Melin-y-coed to Pant-y-maes°
2452.1 m · gain 262.5 m · overall 10.7% · Nant Bwlch-y-gwynt · Conwy
Shape: sustained — 42% of the climbing sits in a quarter of the distance; longest continuous stretch at 10%+ is 217 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 (53.1264, -3.7623)'). Corrections welcome.
needs review max5_over_45, short_window_divergence — treat short-window maxima here as provisional.
≈ 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) | ≈56.0% | 17–19 m | under overhead cover terrain reads 103.5% at 378–380 m across a structure — excluded |
| 3 m (diagnostic) | ≈54.8% | 16–19 m | under overhead cover terrain reads 96.6% at 378–381 m across a structure — excluded |
| 5 m | ≈47.9% | 15–20 m | under overhead cover terrain reads 89.6% at 376–381 m across a structure — excluded |
| 10 m | ≈38.2% | 512–522 m | under overhead cover terrain reads 47.6% at 423–433 m across a structure — excluded |
| 20 m | ≈32.4% | 504–524 m | under overhead cover terrain reads 36.3% at 418–438 m across a structure — excluded |
| 25 m | ≈30.3% | 499–524 m | under overhead cover terrain reads 33.2% at 414–439 m across a structure — excluded |
| 50 m | ≈29.5% | 475–525 m | under overhead cover |
| 100 m | ≈24.0% | 429–529 m | under overhead cover terrain reads 26.9% at 423–523 m across a structure — 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
© OpenStreetMap contributors · topo tiles © OpenTopoMap (CC-BY-SA) · vector tiles OpenFreeMap
Profile
Provenance
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"notes": "Coarse pass: max 22.5% over 200 m (Terrain 50), gain 213.5 m over 1361 m way. EXTENDED by graph walk: +2 segment(s) at base, +2 at top (stop: base=no_descending_continuation, top=no_ascending_continuation; min_avg=2.0%). Review before adopting. ADOPTED (notable slice 2026-08-11): big-gain,endurance. AUTO-NAMED from gazetteer (hypothesis, unreviewed): was 'Discovered lane (53.1264, -3.7623)'.",
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