2021 00:49:47 173 W 2.79 w/kg 18.86 km/h
75 richard allan Jan 09, 2021 00:49:49 180 W 2.81 w/kg 18.85 km/h
76 thirard michel Mar 24, 2021 00:49:54 193 W 2.84 w/kg 18.81 km/h
77 Daan Scheepens Mar 15, 2021 00:49:55 189 W 2.70 w/kg 18.81 km/h
78 Hendrik Thielemann Feb 02, 2024 00:50:09 203 W 2.64 w/kg 18.72 km/h
79 Iain McDougall Jan 12, 2021 00:50:17 199 W 2.86 w/kg 18.67 km/h
80 Jaap Mulder Mar 08, 2021 00:50:26 258 W 2.61 w/kg 18.61 km/h
81 rob bolton Oct 30, 2021 00:50:35 208 W 2.77 w/kg 18.56 km/h
82 Marc Schmerder Jan 10, 2021 00:50:36 199 W 2.62 w/kg 18.55 km/h
83 paul gradwell Oct 19, 2021 00:50:45 212 W 2.66 w/kg 18.50 km/h
84 Keith Jackson Jan 10, 2021 00:50:50 201 W 2.68 w/kg 18.47 km/h
85 Markus Mayer Nov 24, 2022 00:50:53 209 W 2.75 w/kg 18.45 km/h
86 Rik Vandenhende Jan 20, 2022 00:50:54 199 W 2.55 w/kg 18.44 km/h
87 Hans Petiet Sep 29, 2020 00:51:03 188 W 2.69 w/kg 18.39 km/h
88 JJosef Kluson Jan 21, 2021 00:51:05 191 W 2.55 w/kg 18.38 km/h
89 Pascal Saillard Jan 18, 2022 00:51:10 205 W 2.73 w/kg 18.35 km/h
90 Marko Rifelj Jan 05, 2022 00:51:16 203 W 2.54 w/kg 18.31 km/h
91 Jean-Pierre Garneau Jan 11, 2021 00:51:35 171 W 2.67 w/kg 18.20 km/h
92 christian soulard Mar 30, 2026 00:51:41 174 W 2.76 w/kg 18.16 km/h
93 Ton de Pie Jan 07, 2021 00:51:45 221 W 2.46 w/kg 18.14 km/h
94 Andrew Fawcett Nov 30, 2023 00:51:46 221 W 2.51 w/kg 18.14 km/h
95 Guillaume Pomart Mar 02, 2021 00:51:50 179 W 2.39 w/kg 18.11 km/h
96 Simone Pinamonti Jan 10, 2021 00:51:57 175 W 2.61 w/kg 18.07 km/h
97 Matthias Schlaffer Jan 20, 2022 00:51:57 189 W 2.55 w/kg 18.07 km/h
98 Armand Pinkaarts Jan 07, 2022 00:52:00 212 W 2.62 w/kg 18.05 km/h
99 Marcin Spychała Apr 16, 2021 00:52:03 255 W 2.43 w/kg 18.04 km/h
100 M K Jan 08, 2021 00:52:08 180 W 2.57 w/kg 18.01 km/h
101 Steven Davison Jan 09, 2021 00:52:18 187 W 2.46 w/kg 17.95 km/h
102 Eva Klusoňová Jan 28, 2022 00:52:18 197 W 2.63 w/kg 17.95 km/h
103 Ian Rob Jan 07, 2021 00:52:32 208 W 2.24 w/kg 17.87 km/h
104 Wolfgang Darwin Jan 30, 2022 00:52:34 198 W 2.41 w/kg 17.86 km/h
105 Dennis Maas Jul 27, 2021 00:52:40 203 W 2.26 w/kg 17.83 km/h
106 Trevor Mitchell Jan 12, 2021 00:52:50 180 W 2.40 w/kg 17.77 km/h
107 Martin Dyer Jan 17, 2021 00:52:52 208 W 2.60 w/kg 17.76 km/h
108 Forbes Simpson Jan 12, 2021 00:52:55 184 W 2.39 w/kg 17.74 km/h
109 Andreas Scheurell Jan 06, 2022 00:53:06 186 W 2.55 w/kg 17.68 km/h
