Nice one, it's an awesome climb.
Most people ride it in the Tornapress to Applecross direction because then you're climbing up the hairpins at the top and it feels more like an alpine climb. There's also a couple of sportifs which go over it in that direction, hence the big number of people doing it in one direction only.
Just looking at the categorisation, it's right on the line between Cat1 and Cat2. I guess the slightly shorter climb from the applecross side gives it a higher average gradient and just pushes it into Cat1. If they have the elevation and gradient correct then it's the only legit Cat1 climb in the country- well done!
I'v never ridden up that side of it
