Penrhys Trail
Loop Walk · Wales
300
XP
about 1 h 29 min walking
298 m
193 m
88 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.
Steep walk
Some very steep ground — marked on the map.
Climb
210 m
Drop
209 m
Highest
284 m
Lowest
93 m
Walking time
about 1 h 29 min
Which way round
Anticlockwise: Climbs 18% for 250 m early on, comes down 17% for 830 m near the end.
Clockwise: Climbs 17% for 830 m early on, comes down 18% for 250 m near the end.
Better clockwise: you climb the steeper side (0.8 km at 10%+, 0.8 km of it 15%+) and come down 0.3 km of steep ground. Steep descents are where people slip, and they're harder on knees late in a walk.
Main climb: km 0.0–2.7, from 94 m to 283 m.
How the 5.7 km splits
Flat
0.9 km
Climbing
1.4 km
Very steep climbing (15%+)
0.8 km
Descending
2.4 km
Very steep descending (15%+)
0.3 km
W2 MTB Trail
Shares 1.1 km of path · meets at km 3.4, 3.9, 4.6…5.3 km
Y Wal MTB Trail
Shares 1.1 km of path · meets at km 3.4, 3.9, 4.6…6.1 km
Gyfylchi Ridgetop Trail
Shares 1.1 km of path · meets at km 4.911.1 km
Rhyslyn walk (light blue)
Starts here too · Shares 1.0 km of path · meets at km 4.5, 4.6, 5.63.5 km
Rhilffordd MTB trail
Shares 1.0 km of path · meets at km 0.3, 4.5, 4.6…12.7 km
Y Wal MTB Trail
Shares 1.0 km of path · meets at km 4.6, 5.65 km
W2 MTB Trail
Shares 1.0 km of path · meets at km 4.6, 5.613.8 km
Y Wal MTB Trail
Shares 0.9 km of path · meets at km 2.7, 3.6, 3.91.8 km
Rhyslyn Riverside Trail
Starts here too · Shares 0.8 km of path · meets at km 5.61.7 km
Rookie Blue
Starts here too · Shares 0.7 km of path · meets at km 5.62.2 km