Hlína (from Ivančice)
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Hlína (from Ivančice) is a 3.2 km cycling climb averaging 4.5% (+146 m), rising from 313 m to 459 m in Czechia.
The road to the highest village of the Ivančice country at 451 m, ridden for the Vladimír Menšík lookout tower at the top and its view from Pálava to the Alps. A small local race, S úsměvem na rozhlednu, has run up the same hill.
3.2 km · +146 m · 4.5% avg · ~7.3% max · 313 → 459 m
Stats computed from OpenStreetMap and satellite elevation data — approximate.
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Gradient by colour: ● <3% ● 3–6% ● 6–9% ● 9%+
Where it bites
Steepest 500 m: 7.6% (km 0.2–0.6).
Road: paved throughout
| km | to | avg |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | 379 m | 6.6% |
| 2 | 432 m | 5.5% |
| 3 | 456 m | 2.4% |
What it’s like to ride
The road leaves the Jihlava valley steeply, then settles into a long, steady drag up the forested hillside into Hlína, and it carries on rising north of the village, so the village sign is not the top. At 451 m Hlína is the highest village in the Ivančice area, and the 22 m wooden Vladimír Menšík lookout tower stands just north of it, about 50 m off the road: 96 steps to the platform for Pálava, the Dukovany power station, the White Carpathians and, on a clear winter day, the Austrian Alps. The tower opens only at weekends and holidays, which is also the only time you can buy a drink there.
History
The climb tops out in Hlína, a village at 451 m on the Bobrava upland about 4 km northeast of Ivančice. What brings riders up this side is the Vladimír Menšík lookout tower, 22 m of timber built jointly by the municipalities of Hlína and Ivančice and opened on 29 April 2007, standing beside the road at around 450 m. On Saturday 5 June 2010, 40 riders started by the cemetery in Ivančice for the second edition of S úsměvem na rozhlednu Vladimíra Menšíka, a local race up to the tower.
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Common questions
- How long and steep is Hlína (from Ivančice)?
- Hlína (from Ivančice) is a 3.2 km cycling climb averaging 4.5% (+146 m), rising from 313 m to 459 m in Czechia.
- Where is Hlína (from Ivančice) steepest?
- The steepest 500 m averages 7.6%, between km 0.2 and km 0.6 of the climb.
- What is the road surface like on Hlína (from Ivančice)?
- Hlína (from Ivančice) is paved throughout.