Soar Road
396.0 m · gain 47.7 m · overall 12.0% · Talsarnau · Gwynedd
Shape: sustained — 36% of the climbing sits in a quarter of the distance; longest continuous stretch at 10%+ is 133 m.
Documented on the ground — tag: 20% (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 19% 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) | ≈31.1% | 355–357 m | under overhead cover |
| 3 m (diagnostic) | ≈28.2% | 354–357 m | under overhead cover |
| 5 m | ≈25.7% | 354–359 m | under overhead cover |
| 10 m | ≈22.9% | 363–373 m | under overhead cover |
| 20 m | ≈22.2% | 353–373 m | under overhead cover |
| 25 m | ≈21.5% | 354–379 m | under overhead cover |
| 50 m | ≈18.7% | 330–380 m | under overhead cover |
| 100 m | ≈17.0% | 287–387 m | under overhead cover |
may_start_earliermay_continue_beyond_end Extent detection suggests reviewing where this climb starts/ends.
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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": "Promoted automatically from triage verdict=validated. EXTENDED by graph walk: +0 segment(s) at base, +5 at top (stop: base=no_descending_continuation, top=no_ascending_continuation; min_avg=2.0%). Review before adopting."
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