... but later it became 6-9% inclines, so I had to walk 3k of the last 4k to the top. Something I have never done before and certainly not the way I would have liked to get to the pass, but at least I got there myself. Not steeper than other hills but my zig-zagging technique didn’t work on a road like this where stones/rocks stopped the bike and pebbles made it lose grip and slide when I tried to start again.Here looking back down the valley...