Waldy Challenge 2025 - April - Hit those Hills

Welcome to April's Challenge

Time to get the climbing legs prepared for Tour by Bagging Some Cols. As always there is a mixture of familiar hills and some not so. Some will be covered on our Sunday rides, 4 will form the cornerstone of Luke’s Easter Monday Octopus and some will require you to travel to new places (although not that far away).

The list of Cols with their respective segments are below ranging from easy to very tough - you’ll need legs of steel to conquer them all.

Broomfield Hill - Broomfield Hill (London Dualathon) - 0.45km 6.4% 30m

St Anns Hill -  St Anns Hill - 0.54 km long 6.7% average gradient 36m ascent

Crimp Hill - Crimp Hill The Climb-TFPS - 1.35km 4.0% 48m

Chalk Lane - Chalk Lane - 1.15km 4.7% 55m

Hazelwood Lane Chipstead Hazelwood Lane Chipstead 1.19km 5.9% 71m

Cormongers Ln Climb Cormongers Ln Climb 1.27km 6.5% 84m

Box Hill - OFFICIAL 100Climbs No14 Box Hill - 2.4km 4.7% 116m

Shere Road - Lotus Garage Lumpy Climb - 2.75km 3.9% 107m

Henhurst Lane - Henhurst Lane - 2.45km 5.1% 132m

Tanhurst Lane - Tanhurst Lane (Full) - 1.5km 6.7% 105m

Coldharbor Lane - Coldharbour Lane - 3.1km 7.1% 230m

Leith Hill - Leith Hill as used for Kingston Wheelers - 1.4km 8.0% 115m

The points are, climb (at whatever pace suits you):

Any 3 cols 1pt

Any 6 cols 2pts

Any 9 cols 3pts

All 12 cols 4 pts

Most vertical meters climbed in April earns an extra point - one for men, one for women.

A maximum of 5 points can be obtained.

Bonus points claimed are on an honesty basis and input into the google spreadsheet via the website. Navigate to the Waldy Challenge page and in the middle right of the page, press add bonuses; you will then be taken to the google sheet. 

Get in touch with your challenge master Luke Phillips if you need help entering your scores or want to query any levels. 

p.s. for anybody wondering what bagging a col means - it means riding up a hill.