110 Vladimír Vymětal Jan 30, 2021 00:53:16 220 W 2.44 w/kg 17.62 km/h
111 Jan Olav Kvisli Jan 09, 2021 00:53:20 171 W 2.63 w/kg 17.60 km/h
112 Andres Gutierrez D Jan 11, 2021 00:53:26 186 W 2.30 w/kg 17.57 km/h
113 Louis Veltmeijer Aug 28, 2025 00:53:29 167 W 2.69 w/kg 17.55 km/h
114 Paul Shields Mar 24, 2021 00:53:38 184 W 2.39 w/kg 17.50 km/h
115 Anton Pustovalov Apr 14, 2021 00:53:42 203 W 2.67 w/kg 17.48 km/h
116 Gabriel Gugiu May 30, 2022 00:53:47 169 W 2.32 w/kg 17.46 km/h
117 Tadeusz Zach Mar 05, 2021 00:54:11 187 W 2.53 w/kg 17.33 km/h
118 Ad Kimenai Jan 10, 2022 00:54:20 183 W 2.51 w/kg 17.28 km/h
119 Thijs Pit Nov 30, 2021 00:54:31 195 W 2.41 w/kg 17.22 km/h
120 Mikael Nordberg Jan 19, 2021 00:54:34 173 W 2.37 w/kg 17.20 km/h
121 Mark Harris Jan 12, 2021 00:54:53 190 W 2.41 w/kg 17.11 km/h
122 Familie Bruin Feb 17, 2021 00:55:01 170 W 2.50 w/kg 17.06 km/h
123 Derek Jordan Feb 17, 2021 00:55:13 173 W 2.56 w/kg 17.00 km/h
124 Rik Lukey Jan 09, 2022 00:55:15 170 W 2.55 w/kg 16.99 km/h
125 tainmount1 Jan 03, 2023 00:55:16 173 W 2.31 w/kg 16.99 km/h
126 Bojan Gorenc Jan 05, 2022 00:55:40 212 W 2.21 w/kg 16.86 km/h
127 mni mniak Jan 22, 2021 00:55:58 206 W 2.48 w/kg 16.77 km/h
128 Arjon de Kater Jun 26, 2021 00:56:06 184 W 2.36 w/kg 16.73 km/h
129 Dirk van Rijen Jan 05, 2022 00:56:10 178 W 2.51 w/kg 16.71 km/h
130 Paul Ellis Feb 16, 2021 00:56:16 179 W 2.29 w/kg 16.68 km/h
131 Berne Nyberg Jan 07, 2021 00:56:26 183 W 2.23 w/kg 16.64 km/h
132 Sławek Bikeman Oct 24, 2020 00:56:35 190 W 2.38 w/kg 16.59 km/h
133 Jos Carboex Jan 08, 2021 00:56:41 179 W 2.39 w/kg 16.56 km/h
134 paul teunisse Apr 03, 2021 00:57:15 199 W 2.19 w/kg 16.40 km/h
135 Christian Ditheridge Jan 09, 2021 00:57:26 165 W 2.23 w/kg 16.35 km/h
136 Alan Pearce Feb 14, 2021 00:57:45 202 W 2.24 w/kg 16.26 km/h
137 Andrej Mlakar Jan 09, 2022 00:57:46 212 W 2.19 w/kg 16.25 km/h
138 Maurizio Gaudino Jan 15, 2025 00:57:49 172 W 2.21 w/kg 16.24 km/h
139 Dru Dixon Mar 06, 2022 00:58:00 158 W 2.34 w/kg 16.19 km/h
140 Kate Gannon Oct 28, 2022 00:58:01 155 W 2.50 w/kg 16.18 km/h
141 John Hanson Mar 03, 2021 00:58:10 177 W 2.33 w/kg 16.14 km/h
142 Markus Geiger Jan 07, 2022 00:58:24 177 W 2.27 w/kg 16.08 km/h
143 Natasha Yaroshenko Jan 26, 2021 00:58:43 130 W 2.55 w/kg 15.99 km/h
144 Денис Симковский Feb 01, 2022 00:59:13 221 W 1.97 w/kg 15.85 km/h
