Wanlockhead Radar Road

lochindaal
lochindaal Posts: 475
edited March 2010 in Training, fitness and health
I was going to start doing some hill climb repeats at wanlockhead in April. My intention was to cycle up Mennock Pass to Wanlockhead then go up the road to the radar station. Are you allowed to cycle up the radar road at all times?
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  • rokkala
    rokkala Posts: 649
    Yea you can. Should be some fun hill repeats, thats about 8-9 miles of climbing each time :D
  • lochindaal
    lochindaal Posts: 475
    Cheers. 2-3 should do for some Etape training :?
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  • DaveyL
    DaveyL Posts: 5,167
    I've only ridden it once - the last km is bloody steep, maybe around 12% average? I seem to recall it drops for a bit in the middle as well. Nice to have a traffic free road to climb on though. Careful when dropping back down off the radar station - pretty steep and sketchy on the way down!
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  • Captain Fagor
    Captain Fagor Posts: 739
    Here's the altitude profile for three repeats of the Mennock Pass and the Radar climb.

    Sixty miles. 2100m of climbing.

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  • DaveyL
    DaveyL Posts: 5,167
    The descent looks steeper than the ascent. :shock:
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  • Dazza2280
    Dazza2280 Posts: 156
    its cos he's goin faster!!!! :roll:

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