Pico Veleta - 3294m.a.s.l. from Granada:
1. Directions:
How to get to Granada, where to stay, rent a bike or park the car, can be found here
2. Route description with suggestions for meal and/or water refueling stops:
Let's start the route according to the map;
- 8,5km: Cenes de la Vega (733m.a.s.l.) take the first exit at the roundabout onto A-4026 - signposted for Sierra Nevada;
- 9,1km: (754m.a.s.l.) go under the bridge and turn left onto A-395 - signposted for Sierra Nevada; the ascent begins;
- 22,7km: (1572m.a.s.l.) on the right side there is a gastronomic point Restaurante Las Viboras - a good place for coffee/lunch and refilling water bottles;
- 24,3km: (1655m.a.s.l.) turn left onto A-4025 - signposted for Güéjar Sierra;
- 31,8km: Collado de las Sabinas (2166m.a.s.l.) turn left onto A-395 - signposted for Zona Alta;
- 36,7km: Alto de la Sierra Nevada (2500m.a.s.l.) a place where many stages of Vuelta a Espana end; a good place for coffee - gastronomic point 'Hoya de la Mora';
- 47,4km: Pico Veleta (3294m.a.s.l.) destination achieved; you can go further up the gravel road as shown on the altitude profiles below;

The climb profile from Cenes de la Vega (9,1km) to Pico Veleta (47,4km) is available on: cyclingcols.com and climbfinder.com;

We go back the same way;
- 75km: (1450m.a.s.l.) turn left uphill - signposted for: Monachil;
- 75,8km: Collado del Muerto (1491m.a.s.l.) continue towards Monachil;
- 84,1km: Monachil (821m.a.s.l.) drinking water sources marked on mapy.cz; several gastronomic points; continue on GR-3202 road;
- 87,9km: Huétor Vega (728m.a.s.l.) turn onto A-4028 road and head towards the starting point;

- Alto de la Sierra Nevada Vuelta a Espana 2017 climb - stage 15 on YouTube channel Grande Del Peloton

Statistics related to Alto de la Sierra Nevada can be found on procyclingstats.com

   Download the route in: gpx

Statistics of the ascent to Pico Veleta:
- start at an altitude of 754m.a.s.l. (9,1km) finish at 3294m.a.s.l. (47,4km)
- total elevation difference: 2550m
- length of the climb: 38,3km
- average gradient: 6,7%
- max gradient on a 100m stretch: 14%

road to Pico Veleta in Google Street View: