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Llanberis Pass – Pen-y-Pass Climb

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Llanberis Pass – Pen-y-Pass Climb

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Llanberis Pass – Pen-y-Pass Climb

Name: Llanberis Pass – Pen-y-Pass Climb
Rating: 2

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Location: Llanberis, Gwynedd, North Wales, Wales, United Kingdom

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Best Road Cycling Rides to Llanberis Pass – Pen-y-Pass Climb

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1. Pen y Pass and Marchlyn Mawr climb loop from Llanberis — Parc Cenedlaethol Eryri / Snowdonia National Park

54.6km

02:57

1,000m

Hard road ride. Very good fitness required. Mostly well-paved surfaces and easy to ride.

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2. Brailsford Way loop from Caernarfon — Snowdonia National Park

74.7km

03:40

910m

Hard road ride. Very good fitness required. Mostly well-paved surfaces and easy to ride.

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3. Caernarfon from Betws-y-Coed loop — Parc Cenedlaethol Eryri / Snowdonia National Park

107km

05:27

1,430m

Hard road ride. Very good fitness required. Mostly well-paved surfaces and easy to ride.

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August 7, 2022

Awesome mountain road from Nant Peris in the west to the top of Pen-y-pass in the east. It's a long climb up from Nant Peris or an exciting descent in the other direction. The A4086 follows the Llanberis Pass with historically important rock climbing and bouldering on both sides. Snowdon is to the south and the Glyders to the north.
Café and shop at the car park at the top along with the YHA Pen-y-pass. There is a nice pub in Nant Peris and cafes and shops in Llanberis a bit further down the road,

Darren

May 18, 2018

Great on road downhill through Llanberris pass.

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March 25, 2024

Pen-y-Pass is the climb out of Llanberis on the A4086 up to the Pen-y-Pass lodge where several walking routes to the summit of Snowdon start from. The lodge helpfully is a decent cafe stop too as it happens.

The climb is a reasonably long one at 2.4 miles. There’s some lumps coming out of Llanberis but the climbing doesn’t really start until you’re through the village of Nant Peris. The climb from this point averages 6% to the top with a maximum grade of 10.2%. Early on, the grade sits at around 3-4%, a nice early warm-up for what’s about to come.

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Distance 4.88 km

Uphill 0 m

Downhill 260 m

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Location: Llanberis, Gwynedd, North Wales, Wales, United Kingdom

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Llanberis Pass – Pen-y-Pass Climb

1. Pen y Pass and Marchlyn Mawr climb loop from Llanberis — Parc Cenedlaethol Eryri / Snowdonia National Park

2. Brailsford Way loop from Caernarfon — Snowdonia National Park

3. Caernarfon from Betws-y-Coed loop — Parc Cenedlaethol Eryri / Snowdonia National Park

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