Pen-Y-Cae Back Passage

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Poplar Road, Afon Eitha, Penycae, Pen-y-cae, Wrexham, Wales, LL14 2PT, United Kingdom
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Climb Profile

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Climb Stats

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Climb categoryUncategorised
Distance1.8 km / 1.12 miles
Elevation gain52.6 m / 173 ft
Average gradient2.9%
Maximum gradient8.2%
Elevation high238.2 m / 781 ft
Elevation low185.1 m / 607 ft
Climb difficulty score5,253.96

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Climb Rank

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This climb ranks 1,059,563rd out of 2,710,652 worldwide cycling climbs.

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Ranked as the 95,878th most difficult cycling climb of all 332,744 climbs in United Kingdom.

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Places 12,664th out of 26,148 cycling climbs in Wales.

Ranks 353rd out of 939 cycling climbs in Wrexham.

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A local climb of note, this is the 9th most difficult cycling climb (out of 17 climbs) in Pen-y-cae.

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