Aberffrwd Hill
2372.5 m · net rise 237.4 m · total ascent 252.9 m · overall 10.0% · confidence: good · Aberffrwd · Ceredigion
Shape: sustained — 32% of the climbing sits in a quarter of the distance; longest continuous stretch at 10%+ is 226 m.
Found purely from mapping and LiDAR data, and not yet matched against books, race records or lists — it may be well known to locals under a name we've never heard. It was cross-checked against the OS road network, surface models and map tags, but a discovery can still be an artifact of the terrain model or the map. Treat it as a well-evidenced hypothesis until someone has ridden it. If you know this road, tell us what you found — photographs, corrections and local knowledge all welcome; the map links below let you scout it first.
≈ Overhead cover (tree canopy or structures) spans 29% of this route — detected by comparing the surface model (DSM, treetops and rooftops) against the terrain model (DTM, bare ground). Under cover the bare-ground model is built from fewer laser returns, so metre-scale readings can wobble; maxima whose window sits in a covered zone are marked ≈ below — less certain — the flag does not say whether the true value is higher or lower. Longer windows average over more clean ground and are steadier.
Gradient ladder what do windows mean?
| Window | Maximum | Located at | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2 m (diagnostic) | ≈39% | 1795–1797 m | under overhead cover terrain reads 58.3% at 156–158 m across a structure — excluded |
| 3 m (diagnostic) | ≈36% | 292–295 m | under overhead cover terrain reads 49.4% at 155–158 m across a structure — excluded |
| 5 m | ≈36% | 292–297 m | under overhead cover terrain reads 45.5% at 153–158 m across a structure — excluded |
| 10 m | ≈32% | 289–299 m | under overhead cover |
| 20 m | ≈27.3% | 292–312 m | under overhead cover |
| 25 m | ≈26.1% | 289–314 m | under overhead cover |
| 50 m | ≈21.1% | 262–312 m | under overhead cover |
| 100 m | ≈18.2% | 214–314 m | under overhead cover |
may_continue_beyond_end Extent detection suggests reviewing where this climb starts/ends.
Map
Check this route yourself: Google Maps route via their router · Street View at the base where coverage exists · geojson.io our exact measured line · OpenTopoMap
This climb's data: OCL JSON — the full gradient ladder, quality flags and provenance in the OpenClimb Ladder format.
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Provenance
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"sample_interval_m": 1.0,
"interpolation": "bilinear",
"smoothing": "none",
"gradient_windows_m": [
5.0,
10.0,
20.0,
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50.0,
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"diagnostic_windows_m": [
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],
"elevation_crs": "EPSG:27700",
"elevation_resolution_m": 1.0,
"elevation_tiles": [
"data/cache/wales/dtm_1m/wg_del_22_268278_20220114dtm.tif",
"data/cache/wales/dtm_1m/wg_del_22_269278_20220114dtm.tif",
"data/cache/wales/dtm_1m/wg_del_22_270278_20220114dtm.tif"
],
"calculated_at": "2026-08-12T09:12:11+00:00",
"road_source": "OpenStreetMap (local PBF extract)",
"road_attribution": "\u00a9 OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL",
"osm_pbf_path": "data/cache/pbf/wales-2026-08-11.osm.pbf",
"osm_snapshot": "2026-08-10T20:21:40Z",
"elevation_provider": "Welsh Government",
"elevation_dataset": "Welsh Government LiDAR 1m DTM (2020-2023)",
"elevation_licence": "Open Government Licence v3 \u2014 \u00a9 Crown copyright Welsh Government",
"elevation_catalogue_layer": "geonode:welsh_government_lidar_tile_catalogue_2020_2023",
"elevation_tile_ids": [
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],
"elevation_capture_dates": [
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],
"climb_origin": "discovered",
"notes": "Climbs the north side of Cwm Rheidol from near Aberffrwd \u2014 identified by Peter (previously mislabelled 'Capel Bangor to Pen-y-crug' by nearest-place auto-naming). Peter's local example, confirmed by regional LiDAR sweep: 2.3 km, 233 m gain. EXTENDED by graph walk: +1 segment(s) at base, +0 at top (stop: base=no_descending_continuation, top=no_ascending_continuation; min_avg=2.0%). Review before adopting."
}