Honister Pass (East side) virtual cycling route
UK Honister Pass (East side)
Distance: 14.23 km
Elevation Gain: 336 m
Elevation Loss: 140 m
Difficulty: 404 (Moderate)
FIETS Index: 0.88 FIETS
Avg Grade: 3.07 %
Max cat climb: 3
Min elevation: 78 m
Max elevation: 363 m
Ride Category: Climb

Honister Pass is a mountain pass in the Lake District. It is linking Seatoller, in the valley of Borrowdale, to Gatesgarth at the southern end of Buttermere. The pass reaches an altitude of 1,167 feet (356 m), making it one of the highest in the region, and also one of the steepest, with gradients of up to 25%. Honister Pass holds the UK 24-hour rainfall record; in the 24 hours to 6 pm on 5 December 2015, 341.4 mm of rain fell there. One of the most scenic and most popular Lakeland routes, the road over the Honister Pass follows the route travelled by Victorian sightseers on circular day trips from Keswick. The B5289 road climbs from Borrowdale to a height of 1167 feet, before plunging down a precipitous 4:1 grade to fetch up at Buttermere far below.

Rank Rider Date Time Power W/kg Speed
🥇 Patrick BERNARD Jan 02, 2023 00:28:58 358 W 4.31 w/kg 29.47 km/h
🥈 Michiel Vaal Dec 16, 2022 00:29:17 262 W 5.24 w/kg 29.15 km/h
🥉 alan schmidt Dec 16, 2022 00:29:24 400 W 3.97 w/kg 29.03 km/h
4 Gunnar Tojren Dec 08, 2022 00:30:17 317 W 4.06 w/kg 28.19 km/h
5 Tom Smeets Feb 12, 2024 00:30:20 293 W 4.01 w/kg 28.14 km/h
6 stephansluijmers@xs4all.nl Dec 05, 2022 00:30:22 339 W 3.65 w/kg 28.11 km/h
7 Tigo Star Dec 07, 2022 00:31:40 282 W 3.88 w/kg 26.96 km/h
8 Jacob Stang Jan 02, 2023 00:31:52 267 W 3.81 w/kg 26.79 km/h
9 Geir Skaugen Dec 01, 2022 00:33:11 290 W 3.41 w/kg 25.72 km/h
10 Chris Lincoln May 01, 2024 00:33:43 245 W 3.27 w/kg 25.32 km/h
11 Chris Nov 22, 2022 00:34:11 235 W 3.14 w/kg 24.97 km/h
12 Rainer Klee Dec 05, 2022 00:34:45 264 W 3.11 w/kg 24.57 km/h
13 D Speelman Jan 11, 2023 00:34:49 224 W 2.99 w/kg 24.52 km/h
14 Phil_godley@yahoo.com Dec 04, 2022 00:34:53 231 W 3.25 w/kg 24.47 km/h
15 Frederik Vanrietvelde Dec 07, 2022 00:35:16 225 W 3.21 w/kg 24.21 km/h
16 Piotr Ziemiański Nov 22, 2022 00:35:26 250 W 3.16 w/kg 24.09 km/h
17 Tristan Kramers Nov 19, 2022 00:35:36 221 W 3.07 w/kg 23.98 km/h
18 Daniel Beale Nov 22, 2022 00:35:38 224 W 3.07 w/kg 23.96 km/h
19 Sebastian Meyer zu Selhausen Dec 08, 2022 00:35:52 247 W 2.81 w/kg 23.80 km/h
