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Bwlch Mountain Climb from Treorchy

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Bwlch Mountain Climb from Treorchy

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Bwlch Mountain Climb from Treorchy

Name: Bwlch Mountain Climb from Treorchy
Rating: 2

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Location: Treorchy, Rhondda Cynon Taf, South Wales, Wales, United Kingdom

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1. Bwlch Climb from Porthcawl loop

70.9km

03:21

900m

Moderate road ride. Good fitness required. Mostly well-paved surfaces and easy to ride.

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2. Bwlch climb & loop from Sarn

43.9km

02:15

750m

740m

Moderate road ride. Good fitness required. Mostly well-paved surfaces and easy to ride.

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3. Aberdulais Stone Bridge – Rhigos Climb Viewpoint loop from Pyle

103km

04:59

1,270m

Hard road ride. Very good fitness required. Some segments of this route may be unpaved and difficult to ride.

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Mitchenall

December 7, 2021

Think this is my favourite way up the Bwlch. There's pretty much always a view. Road surface is good. Drivers give space. Sheep tend to stay out of the road. One of the climbs that helped me make choice to move back to the valleys to have on my doorstep. Didn't get to on the 2020 Dragon Ride, as would've need lights by the time I got there, that I'd charged, then forgot to put on the bike :-( 2022, it's going to go better :-D

Dragon Ride

August 27, 2020

The shortest of the three ways up The Bwlch, the route from Treorchy is arguably the most beautiful and I have to say my favourite. It may not be quite as tough statistically as the southern flank but the scenery is just majestic.

As you rise out of the valley you catch sight of the road high above making its way up the mountainside, a daunting view for tired legs but don’t let the mind gremlins get the better of you, just get stuck in.

The initial stretch is straight and steep and is the hardest part as there are no deviations to take your mind off the climbing. The first change in direction comes after two kilometres where the road bends 90 degrees right and begins to twist into the wonderful rugged landscape.

A kilometre later comes the tight left hand hairpin, which delivers you into the long sweeping bend to the T-junction. Here turn right and continue to climb up between the high rocks to the summit which is still a couple of tough kilometres away.

yuzosaito

June 9, 2019

Nice steady climb with a view, stunning!

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Distance 6.78 km

Uphill 360 m

Downhill 30 m

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Location: Treorchy, Rhondda Cynon Taf, South Wales, Wales, United Kingdom

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Bwlch Mountain Climb from Treorchy

1. Bwlch Climb from Porthcawl loop

2. Bwlch climb & loop from Sarn

3. Aberdulais Stone Bridge – Rhigos Climb Viewpoint loop from Pyle

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