Eastern and Central Serbia

Medium-difficulty route through eastern and central Serbia. The route passes through two national parks: Djerdap National Park and Kucaj-Beljanica National Park. The highest gradient category is second, the road is…

Muro di Sormano

With less than two kilometres in length, it has an average gradient of 17% but has sections in excess of 25%. When the climb featured in three editions of the…

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Gradients and elevation profiles

Hi Richard. I find the elevation profile display can be a pretty rough approximation to reality at times. I was looking at a hilly little loop which I was going…

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Elevation Data & Display

Hi Richard, I've noticed that when planning a route and using the display elevation tab the colours (indicating gradient) only change when I go to download the route. It can…

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Key to elevation chart

Hi all,  I am wondering if there is a key to the elevation chart that explains what the colours mean.  It appears that there is something more than obvious going…

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Feature request: coloured 2d elevation plot and key

Could the 2d elevation plots be coloured in like the 3d ones, please? The 3d ones often don't display on my mobile and I don't really need that much detail…

Cragg Vale hill climb

This is the official Cragg Vale hill climb route. There is a very gentle slope up to the start of this from the sign in Mytholmroyd but I time myself…

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Hill shading

On most topographic maps*, the shade used to reinforce relief assumes a light source at the North West (OpenCycleMap and OpenTopoMap are examples). Reality is otherwise, but this somehow is…

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Avoid Steep Gradients?

Hi! I recently managed to reduce the average gradient of a route by taking different path to the route. I was wondering if this might be a worthwhile addition to…

Forcella Lavardet gravel

Forcella Lavardet is a high mountain pass at an elevation of 1.547m (5,075ft) above the sea level, located in the province of Belluno, in the Italian region of Veneto. The…