Llanfihangel-y-Creuddyn to Pant-y-crug
1494.0 m · net rise 96.1 m · total ascent 122.9 m · overall 6.4% · confidence: good
Shape: stepped — 46% of the climbing sits in a quarter of the distance; longest continuous stretch at 10%+ is 307 m.
Found purely from mapping and LiDAR data, and not yet matched against books, race records or lists — it may be well known to locals under a name we've never heard. It was cross-checked against the OS road network, surface models and map tags, but a discovery can still be an artifact of the terrain model or the map. Treat it as a well-evidenced hypothesis until someone has ridden it. If you know this road, tell us what you found — photographs, corrections and local knowledge all welcome; the map links below let you scout it first.
≈ Overhead cover (tree canopy or structures) spans 28% 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?
| Window | Maximum | Located at | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2 m (diagnostic) | ≈36% | 798–800 m | under overhead cover terrain reads 166.8% at 825–827 m across a structure — excluded |
| 3 m (diagnostic) | ≈32% | 798–801 m | under overhead cover terrain reads 138.9% at 825–828 m across a structure — excluded |
| 5 m | ≈26% | 133–138 m | under overhead cover terrain reads 103.3% at 823–828 m across a structure — excluded |
| 10 m | ≈26% | 132–142 m | under overhead cover terrain reads 51.9% at 822–832 m across a structure — excluded |
| 20 m | ≈25.5% | 131–151 m | under overhead cover terrain reads 26.3% at 822–842 m across a structure — excluded |
| 25 m | 25.4% | 121–146 m | |
| 50 m | 24.6% | 116–166 m | |
| 100 m | ≈23.0% | 100–200 m | under overhead cover |
may_start_earlier Extent detection suggests reviewing where this climb starts/ends.
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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Provenance
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10.0,
20.0,
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"elevation_crs": "EPSG:27700",
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"data/cache/wales/dtm_1m/wg_del_22_266277_20220114dtm.tif",
"data/cache/wales/dtm_1m/wg_del_22_266278_20220114dtm.tif",
"data/cache/wales/dtm_1m/wg_del_23_265276_20220117dtm.tif",
"data/cache/wales/dtm_1m/wg_del_23_265277_20220117dtm.tif",
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"calculated_at": "2026-08-13T02:09:16+00:00",
"road_source": "extended-proposals-wales-routes/unnamed-lane-near-pen-y-garn.geojson",
"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",
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"elevation_capture_dates": [
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"route_summit_trim_m": 1058.9,
"route_summit_trim_loss_m": 9.2,
"climb_origin": "discovered",
"notes": "Second in Rheidol sweep by max 100 m (22.5%); no incline tag. EXTENDED by graph walk: +2 segment(s) at base, +1 at top (stop: base=no_descending_continuation, top=no_ascending_continuation; min_avg=2.0%). RENAMED 2026-08-11 (Peter approved): auto-name \"Unnamed lane near Pen-y-garn\" was a phantom \u2014 no Pen-y-garn within 13 km in OSM (nodes AND ways), OS Open Names, or the RCAHMW historic place-name index; nearest is the 610 m summit near Devil's Bridge (SOTA GW/MW-004), 13.8 km east. Endpoints verify: Llanfihangel-y- Creuddyn and Pant-y-crug both within metres of the route ends."
}