Penhydd
Mountain Biking · Wales
250
XP
about 1 h 38 min riding
437 m
261 m
85 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.
Hilly ride
2 steep stretches — marked on the map.
Climb
317 m
Drop
328 m
Highest
335 m
Lowest
119 m
Which way round
Clockwise: Climbs 13% for 220 m near the end, comes down 13% for 220 m midway.
Anticlockwise: Easy first 1.0 km, climbs 13% for 220 m midway, comes down 13% for 220 m early on.
A loop climbs and descends the same ground either way round. Waymarked trails are signed one way — follow the signs on the ground.
Main climb: km 0.0–5.4, from 139 m to 313 m.
How the 14.1 km splits
Flat
2.6 km
Climbing
5.5 km
Steep climbing (10–15%)
0.2 km
Descending
5.5 km
Steep descending (10–15%)
0.2 km
Penhydd Blue Scar
Starts here too · Shares 4.6 km of path · meets at km 0.0, 12.2, 12.46.9 km
W2 MTB Trail
Starts here too · Shares 0.5 km of path · meets at km 0.0, 13.0, 13.1…13.8 km
Y Wal MTB Trail
Starts here too · Shares 0.5 km of path · meets at km 0.0, 13.0, 13.1…6.1 km
River and Railway Trail
Starts here too · Crosses at km 13.3, 13.44.2 km
Gyfylchi Ridgetop Trail
Starts here too · Crosses at km 13.311.1 km
Y Wal MTB Trail
Crosses at km 13.33.2 km
Rookie Green
Crosses at km 13.34.5 km
Old Parish Road
Crosses at km 13.3, 13.41.7 km
W2 MTB Trail
Crosses at km 13.3, 13.45.3 km
Y Wal MTB Trail
Crosses at km 13.3, 13.45 km