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Electric Mountain / Elidir Fawr / Marchlyn Mawr from Brynrefail

5.0
1 review/story | Elevation profile | 3 photos
Electric Mountain / Elidir Fawr / Marchlyn Mawr from Brynrefail
Electric Mountain / Elidir Fawr / Marchlyn Mawr from Brynrefail
Electric Mountain / Elidir Fawr / Marchlyn Mawr from Brynrefail
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Elevation profile Electric Mountain / Elidir Fawr / Marchlyn Mawr from Brynrefail

Statistics

Difficulty points 515
Length 7.5 km
Average gradient 7.1%
Steepest 100 meters 15.6%
Total ascent 538m

Short recap

Beautiful scenery
1 hairpin turn
#4 toughest climb of Wales
#2 most elevation gain of Wales
#20 longest climb of Wales
#45 average steepest climb of Snowdonia
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Electric Mountain / Elidir Fawr / Marchlyn Mawr from Brynrefail is a climb in the region Gwynedd. It is 7.5km long and bridges 538 vertical meters with an average gradient of 7.1%, resulting in a difficulty score of 515. The top of the ascent is located at 637 meters above sea level. Climbfinder users shared 1 review/story of this climb and uploaded 3 photos.

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Electric Mountain / Elidir Fawr / Marchlyn Mawr from Brynrefail
Electric Mountain / Elidir Fawr / Marchlyn Mawr from Brynrefail
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Reviews (1)

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flavius222
1 y 5.0 00:38:53 (11.6km/h)

Lovely views from the top, gradient is a bit misleading because of the flat bit. The only downside is that you need to carry the bike over the gate, but at least there is no traffic at the last 2km or so.

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Climbing times

7 km/h 01:04:39
11 km/h 00:41:08
15 km/h 00:30:10
19 km/h 00:23:49

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