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Allt Goch Fawr

1266.0 m · net rise 82.5 m · total ascent 86.5 m · overall 6.5% · confidence: needs confirmation · Nant Meigan · Sir Ynys Mon / Isle of Anglesey

Shape: stepped — 46% of the climbing sits in a quarter of the distance; longest continuous stretch at 10%+ is 107 m.

Documented on the ground — tag: 25% (2026). Signs get repainted and tags get retagged, so the date is part of the fact; not yet matched against any cycling list.

needs review short_window_divergence — treat short-window maxima here as provisional.

≈ Overhead cover (tree canopy or structures) spans 55% of this route — detected by comparing the surface model (DSM, treetops and rooftops) against the terrain model (DTM, bare ground). Under cover the bare-ground model is built from fewer laser returns, so metre-scale readings can wobble; maxima whose window sits in a covered zone are marked ≈ below — less certain — the flag does not say whether the true value is higher or lower. Longer windows average over more clean ground and are steadier.

Gradient ladder what do windows mean?

WindowMaximumLocated at
2 m (diagnostic)38%612–614 munder overhead cover terrain reads 57.9% at 700–702 m across terrain that holds no road surface (dense canopy, no bench) — excluded
3 m (diagnostic)28%611–614 munder overhead cover terrain reads 53.6% at 700–703 m across terrain that holds no road surface (dense canopy, no bench) — excluded
5 m28%609–614 munder overhead cover terrain reads 42.5% at 699–704 m across terrain that holds no road surface (dense canopy, no bench) — excluded
10 m19%662–672 munder overhead cover terrain reads 26.4% at 696–706 m across terrain that holds no road surface (dense canopy, no bench) — excluded
20 m15.3%651–671 munder overhead cover terrain reads 22.1% at 698–718 m across terrain that holds no road surface (dense canopy, no bench) — excluded
25 m15.0%783–808 munder overhead cover terrain reads 21.7% at 713–738 m across terrain that holds no road surface (dense canopy, no bench) — excluded
50 m14.5%782–832 munder overhead cover terrain reads 20.7% at 696–746 m across terrain that holds no road surface (dense canopy, no bench) — excluded
100 m14.1%779–879 munder overhead cover terrain reads 15.6% at 646–746 m across terrain that holds no road surface (dense canopy, no bench) — excluded

Map

Check this route yourself: Google Maps route via their router · Street View at the base where coverage exists · geojson.io our exact measured line · OpenTopoMap

This climb's data: OCL JSON — the full gradient ladder, quality flags and provenance in the OpenClimb Ladder format.

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Allt Goch Fawr LiDAR hillshade map with contours

Profile

Allt Goch Fawr elevation profile Allt Goch Fawr rolling gradient profile

Reported values vs. measurement

SourceClaimEvidenceBest-matching window
OSM incline tag25%mapper_estimate3 m (-2.7 pp)

Provenance

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  "analysis_version": "0.1.0",
  "sample_interval_m": 1.0,
  "interpolation": "bilinear",
  "smoothing": "none",
  "gradient_windows_m": [
    5.0,
    10.0,
    20.0,
    25.0,
    50.0,
    100.0
  ],
  "diagnostic_windows_m": [
    2.0,
    3.0
  ],
  "elevation_crs": "EPSG:27700",
  "elevation_resolution_m": 1.0,
  "elevation_tiles": [
    "data/cache/wales/dtm_1m/wg_del_19_259376_20211221dtm.tif",
    "data/cache/wales/dtm_1m/wg_del_29_260376_20220319dtm.tif"
  ],
  "calculated_at": "2026-08-12T09:11:53+00:00",
  "road_source": "OpenStreetMap (local PBF extract)",
  "road_attribution": "\u00a9 OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL",
  "osm_pbf_path": "data/cache/pbf/wales-2026-08-11.osm.pbf",
  "osm_snapshot": "2026-08-10T20:21:40Z",
  "elevation_provider": "Welsh Government",
  "elevation_dataset": "Welsh Government LiDAR 1m DTM (2020-2023)",
  "elevation_licence": "Open Government Licence v3 \u2014 \u00a9 Crown copyright Welsh Government",
  "elevation_catalogue_layer": "geonode:welsh_government_lidar_tile_catalogue_2020_2023",
  "elevation_tile_ids": [
    "wg_del_19_259376_20211221dtm.tif",
    "wg_del_29_260376_20220319dtm.tif"
  ],
  "elevation_capture_dates": [
    "19-03-2022",
    "22-12-2021"
  ],
  "climb_origin": "osm_incline",
  "notes": "Secondary road near Llanfairfechan; ways listed in verified chain order. EXTENDED by graph walk: +7 segment(s) at base, +1 at top (stop: base=no_descending_continuation, top=no_ascending_continuation; min_avg=2.0%). Review before adopting."
}