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Discovered lane (51.9372, -3.2371)

2897.0 m · net rise 132.5 m · total ascent 152.9 m · overall 4.6% · evidence quality B (good) · Llangors · Powys ·

Shape: sustained — 37% of the climbing sits in a quarter of the distance; longest continuous stretch at 10%+ is 143 m.

Not yet matched against documented climbs — the measurement stands on its own.

≈ Overhead cover (tree canopy or structures) spans 22% 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?

WindowMaximumLocated at
2 m (diagnostic)≈48%2797–2799 munder overhead cover
3 m (diagnostic)≈42%2796–2799 munder overhead cover
5 m≈40%2794–2799 munder overhead cover
10 m≈36%2790–2800 munder overhead cover
20 m≈29.8%2780–2800 munder overhead cover
25 m≈27.5%2779–2804 munder overhead cover
50 m≈21.1%2769–2819 munder overhead cover
100 m≈17.3%2729–2829 munder overhead cover

may continue beyond end 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

No aerial layer here: Britain has no open or government source of aerial photography at road scale — the pan-government APGB imagery is licensed to the public sector only, unlike the LiDAR this survey is measured from. Street View, where it exists, is the visual check.

This climb's data: OCL JSON — the full gradient ladder, quality flags and provenance in the OpenClimb Ladder format.

Measured, not vetted. This page records what the laser record shows about the road's shape — nothing more. Nobody has necessarily ridden or inspected this road for the survey, and a page here is not a recommendation and no guarantee that the road is open, surfaced, rideable or safe. Gates, private sections, missing rights of way and hazards do not show up in elevation data. Check access and conditions on the ground and make your own judgment.

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Route colour = gradient over a 25 m window: <10% 10–20% 20–25% ≥25%

  © OpenStreetMap contributors · topo tiles © OpenTopoMap (CC-BY-SA) · vector tiles OpenFreeMap

Discovered lane (51.9372, -3.2371) LiDAR hillshade map with contours

Profile

The profile and gradient chart share one position — move your pointer over them and the marker follows. Colors are the gradient bands; the shaded span is the steepest 25 m. Any 25 m figure is good to about a point either way (why).

Discovered lane (51.9372, -3.2371) elevation profile
Discovered lane (51.9372, -3.2371) rolling gradient profile
 

Measurement card

ElevationWelsh Government — Welsh Government LiDAR 1m DTM (2020-2023)
Resolution / CRS1.0 m grid, EPSG:27700; sampled every 1.0 m, bilinear interpolation
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Road centrelineOpenStreetMap (local PBF extract), snapshot 2026-08-10T20:21:40Z
Quality statusevidence quality B; caveated windows: canopy or structure
AnalysisOCL 0.1.0, analysis 0.1.0, run chunk-01-260831, calculated 2026-09-01

Provenance

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  "calculated_at": "2026-09-01T01:57:20+00:00",
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  "osm_pbf_path": "data/cache/pbf/wales-2026-08-11.osm.pbf",
  "osm_snapshot": "2026-08-10T20:21:40Z",
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