Altoona, PA · mostly separated · gravel
Bells Gap Trail
5-mile gravel route with 1050 ft of elevation gain, signed as part of the local cycle network, route reference “BGT”, mostly separated from motor traffic.
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Today's verdict
Workable day to get the road bike out.
61 /100
good
61 Road
73 E-bike
Best for e-bike riding today
Route map
Orange marker is the start. Click the map to enable scroll-zoom — the polyline is approximate; use Ride with GPS or Komoot for turn-by-turn.
Atmosphere
- Air temp75°FClear
- Wind— mphNW
- Rain0%Next 24h: 0.13"
- Humidity65%
Surface & daylight
- Pavementdrygravel surface
- Sunrise6:50 AM
- Sunset7:30 PM161 min remaining
Best time today
5 PM looks best — 79°F · 2 mph NW wind · sunny. 6 PM is a close second (61/100).
79°
Sunny
2 mph NW
61
77°
Mostly Clear
2 mph N
61
75°
Mostly Clear
1 mph N
61
Wind on this route
Calm — wind is a non-factor today.
Currently 0 mph from the N (0°). Relative to this ride's overall bearing, a quartering headwind.
- Leg 1 Bearing 308° · quartering headwind 0.4 mi
- Leg 2 Bearing 311° · quartering headwind 0.4 mi
- Leg 3 Bearing 333° · headwind 0.4 mi
- Leg 4 Bearing 341° · headwind 0.4 mi
- Leg 5 Bearing 311° · quartering headwind 0.4 mi
- Leg 6 Bearing 348° · headwind 0.3 mi
- Leg 7 Bearing 36° · quartering headwind 0.4 mi
- Leg 8 Bearing 240° · quartering tailwind 0.3 mi
Elevation profile
Score breakdown
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75°F air Within comfort range, outside ideal
-3 +
Pavement: dry Clean dry pavement — maximum grip.
+4 About this route
- Distance
- 5 mi one-way (double for round-trip)
- Elevation gain
- 1050 ft
- Surface
- gravel
- Shape
- Out-and-back
- Traffic exposure
- mostly separated
- Activities
- road cycling · e bike
- Cycle network
- LCN · route BGT
- Start
40.6148, -78.3644- City hub
- Altoona, PA
- OSM
- relation 162557
Description sourced from OpenStreetMap relation tags and member-way geometry.