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Pico de Veleta from Hoya de la Mora — Sierra Nevada National Park

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Spain

Andalusia

Granada

Comarca de la Vega de Granada

Güejar Sierra

Pico de Veleta from Hoya de la Mora — Sierra Nevada National Park

Hard

4.8

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Pico de Veleta from Hoya de la Mora — Sierra Nevada National Park

02:08

23.6km

880m

Cycling

Hard bike ride. Very good fitness required. Some segments of this route may be unpaved and difficult to ride. The starting point of the route is right next to a parking lot.

Last updated: June 7, 2024

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37 m

Hoya de la Mora

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La Hoya de la Mora is the highest point that can be reached by vehicle to climb the Veleta peak. In this place, there is a large parking lot and a bus stop.

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The northern part of the Sierra Nevada – where the ski area is located – may have nothing in common with the pristine southern slopes, but this region also has its charm – especially when the magnificent descent on smooth asphalt down into the valley awaits you.

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Pico Veleta viewpoint

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Pico del Veleta ("Weather vane") is the third highest peak of the Iberian peninsula and the second highest in the Sierra Nevada. Its height is given variously between 3,394 metres (11,135 ft) and 3,398 metres (11,148 ft).The mountain can be seen from the city of Granada. Veleta's northern slopes are home to the Sierra Nevada Ski Station. The access road to approximately 10 metres below the summit is the highest paved road in Europe. This road across the mountains from Granada to the western Alpujarras was built before the creation of the Sierra Nevada National Park in 1999. It has since been closed to general traffic beyond Hoya de la Mora, just above the ski station. However, the road is still used by ski station employees, national park rangers, observatory staff, cyclists and walkers, and a microbus service also takes hikers up to Posiciones del Veleta, a viewpoint 3,100 metres above sea level.

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Pico del Veleta

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Heaven close

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Sierra Nevada

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Sierra Nevada is the highest mountain range in western Europe after the Alps, with incredible Cols and landscapes to ride and the Europe's southernmost Sky resort.

The city center of Granada is just at 45km from the top of Pico Veleta (3.394m), considered one of the longest, hardest and most challenging climbs in the world, completely cyclable by this North side through the highest paved road in Europe.

The South climb to Pico Veleta starts from the village of Capileira, located at La Alpujarra. This off-road climb, without technical difficulties beyond the elevation and the mountain weather, includes some small shelters over 3.000m height (La Caldera, Villavientos and La Carihuela), although due to the snowfields the route is only cyclable in summer.

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21.6 km

1.97 km

< 100 m

Surfaces

21.6 km

1.97 km

< 100 m

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Saturday 30 May

21°C

9°C

5 %

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