“La Laguna Negra” Details (Zwift Climb Portal)
Key Details
- Category: 2nd
- Length: 9.1 km (5.7 miles)
- Elevation Gain: 510 m (1,673‘)
- Average Gradient: 5.6%
- Country: Spain
- Watopia Climb Segment
- Watopia Descent Segment
- France Climb Segment
- France Descent Segment
- 5 W/kg: 23 minutes
- 4 W/kg: 28 minutes
- 3 W/kg: 35 minutes
- 2 W/kg: 51 minutes
Strava Segments
Time Estimates
This Spanish climb is named after the lake located at its terminus. Laguna Negra (Black Lake) is located in the north of the province of Soria, 1,753 meters above sea level, and is said to be haunted. Its waters freeze each winter, which must make things difficult for the legendary Nessie-like creature living in its depths who is said to devour anything that falls to the bottom.
Climbed in the Vuelta for the first time in 2020, La Laguna Negra features as the finishing climb of stage 11 in the 2023 Vuelta a España. Its lower slopes aren’t remarkably steep, but the final 1.5km pitches up to ~11%, with the final 500 meters the steepest of the climb at ~16%.
Here’s an IRL segment close to Zwift’s (Zwift’s appears to carry on a bit further, all the way to the lake’s edge):
This is going to hurt 😢
details looks more appetizing than the overall stats did =)
After Bealach na ba, anything else is easy
indeed, some steep parts on that little hill, prefer the Alpe to this!!
Yeah I those two steep segments in the end where soo hard.
I’m 106kg and can confirm that Bealach na ba is unkind!
I just finished this in 65 minutes. Not a bad climb. But what is up with all the floating geometric figures? I was listening to Emerson, Lake and Palmer during the entire ride and I thought that I was hallucinating due to lack of oxygen to the brain. 💀💀💀
The time estimates for this are overstated. I averaged 228w (around 3w/kg) and I completed it in under 38 minutes. It’s a good climb though, with a sting in its tail!
I agree, way overstated. I averaged 2.4w/kg and finished in 37:40.
Weird. I’ll re check them.
Fixed!
I finished this climb yesterday (46:29 at 189w)
It was my first portal climb, do i get the chance to do the previous climbs i missed?
Climb Portal Schedule is here: https://zwiftinsider.com/climb-portal-schedule/
3.04 wkg for 35:40. I think this is an easy climb because you don’t get drastic put h changes, until the end.
Pitch not put h
Enjoyed it, even the last kilometre.
Any reason why this climb is missing in the “Zwift Insider – Climb Portal (Long)” leaderboard in VeloViewer?
Because it’s in the short leaderboard. 🙂 https://veloviewer.com/climb-portal/short