20 James MacDonald Nov 21, 2022 00:36:01 218 W 3.35 w/kg 23.70 km/h
21 Roman Mospan Feb 22, 2024 00:36:10 213 W 2.84 w/kg 23.60 km/h
22 Thomas Beich Dec 01, 2022 00:36:17 233 W 3.03 w/kg 23.53 km/h
23 Christian Borchgrevink-Vigeland Dec 22, 2022 00:36:21 246 W 3.08 w/kg 23.48 km/h
24 David Dos Santos Rodrigues Jan 01, 2025 00:36:26 186 W 3.00 w/kg 23.43 km/h
25 Rene van Leeuwen Feb 15, 2024 00:36:32 238 W 2.87 w/kg 23.37 km/h
26 Fabio Zanirato Dec 01, 2022 00:36:42 179 W 3.20 w/kg 23.26 km/h
27 paul gradwell Jul 20, 2023 00:37:07 226 W 2.83 w/kg 23.00 km/h
28 Piet van Hulst Jan 14, 2023 00:37:14 200 W 2.94 w/kg 22.93 km/h
29 Rod McGovern Nov 25, 2022 00:37:23 228 W 2.94 w/kg 22.83 km/h
30 Martin Budd Dec 28, 2022 00:37:35 196 W 2.73 w/kg 22.71 km/h
31 Markus Mayer Dec 16, 2022 00:38:21 216 W 2.84 w/kg 22.26 km/h
32 filip degryse Nov 29, 2022 00:38:30 218 W 2.60 w/kg 22.17 km/h
33 JJosef Kluson Nov 26, 2022 00:38:33 193 W 2.57 w/kg 22.14 km/h
34 marc melone Nov 20, 2024 00:38:42 155 W 2.82 w/kg 22.06 km/h
35 Arjon de Kater Nov 24, 2023 00:39:23 206 W 2.75 w/kg 21.67 km/h
36 Uros Valant Dec 04, 2022 00:39:26 181 W 2.59 w/kg 21.65 km/h
37 Artem Neposedov Nov 22, 2022 00:39:32 208 W 2.67 w/kg 21.59 km/h
38 Sven Andersson Jan 16, 2023 00:40:15 192 W 2.74 w/kg 21.21 km/h
39 Paul Shields Dec 05, 2022 00:40:25 192 W 2.39 w/kg 21.12 km/h
40 thirard michel Jan 05, 2023 00:40:26 187 W 2.75 w/kg 21.11 km/h
41 Tom Eklund Dec 05, 2022 00:40:36 167 W 2.39 w/kg 21.03 km/h
42 javier divar Feb 23, 2023 00:40:56 130 W 2.50 w/kg 20.85 km/h
43 Andrew Fawcett Jan 29, 2023 00:40:57 211 W 2.40 w/kg 20.85 km/h
44 Kim Schou Nov 24, 2022 00:41:05 170 W 2.74 w/kg 20.78 km/h
45 Markus Geiger Nov 30, 2022 00:41:16 202 W 2.59 w/kg 20.69 km/h
46 J F Dec 29, 2022 00:41:18 193 W 2.19 w/kg 20.67 km/h
47 Marcin Derdzinski Oct 25, 2023 00:41:24 182 W 2.68 w/kg 20.62 km/h
48 Armen Mosesyan Dec 08, 2025 00:41:27 215 W 2.22 w/kg 20.59 km/h
49 Jan Theron Sep 30, 2025 00:41:33 169 W 2.41 w/kg 20.54 km/h
50 David Avery Nov 26, 2022 00:41:44 188 W 2.21 w/kg 20.45 km/h
51 HARZ CORE Nov 22, 2022 00:41:45 204 W 2.29 w/kg 20.45 km/h
52 Indalecio Lekerika Jan 15, 2023 00:41:47 139 W 2.62 w/kg 20.43 km/h
53 Gu Po Muc Nov 21, 2022 00:42:08 179 W 2.39 w/kg 20.26 km/h
54 Rik Lukey Dec 02, 2022 00:42:12 164 W 2.46 w/kg 20.23 km/h
