Langada Pass
Category 128 km
Distance
1270 m
Elevation Gain
4.5%
Average Gradient
12%
Max Gradient
The Langada Pass (1,524m) carries the only road connecting Sparta in the eastern Peloponnese with Kalamata on the Messenian Gulf, cutting through the heart of the Taygetos mountain range. It is one of the great road cycling ascents in Greece: 28km of continuous climbing from Sparta at 210m to the pa...
Pro Tip
The one-way Sparta-to-Kalamata direction puts the Langada Gorge ascent in the morning and the long Kalamata descent in the afternoon — the natural direction for a point-to-point epic. A transfer back...
Part of
Cycling in Peloponnese