The Shelf Climb (100 Greatest Cycling Climbs #86)

Llanfair Dyffryn Clwyd

The Shelf Climb (100 Greatest Cycling Climbs #86)

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The Shelf Climb (100 Greatest Cycling Climbs #86)

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Clwydian Range and Dee Valley National Landscape

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Location: Llanfair Dyffryn Clwyd, Denbighshire, North Wales, Wales, United Kingdom

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August 13, 2022

Road cycling

A great climb from the B5429 above Ruthin onto the southern end of the Clwydian Range of hills. It tops out at about 340m above sea level just east of Moel y Waun at 412m. The climb starts at 82m so it's 258m of ascent in about 5km.
Best ascended rather than descended as the road surface isn't great so you wouldn't want to go very fast anyway.

Shallam01

April 19, 2019

Road cycling

I highly recommend getting to Ruthin first from wrexham. The road up is hard to minera but there are some quiet options. Once past llandegla mountain bike centre the road is flowing and then You get the amazing nant y Garth pass, a swoopy, fast downhill into Ruthin. Stop there for a cake then take the road out past the hospital which takes you up to the shelf. From there you get some great options to head for llanarmon or llandegla. Finally there is an amazing downhill on the Ruthin road from bwlchgwyn all the way back to wrexham.

Lol Pro And Her Dog 🇬🇧 🐕🌻

April 7, 2024

Road cycling

This one is 100 Greatest Cycling Climbs #86, and is located near the Wales cycling hub of Ruthin. If you're traveling to do climbs in this area, you can use Ruthin as your home base. The Shelf cycling climb has some nice open views of rangeland as you climb and is comfortable throughout, with an average 5.4% and maximum grade of only 8.6% for the steepest kilometer.

5.4% average grade with 51% at 5-10% grade and 4% at 10-15%. The steepest 500 meters is 8.5%.