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Penhydd Blue Scar

Mountain Biking · Wales

150

XP

about 49 min riding

Difficult
6.9 km
Linear
0 km1 km2 km3 km4 km5 km6 km

285 m

200 m

114 m

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Heights: Copernicus DEM GLO-30 © DLR e.V. 2010–2014 and © Airbus Defence and Space GmbH 2014–2018, provided under COPERNICUS by the European Union and ESA.

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Rolling ride

Gentle ups and downs, nothing steep.

Climb

166 m

Drop

176 m

Highest

271 m

Lowest

119 m

Which way round

Clockwise: Easy first 2.5 km, no steep climbing, no steep descents.

Anticlockwise: No steep climbing, no steep descents.

A loop climbs and descends the same ground either way round. Waymarked trails are signed one way — follow the signs on the ground.

Main descent: km 3.7–6.8, from 271 m to 130 m.

How the 6.8 km splits

Flat

1.1 km

Climbing

3.0 km

Descending

2.7 km

Link it with other walks

Penhydd

Starts here too · Shares 4.6 km of path · meets at km 0.0, 5.4, 5.5

14.1 km

W2 MTB Trail

Starts here too · Shares 0.5 km of path · meets at km 0.0, 6.1, 6.3

13.8 km

Y Wal MTB Trail

Starts here too · Shares 0.5 km of path · meets at km 0.0, 6.1, 6.3

6.1 km

River and Railway Trail

Starts here too · Crosses at km 6.3, 6.4

4.2 km

Gyfylchi Ridgetop Trail

Starts here too · Crosses at km 6.3

11.1 km

Y Wal MTB Trail

Crosses at km 6.3

3.2 km

Rookie Green

Crosses at km 6.3

4.5 km

Old Parish Road

Crosses at km 6.3, 6.4

1.7 km

W2 MTB Trail

Crosses at km 6.3, 6.5

5.3 km

Y Wal MTB Trail

Crosses at km 6.3, 6.5

5 km

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