Allt y Badi (south side)
2706.9 m · gain 242.6 m · overall 9.0% · Glyn Ceiriog · Wrecsam - Wrexham
Shape: stepped — 52% of the climbing sits in a quarter of the distance; longest continuous stretch at 10%+ is 720 m.
Documented on the ground — tag: 25% (2026). Signs get repainted and tags get retagged, so the date is part of the fact; on no cycling list we know of.
≈ Overhead cover (tree canopy or structures) spans 30% 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, not wrong. Longer windows average over more clean ground and are steadier.
Gradient ladder what do windows mean?
| Window | Maximum | Located at | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2 m (diagnostic) | ≈46.7% | 427–429 m | under overhead cover |
| 3 m (diagnostic) | ≈42.6% | 434–437 m | under overhead cover |
| 5 m | ≈41.6% | 432–437 m | under overhead cover |
| 10 m | ≈37.4% | 427–437 m | under overhead cover |
| 20 m | ≈33.2% | 417–437 m | under overhead cover |
| 25 m | ≈31.7% | 412–437 m | under overhead cover |
| 50 m | ≈25.7% | 402–452 m | under overhead cover |
| 100 m | ≈23.6% | 602–702 m | under overhead cover |
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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
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"notes": "Unnamed in OSM; connects at its north end to the famous Allt y Badi (way 100294387). Steep pinch at ~100 m is under 9-14 m tree canopy \u2014 short windows uncertain. EXTENDED by graph walk: +4 segment(s) at base, +1 at top (stop: base=no_descending_continuation, top=no_ascending_continuation; min_avg=2.0%). Review before adopting."
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