diff --git a/tools/brouter-web/baldav-custom.js b/tools/brouter-web/baldav-custom.js
index d4417e0..8eb8a97 100644
--- a/tools/brouter-web/baldav-custom.js
+++ b/tools/brouter-web/baldav-custom.js
@@ -30,6 +30,18 @@
       // elevation SVG axis text (was black on dark)
       "body.bw-dark #elevation-chart text,body.bw-dark #elevation-chart .tick text,body.bw-dark #elevation-chart .axis text{fill:#dfe3e8!important}",
       "body.bw-dark #elevation-chart .tick line,body.bw-dark #elevation-chart .domain,body.bw-dark #elevation-chart path.grid,body.bw-dark #elevation-chart line{stroke:#3a4048!important}",
+      // hover tooltip on the elevation chart (.focusbox): its rect is white and our
+      // .elevation text rule turned the text light — light-on-light, unreadable. Give the
+      // box a dark ground and keep the text light. Same for the on-line height label.
+      "body.bw-dark .focusbox rect{fill:rgba(32,36,42,.92)!important;stroke:#667!important}",
+      "body.bw-dark .focusbox,body.bw-dark .focusbox text{fill:#dfe3e8!important}",
+      "body.bw-dark .height-focus.label rect{fill:rgba(32,36,42,.9)!important;stroke:#667!important}",
+      "body.bw-dark .height-focus.label text{fill:#dfe3e8!important}",
+      // guide lines/markers were near-black (#141414) — invisible on the dark chart
+      "body.bw-dark .focusLine line,body.bw-dark .height-focus.line{stroke:#aab4be!important}",
+      "body.bw-dark .height-focus.circle{stroke:#20242a!important}",
+      // lift the on-map hover box above the route so it doesn't cover the line (both themes)
+      ".height-focus.label{transform:translateY(-42px)}",
       // right vertical sidebar tab strip (layers/settings/data/stats icons)
       "body.bw-dark .leaflet-sidebar-tabs,body.bw-dark .leaflet-sidebar-tabs>ul,body.bw-dark .leaflet-sidebar-tabs li,body.bw-dark .leaflet-sidebar-tabs li a{background:#20242a!important;color:#dfe3e8!important}",
       "body.bw-dark .leaflet-sidebar-tabs li.active a,body.bw-dark .leaflet-sidebar-tabs li a:hover{background:#2b3038!important;color:#fff!important}",
@@ -88,15 +100,129 @@
     try { localStorage.setItem("baldav_bw_overlays_v1", "1"); } catch (e) {}
     return true;
   }
+  // --- Route colored by slope, BalDav palette (task: paint the route by gradient, not
+  // elevation). brouter-web's "Route quality" overlay uses a HotLineQualityProvider; its
+  // `incline` provider colors by SIGNED incline in degrees (blue→green→red). We repoint it
+  // at |grade %| with BalDav's discrete bands (green→yellow→red→brown→black, ≥10% black).
+  // The provider reads hotlineOptions.{min,max,palette} and valueFunction directly at draw
+  // time (computeLayers → L.hotline), so mutating them is enough. Registered via addInitHook
+  // BEFORE the control is constructed, so the very first draw already uses our palette.
+  var BANDS = ["#2e7d32","#7cb342","#aeea00","#ffeb3b","#ffc107","#ff9800","#ff5722","#e53935","#b71c1c","#6d4c41","#000000"];
+  function slopePalette() {
+    // step function over normalized [0,1] == grade 0..10%: band k holds across [k,k+1)%
+    var p = {}, eps = 0.0009;
+    for (var k = 0; k < 10; k++) { p[k / 10] = BANDS[k]; p[(k + 1) / 10 - eps] = BANDS[k]; }
+    p[1] = BANDS[10];
+    return p;
+  }
+  function slopeValue(cur, prev) {
+    if (!cur || !prev) return 0;
+    var d = prev.distanceTo(cur); if (!d) return 0;
+    return Math.abs(100 * (((cur.alt) || 0) - ((prev.alt) || 0)) / d); // |grade %|
+  }
+  // White+black casing under the colored line so it reads on any background. leaflet-hotline
+  // has only ONE outlineColor, so we render the colored core thin (no built-in outline) and
+  // add two plain polylines beneath it in a dedicated pane below the hotline pane: a wide
+  // black one and a narrower white one — black rim, white rim, colored core.
