How hilly is your commute?

[Karlt]

14 mile each way, 600-1100' of ascent depending on route and direction (work is 200' lower than home)

 

[DCLane]

5 hills in, 6 back; I live on top of a hill and the university building's up a hill.

However, it very much depends on which route I take from Dewsbury to Leeds ... and at the moment it's not the direct way.

 

[RichK]

Flat as a pancake summer route is something like 20m of ascending in the morning & 50m of ascending on the way home.

 

[Karlt]

Flat as a pancake summer route is something like 20m of ascending in the morning & 50m of ascending on the way home.

Shutupshutupshutupshutupshutupshutupshutupshutupshutupshutupshutupshutup

 

[Gert Lush]

I ride over a bridge, does that count?

 

[Karlt]

I ride over a bridge, does that count?

Go via the Mendips.

 

[ChrisEyles]

4.85 miles with 510ft climbing most of the time - 'tis steep in places, but the downhills always put a smile on my face on the way home In Summer I sometimes take the scenic route home (will hopefully do so tonight) but am usually running late in the morning!

 

[Gert Lush]

Go via the Mendips.

I'm new so I think the Mendips are out for now!

And work is only 2 miles away anyway

 

[L Q]

Highest I get on the commute is 20 meters above sea level and only on the way home if I decide to climb michealgate will I get any form of climbing in.

So flat its untrue.

 

[jonny jeez]

Mine isn't too bad.

An elevation drop going in, way hey!

On the way home there's a dirty great steep hill at the end of the road from work which I always push the bike up because tackling it with cold legs and lungs feels horrible.

Same

Apart from.the pushing bit...tut tut

 

[Karlt]

This sod ^^^ is my first 3 miles home. The y-axis goes from 226' to 686'. It's why I work late, thinking about facing it. Pushing's not an option; would take a good hour.

 

[ianrauk]

My mornings commute. 20 miles, and as you can see, at just over 2½ miles in, there's ¼ mile of 12% climb, that get's the body warmed up. Followed by another 12% climb at 6½ miles. At the 13 mile mark is a 12% descent, a lovely drop out of Bromley and a nice cruise all the way to work.

For the trip home. 15 miles of gradual climbing, at mile 5½ is Bromley Hill which is a good old thigh & lung buster.

 

[Bazzer]

Not got my garmin with me but around 70 metres of elevation over 17 miles.
Apart from a motorway bridge, a railway bridge and an underpass, my steepest climb is probably a 4% er up to my parish church.

 

[BSRU]

I always use the following table to determine how hilly a ride has been:-

0-5m/km of climbing = flat
5-10m/km = rolling
10-15m/km = slightly hilly
15-20m/km = hilly
20-25m/km = very hilly
>25m/km = insanely hilly

 

[robjh]

I have several possible routes, but this is what google maps makes of one of them

Funnily enough it's the point that I've marked in red* that seems the steepest but that doesn't come out on the chart.
*the hill from Bubbenhall to Baginton, after the bridge over the young Avon. I expect @dave r will know this stretch.