145 Mark Thompson Jan 08, 2021 00:59:21 149 W 2.19 w/kg 15.82 km/h
146 Charlie McLachlan Jan 08, 2022 00:59:38 184 W 1.95 w/kg 15.74 km/h
147 Craig Sears-Black May 03, 2023 00:59:46 184 W 2.16 w/kg 15.71 km/h
148 Chris Elam Jan 11, 2021 00:59:58 179 W 2.19 w/kg 15.66 km/h
149 Oliver Christmas Jan 08, 2021 01:00:03 173 W 2.08 w/kg 15.63 km/h
150 Wojciech Sikorski Mar 21, 2021 01:00:19 143 W 2.01 w/kg 15.56 km/h
151 Mark Boudreau Jan 28, 2021 01:00:37 158 W 2.11 w/kg 15.49 km/h
152 Henrik Sørensen Jan 08, 2021 01:00:43 191 W 2.08 w/kg 15.46 km/h
153 Maik Feldmann Jan 13, 2022 01:00:44 161 W 2.18 w/kg 15.46 km/h
154 Lin Green Jul 04, 2022 01:00:51 112 W 2.33 w/kg 15.43 km/h
155 Ron Keshtacher Jan 12, 2021 01:01:01 174 W 2.02 w/kg 15.39 km/h
156 roy ford Jun 11, 2021 01:01:22 141 W 2.14 w/kg 15.30 km/h
157 Giuseppe Gigante Jul 10, 2021 01:01:48 143 W 2.07 w/kg 15.19 km/h
158 Michael Gass Aug 06, 2021 01:02:01 156 W 2.08 w/kg 15.14 km/h
159 Peter Verstraete Oct 13, 2021 01:02:15 184 W 2.00 w/kg 15.08 km/h
160 Jo Turnbull Mar 14, 2021 01:02:20 129 W 2.26 w/kg 15.06 km/h
161 Mesozoid Jan 27, 2021 01:03:31 153 W 2.13 w/kg 14.78 km/h
162 WIM SLIJTERS Jun 12, 2024 01:03:41 150 W 2.00 w/kg 14.74 km/h
163 Piotr Siemiński Feb 08, 2022 01:04:50 176 W 1.96 w/kg 14.48 km/h
164 Ray P Jan 10, 2022 01:05:22 145 W 1.86 w/kg 14.36 km/h
165 Leon Gradišar Feb 22, 2021 01:06:31 171 W 1.86 w/kg 14.11 km/h
166 Thierry DANNE Jan 30, 2026 01:07:06 130 W 1.91 w/kg 13.99 km/h
167 Laurent PIERRE-LOUIS Jan 10, 2021 01:07:50 164 W 1.93 w/kg 13.84 km/h
168 paul fisher May 02, 2021 01:08:52 140 W 1.87 w/kg 13.63 km/h
169 ricrog Jan 09, 2021 01:10:16 166 W 1.66 w/kg 13.36 km/h
170 Thomas Schöfer Jul 30, 2021 01:12:28 146 W 1.66 w/kg 12.95 km/h
171 Drew Bennett Mar 02, 2021 01:12:31 127 W 1.69 w/kg 12.95 km/h
172 Lucile CHAZAUX Mar 08, 2024 01:12:54 134 W 1.79 w/kg 12.88 km/h
173 Marie-Claude Messier Feb 28, 2021 01:14:50 124 W 1.65 w/kg 12.55 km/h
174 Tim Joyce Jan 22, 2021 01:15:19 126 W 1.58 w/kg 12.46 km/h
175 Peter Gertsch Jan 07, 2022 01:16:20 124 W 1.49 w/kg 12.30 km/h
176 Richatd Thorndale Jan 24, 2021 01:19:29 172 W 1.39 w/kg 11.81 km/h
177 Thierry Juguelet Mar 16, 2024 01:24:11 115 W 1.47 w/kg 11.15 km/h
178 George Bussey Jan 06, 2022 01:24:47 121 W 1.36 w/kg 11.07 km/h

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