+  var CASE_PANE = "baldavCasingPane";
+  function ensureCasingPane() {
+    var m = window.BR && BR.__map;
+    if (!m) return null;
+    if (!m.getPane(CASE_PANE)) {
+      m.createPane(CASE_PANE);
+      var p = m.getPane(CASE_PANE);
+      if (p) p.style.zIndex = 449; // routingQualityPane is 450 → casings sit just under it
+    }
+    return m.getPane(CASE_PANE) ? CASE_PANE : null;
+  }
+  function makeCasings(segments) {
+    var pane = ensureCasingPane(), out = [];
+    for (var i = 0; segments && i < segments.length; i++) {
+      var seg = segments[i], r;
+      if (!seg || !seg.getLatLngs) continue;
+      if (null !== (r = seg._routing) && void 0 !== r && r.beeline) continue; // skip beelines, as brouter does
+      var lls = seg.getLatLngs();
+      var base = { opacity: 1, interactive: false, lineCap: "round", lineJoin: "round" };
+      if (pane) base.pane = pane;
+      out.push(L.polyline(lls, L.extend({}, base, { color: "#000000", weight: 12 })));
+      out.push(L.polyline(lls, L.extend({}, base, { color: "#ffffff", weight: 8 })));
+    }
+    return out;
+  }
+  function applySlopeProvider(ctrl) {
+    try {
+      var pr = ctrl && ctrl.providers && ctrl.providers.incline && ctrl.providers.incline.provider;
+      if (!pr || !pr.hotlineOptions) return false;
+      pr.hotlineOptions.min = 0;
+      pr.hotlineOptions.max = 10;
+      pr.hotlineOptions.palette = slopePalette();
+      pr.hotlineOptions.weight = 4;       // thin colored core over the casings
+      pr.hotlineOptions.outlineWidth = 0; // no built-in outline; casings provide it
+      pr.valueFunction = slopeValue;
+      ctrl._initialProvider = "incline";
+      ctrl.selectedProvider = "incline";
+      // Prepend black+white casings to whatever hotlines the provider computes (added first
+      // = under the colored line). Wrap once.
+      if (!pr.__baldavCased && typeof pr.computeLayers === "function") {
+        var orig = pr.computeLayers.bind(pr);
+        pr.computeLayers = function (segments) {
+          var hotlines = orig(segments);
+          try { return makeCasings(segments).concat(hotlines); } catch (e) { return hotlines; }
+        };
+        pr.__baldavCased = true;
+      }
+      return true;
+    } catch (e) { return false; }
+  }
+  var rqHooked = false, mapHooked = false;
+  function registerRouteQuality() {
+    // Capture the map instance as it's created (needed to make the casing pane).
+    if (!mapHooked && window.L && L.Map && L.Map.addInitHook) {
+      mapHooked = true;
+      L.Map.addInitHook(function () { window.BR = window.BR || {}; BR.__map = this; });
+    }
+    if (rqHooked) return;
+    if (!(window.BR && BR.RoutingPathQuality && BR.RoutingPathQuality.addInitHook)) return;
+    rqHooked = true;
+    BR.RoutingPathQuality.addInitHook(function () { applySlopeProvider(this); BR.__quality = this; });
+  }
+  // Best-effort: auto-enable the "Route quality" overlay so the route shows slope out of the
+  // box. Its checkbox label is localized (locale files), so match a few languages; if it
+  // isn't found the palette override still applies once the user turns it on (button / key C).
+  function enableRouteQuality() {
+    try { if (localStorage.getItem("baldav_bw_rq_v1") === "1") return true; } catch (e) {}
+    var labels = document.querySelectorAll("#layers-control-wrapper label, .leaflet-control-layers-overlays label");
+    if (!labels.length) return false;
+    var re = /route.?quality|streckenqualit|качеств/i, done = false;
+    labels.forEach(function (lab) {
+      if (!re.test((lab.textContent || ""))) return;
+      var cb = lab.querySelector("input[type=checkbox]") || lab.control || (lab.htmlFor && document.getElementById(lab.htmlFor));
+      if (cb && cb.type === "checkbox" && !cb.checked) { cb.click(); }
+      done = true;
+    });
+    if (done) { try { localStorage.setItem("baldav_bw_rq_v1", "1"); } catch (e) {} }
+    return done;
+  }
+
   function init() {
+    registerRouteQuality();
     injectStyle();
     apply();
     var tries = 0;
     var iv = setInterval(function () {
       tries++;
       var b = addButton(); var o = setDefaultOverlays();
-      if ((b && o) || tries > 60) clearInterval(iv);
+      // If the control got built before our hook (shouldn't, but be safe), patch it live.
+      if (window.BR && BR.__quality && !BR.__quality.__baldavSlope) {
+        if (applySlopeProvider(BR.__quality)) BR.__quality.__baldavSlope = true;
+      }
+      var q = enableRouteQuality();
+      if ((b && o && q) || tries > 60) clearInterval(iv);
     }, 500);
   }
+  // Register the route-quality hook AT SCRIPT-EXECUTION TIME (bw.js has already defined
+  // BR.RoutingPathQuality by now, and the control is only constructed later on DOM ready) —
+  // so the slope palette is in place before its first draw.
+  registerRouteQuality();
   if (document.readyState !== "loading") init(); else document.addEventListener("DOMContentLoaded", init);
 })();