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taff trail cefn-pontsticill

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Taff Trail, Cefn-coed-y-cymmer, Vaynor, Trefechan, Merthyr Tydfil County Borough, Wales, CF48 2NR, United Kingdom
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Climb Profile

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235 m265 m290 m320 m11.6% from 0 m to 16 m-0.7% from 16 m to 30 m-9.2% from 30 m to 50 m21.1% from 50 m to 69 m13.7% from 69 m to 89 m-8.1% from 89 m to 106 m8.2% from 106 m to 125 m-1.5% from 125 m to 145 m-17.5% from 145 m to 167 m-2.8% from 167 m to 189 m20.0% from 189 m to 209 m4.7% from 209 m to 230 m0.5% from 230 m to 249 m9.7% from 249 m to 268 m-0.9% from 268 m to 290 m3.5% from 290 m to 313 m-6.1% from 313 m to 334 m16.3% from 334 m to 354 m-5.7% from 354 m to 375 m-2.5% from 375 m to 395 m-8.5% from 395 m to 409 m-16.7% from 409 m to 434 m14.9% from 434 m to 453 m8.9% from 453 m to 472 m5.7% from 472 m to 495 m6.1% from 495 m to 517 m2.6% from 517 m to 545 m5.3% from 545 m to 567 m0.5% from 567 m to 586 m1.1% from 586 m to 614 m-2.8% from 614 m to 636 m-3.3% from 636 m to 657 m12.4% from 657 m to 677 m18.2% from 677 m to 691 m-4.7% from 691 m to 719 m-2.0% from 719 m to 739 m4.5% from 739 m to 759 m-1.0% from 759 m to 780 m7.2% from 780 m to 801 m14.2% from 801 m to 822 m5.9% from 822 m to 842 m-3.6% from 842 m to 867 m-14.0% from 867 m to 891 m3.8% from 891 m to 914 m3.0% from 914 m to 938 m0.0% from 938 m to 960 m-1.4% from 960 m to 982 m-0.9% from 982 m to 1.0 km11.7% from 1.0 km to 1.0 km2.3% from 1.0 km to 1.0 km-7.6% from 1.0 km to 1.1 km-16.9% from 1.1 km to 1.1 km2.0% from 1.1 km to 1.1 km20.5% from 1.1 km to 1.1 km3.5% from 1.1 km to 1.2 km-9.6% from 1.2 km to 1.2 km0.8% from 1.2 km to 1.2 km-9.3% from 1.2 km to 1.2 km11.4% from 1.2 km to 1.3 km-4.7% from 1.3 km to 1.3 km-8.6% from 1.3 km to 1.3 km8.5% from 1.3 km to 1.4 km-6.5% from 1.4 km to 1.4 km16.5% from 1.4 km to 1.4 km-3.2% from 1.4 km to 1.4 km-7.2% from 1.4 km to 1.5 km-5.5% from 1.5 km to 1.5 km-4.9% from 1.5 km to 1.5 km-25.1% from 1.5 km to 1.5 km17.5% from 1.5 km to 1.6 km10.6% from 1.6 km to 1.6 km11.8% from 1.6 km to 1.6 km4.3% from 1.6 km to 1.6 km-2.1% from 1.6 km to 1.7 km5.0% from 1.7 km to 1.7 km3.2% from 1.7 km to 1.7 km1.6% from 1.7 km to 1.7 km10.5% from 1.7 km to 1.8 km-7.5% from 1.8 km to 1.8 km13.2% from 1.8 km to 1.8 km17.4% from 1.8 km to 1.8 km-3.3% from 1.8 km to 1.8 km-11.3% from 1.8 km to 1.9 km-7.2% from 1.9 km to 1.9 km14.9% from 1.9 km to 1.9 km-8.1% from 1.9 km to 1.9 km4.2% from 1.9 km to 2.0 km13.2% from 2.0 km to 2.0 km17.9% from 2.0 km to 2.0 km17.3% from 2.0 km to 2.0 km-9.8% from 2.0 km to 2.1 km-13.2% from 2.1 km to 2.1 km15.9% from 2.1 km to 2.1 km3.4% from 2.1 km to 2.1 km4.1% from 2.1 km to 2.1 km1.1% from 2.1 km to 2.2 km19.4% from 2.2 km to 2.2 km-5.5% from 2.2 km to 2.2 km-10.0% from 2.2 km to 2.2 km5.5% from 2.2 km to 2.2 km1.6% from 2.2 km to 2.2 km-20.5% from 2.2 km to 2.3 km2.3% from 2.3 km to 2.3 km24.0% from 2.3 km to 2.3 km8.5% from 2.3 km to 2.3 km2.9% from 2.3 km to 2.4 km-5.2% from 2.4 km to 2.4 km5.1% from 2.4 km to 2.4 km3.9% from 2.4 km to 2.4 km-23.3% from 2.4 km to 2.4 km13.2% from 2.4 km to 2.4 km13.0% from 2.4 km to 2.4 km4.1% from 2.4 km to 2.5 km-7.7% from 2.5 km to 2.5 km-3.2% from 2.5 km to 2.5 