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Pistyll y Gain trail

Linear Trail · Wales

350

XP

about 1 h 53 min walking

Easy
6.2 km
Linear
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299 m

205 m

110 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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Steep walk

Some very steep ground — marked on the map.

Climb

216 m

Drop

289 m

Highest

239 m

Lowest

130 m

Walking time

about 1 h 53 min

Which way round

Downhill: Easy first 2.7 km, climbs 16% for 500 m midway, comes down 24% for 250 m near the end.

Uphill: Climbs 24% for 250 m early on, comes down 16% for 500 m midway.

Shown as the descent, the way a graded trail like this is ridden — the climb back up is usually the forest road.

Main descent: km 6.8–7.6, from 223 m to 134 m.

How the 7.6 km splits

Flat

1.4 km

Climbing

1.8 km

Very steep climbing (15%+)

0.8 km

Descending

3.2 km

Very steep descending (15%+)

0.5 km

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