55 Gabriel Gugiu Dec 06, 2022 00:42:14 163 W 2.33 w/kg 20.21 km/h
56 J Lee Wamble Dec 08, 2022 00:42:50 172 W 2.30 w/kg 19.93 km/h
57 gert wilms Dec 03, 2022 00:43:34 200 W 2.04 w/kg 19.59 km/h
58 Gavin Banks Dec 01, 2022 00:43:49 179 W 2.16 w/kg 19.48 km/h
59 Sylvain Marinel Jan 11, 2023 00:45:03 157 W 2.09 w/kg 18.95 km/h
60 paul teunisse Dec 03, 2022 00:45:04 190 W 2.09 w/kg 18.94 km/h
61 shurtha riftcrag Dec 16, 2022 00:45:27 146 W 2.37 w/kg 18.78 km/h
62 Jean-Luc Olives Dec 03, 2022 00:45:35 143 W 2.20 w/kg 18.73 km/h
63 Eva Klusoňová Dec 11, 2022 00:45:36 162 W 2.16 w/kg 18.72 km/h
64 Igor Tatarinov Nov 27, 2022 00:45:52 176 W 2.10 w/kg 18.61 km/h
65 Stephen Gunn Dec 10, 2022 00:45:54 143 W 2.19 w/kg 18.60 km/h
66 Ron Keshtacher Nov 21, 2022 00:46:10 165 W 1.92 w/kg 18.49 km/h
67 Carl Mitchell Jun 01, 2023 00:46:10 156 W 2.23 w/kg 18.49 km/h
68 Mike 8008 Nov 29, 2022 00:46:47 171 W 2.04 w/kg 18.25 km/h
69 Isabel Hayley Nov 28, 2022 00:46:48 123 W 2.37 w/kg 18.24 km/h
70 Jozef Ceginik Nov 23, 2022 00:46:52 155 W 1.99 w/kg 18.21 km/h
71 Matthieu Bourgois Feb 16, 2023 00:47:02 144 W 1.92 w/kg 18.15 km/h
72 Daniel Kieneswenger Jan 03, 2023 00:47:14 163 W 2.04 w/kg 18.07 km/h
73 John Hanson Mar 03, 2023 00:47:49 155 W 2.07 w/kg 17.85 km/h
74 MB Jan 12, 2023 00:48:07 143 W 2.13 w/kg 17.74 km/h
75 Franck Caspar Nov 22, 2022 00:49:23 129 W 1.72 w/kg 17.29 km/h
76 Hans Petiet Jan 17, 2023 00:49:44 119 W 1.75 w/kg 17.16 km/h
77 Jan Olav Kvisli Nov 22, 2022 00:50:46 121 W 1.86 w/kg 16.81 km/h
78 Marianne Schou Nov 24, 2022 00:50:56 119 W 1.95 w/kg 16.76 km/h
79 Graham Lowe Nov 23, 2022 00:50:59 150 W 1.89 w/kg 16.74 km/h
80 paul fisher Jan 10, 2023 00:52:25 137 W 1.83 w/kg 16.29 km/h
81 Andrew Jackson Nov 23, 2022 00:53:13 137 W 1.73 w/kg 16.04 km/h
82 Thierry Juguelet Nov 24, 2022 00:54:23 139 W 1.78 w/kg 15.70 km/h
83 Jarrad Kapor Jun 13, 2025 00:56:03 120 W 1.62 w/kg 15.23 km/h
84 Michael B 1947 Nov 13, 2024 00:57:48 115 W 1.53 w/kg 14.77 km/h
85 Karin Bruckner Dec 13, 2022 00:58:23 88 W 1.60 w/kg 14.62 km/h
86 Mark Thompson Nov 28, 2022 01:00:34 99 W 1.41 w/kg 14.09 km/h
87 Henrik Sørensen Nov 22, 2022 01:00:50 130 W 1.41 w/kg 14.03 km/h
88 Jean-Claude Tondini Apr 12, 2023 01:05:36 88 W 1.17 w/kg 13.01 km/h
89 Milan Čuturilo Jan 27, 2023 01:09:19 139 W 1.05 w/kg 12.32 km/h

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