km1.4% from 2.5 km to 2.5 km-2.7% from 2.5 km to 2.6 km-5.6% from 2.6 km to 2.6 km1.4% from 2.6 km to 2.6 km4.2% from 2.6 km to 2.6 km1.4% from 2.6 km to 2.6 km12.0% from 2.6 km to 2.7 km-3.8% from 2.7 km to 2.7 km-2.6% from 2.7 km to 2.7 km-1.6% from 2.7 km to 2.7 km1.3% from 2.7 km to 2.8 km8.5% from 2.8 km to 2.8 km3.8% from 2.8 km to 2.8 km-10.6% from 2.8 km to 2.8 km-6.6% from 2.8 km to 2.8 km-1.9% from 2.8 km to 2.9 km2.7% from 2.9 km to 2.9 km13.5% from 2.9 km to 2.9 km-5.4% from 2.9 km to 3.0 km13.5% from 3.0 km to 3.0 km2.7% from 3.0 km to 3.0 km13.9% from 3.0 km to 3.0 km-9.3% from 3.0 km to 3.0 km8.1% from 3.0 km to 3.1 km13.8% from 3.1 km to 3.1 km-1.6% from 3.1 km to 3.1 km2.8% from 3.1 km to 3.1 km-2.7% from 3.1 km to 3.2 km2.3% from 3.2 km to 3.2 km2.8% from 3.2 km to 3.2 km3.9% from 3.2 km to 3.2 km3.6% from 3.2 km to 3.3 km3.0% from 3.3 km to 3.3 km2.7% from 3.3 km to 3.3 km8.3% from 3.3 km to 3.3 km13.0% from 3.3 km to 3.4 km-13.1% from 3.4 km to 3.4 km18.7% from 3.4 km to 3.4 km-6.3% from 3.4 km to 3.4 km-6.5% from 3.4 km to 3.5 km8.3% from 3.5 km to 3.5 km20.1% from 3.5 km to 3.5 km-6.3% from 3.5 km to 3.5 km-22.4% from 3.5 km to 3.5 km-5.7% from 3.5 km to 3.6 km5.1% from 3.6 km to 3.6 km7.8% from 3.6 km to 3.6 km7.5% from 3.6 km to 3.6 km1.8% from 3.6 km to 3.7 km-3.7% from 3.7 km to 3.7 km2.6% from 3.7 km to 3.7 km-3.9% from 3.7 km to 3.7 km17.7% from 3.7 km to 3.7 km-2.1% from 3.7 km to 3.8 km1.4% from 3.8 km to 3.8 km-0.9% from 3.8 km to 3.8 km-2.9% from 3.8 km to 3.8 km7.4% from 3.8 km to 3.8 km-11.3% from 3.8 km to 3.9 km9.7% from 3.9 km to 3.9 km8.6% from 3.9 km to 3.9 km-9.2% from 3.9 km to 3.9 km1.9% from 3.9 km to 4.0 km6.6% from 4.0 km to 4.0 km-2.0% from 4.0 km to 4.0 km4.5% from 4.0 km to 4.0 km-2.8% from 4.0 km to 4.1 km12.9% from 4.1 km to 4.1 km13.1% from 4.1 km to 4.1 km2.0% from 4.1 km to 4.1 km-2.7% from 4.1 km to 4.1 km5.3% from 4.1 km to 4.2 km-1.4% from 4.2 km to 4.2 km19.8% from 4.2 km to 4.2 km-26.0% from 4.2 km to 4.2 km6.3% from 4.2 km to 4.3 km8.0% from 4.3 km to 4.3 km25.0% from 4.3 km to 4.3 km-13.8% from 4.3 km to 4.3 km-8.3% from 4.3 km to 4.3 km7.3% from 4.3 km to 4.4 km5.1% from 4.4 km to 4.4 km9.0% from 4.4 km to 4.4 km2.5% from 4.4 km to 4.4 km0.7% from 4.4 km to 4.4 km2%1%2%2%3%0 m1 km2 km3 km4 km
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Climb Stats

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Climb categoryCategory 4
Distance4.45 km / 2.76 miles
Elevation gain81.3 m / 267 ft
Average gradient1.8%
Maximum gradient9.2%
Elevation high317.35 m / 1,041 ft
Elevation low235.99 m / 774 ft
Climb difficulty score8,139.84

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Climb Rank

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This climb ranks 741,730th out of 2,710,652 worldwide cycling climbs.

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Ranked as the 59,809th most difficult cycling climb of all 332,744 climbs in United Kingdom.

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Places 9,056th out of 26,148 cycling climbs in Wales.

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Ranks 149th out of 365 cycling climbs in Merthyr Tydfil County Borough.

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Ranking 11th out of 21 cycling climbs in Trefechan.

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