Comments on: “Gotthard Pass” Details (Zwift Climb Portal)

By: Peter Josefchak

Peter Josefchak — Sun, 01 Dec 2024 20:55:13 +0000

Just finished this one. Enjoyed it – except that on 8/10 stages I got the dreaded 10XP! It seems that 10XP comes up far too often than any of the other PUs. Is the algorithm properly calibrated? A climbing mind would like to know. Thanks

By: Mathew Rose

Mathew Rose — Sat, 30 Nov 2024 16:39:50 +0000

In reply to Speed Brophy. I've been doing every climb at all four gradient options. A quick rule of thumb is this, (assuming a similar wattage). If a climb takes 36 minutes at 100% gradient, you can do the 75% version and you should be between 32 and 31 minutes and expect the 125% heroic version to be between 40 and 41 minutes. Whatever the gap is in terms of time saved going to 75%, the gap up to 125% should be the same in terms of extra time. The long climbs over an hour like Mt. Hamilton, my gap gets out to 7-8 minutes more, but figure on a gap of around 5 minutes for a 40 minute climb like this.

By: Eric Schlange

Eric Schlange — Sat, 30 Nov 2024 16:05:11 +0000

In reply to Simon. Sounds amazing!

By: Simon

Simon — Sat, 30 Nov 2024 12:37:26 +0000

I did it in June this year, and the road was “closed” even as late as the middle of the month. The barrier was down at about half distance, after which the cobbles are unrelenting all the way to the top. There was snow banked up at the road-side and some of the road surface was damaged still from the winter. But, there was just one other rider, no cars, no motorbikes but lots of marmots enjoying the solitude. It is a great ride and I’m looking forward to completing it several times in December in the virtual world and then again for real in June.

By: Simon

Simon — Thu, 28 Nov 2024 12:54:57 +0000

In reply to Nrx.

https://www.quaeldich.de/paesse/st-gotthardpass/ there is the whole climb 14km.

By: Nrx

Nrx — Thu, 28 Nov 2024 12:36:24 +0000

In reply to Simon. IRL segment shows 11.8km, zwift segment 14.5km. Where does the difference come from? At first glance they look the same. Is Zwift climb starting earlier and finishing later?

By: Marco

Marco — Thu, 28 Nov 2024 12:14:23 +0000

Finally a climb in Switzerland! One of the most beautiful climbs in Europe!

By: Christian

Christian — Wed, 27 Nov 2024 18:22:38 +0000

In reply to Eric Schlange. Perfect, Thank you so much! :)

By: Eric Schlange

Eric Schlange — Wed, 27 Nov 2024 16:57:34 +0000

In reply to Christian. Fixed! Had transposed a number...

By: Christian

Christian — Wed, 27 Nov 2024 02:59:04 +0000

The time estimates seem off. 99 minutes at 2 W/kg sounds right, but 5W at 19 minutes seems very quick, no?