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pen-y-cae to summit layby

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Brecon Road, Tawe-Uchaf, Pen y Cae, Powys, Wales, SA9 1FQ, United Kingdom
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Climb Profile

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Climb Stats

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Climb categoryCategory 3
Distance7.22 km / 4.49 miles
Elevation gain201.8 m / 662 ft
Average gradient2.8%
Maximum gradient10.7%
Elevation high387.6 m / 1,272 ft
Elevation low184.6 m / 606 ft
Climb difficulty score20,150.78

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Climb Rank

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🗺

This climb ranks 223,732nd out of 2,710,652 worldwide cycling climbs.

🧮

Ranked as the 8,582nd most difficult cycling climb of all 332,744 climbs in United Kingdom.

📉

Places 2,127th out of 26,148 cycling climbs in Wales.

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Ranks 322nd out of 2,830 cycling climbs in Powys.

🥈️

This is the second most difficult cycling climb in Pen y Cae.

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