Bwlch from Pontrhydfechan
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| Climb category | Category 2 |
| Distance | 15.39 km / 9.56 miles |
| Elevation gain | 454.4 m / 1,491 ft |
| Average gradient | 3% |
| Maximum gradient | 16.7% |
| Elevation high | 535 m / 1,755 ft |
| Elevation low | 80.6 m / 264 ft |
| Climb difficulty score | 45,392.83 |
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|---|---|---|---|
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Climb Rank
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🗺 This climb ranks 47,715th out of 2,710,652 worldwide cycling climbs. |
🧮 Ranked as the 219th most difficult cycling climb of all 332,744 climbs in United Kingdom. |
📉 Places 76th out of 26,148 cycling climbs in Wales. |
⚖ Ranks 13th out of 967 cycling climbs in Neath Port Talbot. |
🏵️ A local climb of note, this is the 4th most difficult cycling climb (out of 41 climbs) in Pont-rhyd-y-fen. |
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