Cwm Ffrydlan to Bryn Mawr°
3364.3 m · gain 193.5 m · overall 5.8% · Cwm Esgaireira · Powys
Shape: stepped — 49% of the climbing sits in a quarter of the distance; longest continuous stretch at 10%+ is 369 m.
An unlisted find of this survey, on no list we know of. It was discovered by analysing LiDAR terrain data and cross-checked against the OS road network, surface models and map tags — but despite all that, 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 that someone is you, tell us what you found — photographs, corrections and local knowledge all welcome; the map links below let you scout it first.
° The name is provisional: this climb appears on no list we know of, so it was named from nearby map places. There is no evidence of local usage — (auto-named from gazetteer (hypothesis, unreviewed); discovered as 'Discovered lane (52.6228, -3.8044)'). Corrections welcome.
≈ Overhead cover (tree canopy or structures) spans 58% 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) | ≈47.4% | 2767–2769 m | under overhead cover |
| 3 m (diagnostic) | ≈42.9% | 2766–2769 m | under overhead cover |
| 5 m | ≈41.0% | 1074–1079 m | under overhead cover |
| 10 m | ≈33.6% | 1072–1082 m | under overhead cover |
| 20 m | ≈28.0% | 2738–2758 m | under overhead cover |
| 25 m | ≈27.0% | 2736–2761 m | under overhead cover |
| 50 m | ≈26.2% | 2711–2761 m | under overhead cover |
| 100 m | ≈21.7% | 2712–2812 m | under overhead cover |
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
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Provenance
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"notes": "Coarse pass: max 10.1% over 200 m (Terrain 50), gain 97.8 m over 2649 m way. EXTENDED by graph walk: +1 segment(s) at base, +1 at top (stop: base=no_descending_continuation, top=no_ascending_continuation; min_avg=2.0%). Review before adopting. DEDUPE: absorbed 2 overlapping proposal(s): discovered-lane-52-6231-3-8051, discovered-lane-52-6349-3-7931 ROAD-REVIEW: way 162286543: unnamed service way; way 162286543: service way, surface untagged ADOPTED (notable slice 2026-08-11): qualified-steep. AUTO-NAMED from gazetteer (hypothesis, unreviewed): was 'Discovered lane (52.6228, -3.8044)'.",
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