Pico de las Nieves - 1936m from Las Palmas:
1. Directions:
How to get to Las Palmas, 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;
- 0km: Las Palmas (33m) we enter Paseo de Chil onto a comfortable bike path;
- 3,9km: El Risco de San Nicolas (29m) end of the bike path, continue straight onto Av Primero de Mayo;
- 4,3km: (34m) make a gentle right onto C. Bernardino Correa Viera;
- 4,8km: (24m) enter Carretera del Centro; the climb begins, initially with a slight incline;
- 11,8km: (342m) at the second roundabout, take the second exit and keep to the right after 100m, entering GC-111;
- 14km: Monte Lentiscal (443m) at the first roundabout, take the first exit onto GC-15 - road sign: Santa Brigida;
- 17,9km: Santa Brigida (514m) dining options, grocery store; continue on GC-15;
- 25,3km: Vega de San Mateo (826m) dining options;
- 38,5km: Cruz de Tejeda (1510m) the first destination reached; Mirador de Cruz de Tejeda;viewpoint; dining options - a great place for coffee; enter GC-150 on the right; road sign: Pico Las Nieves;

The climb profile from Las Palmas (4,8km) to Cruz de Tejeda (38,5km) is available on: climbfinder.com;

- 41km: (1550m) a viewpoint Mirador Degollada de Becerra on the right side;
- 43,4km: Cruz de los Llanos(1720m) continue straight on GC-130, road sign: Pico Las Nieves;
- 45,6km (1876m) turn right onto GC-134, direction: Pico de las Nieves;
- 47km Pico de las Nieves (1936m) the destination reached;

The climb profile from Cruz de Tejeda (38,5km) to Pico de las Nieves (47km) is available on: cyclingcols.com;

To return to Cruz de los Llanos, we follow the same road:
- 50,5km: Cruz de los Llanos (1723m) keep right, entering GC-600; road sign: San Mateo and Las Palmas GC;
- 56,9km: (1243m) turn right onto GC-15; road sign: San Mateo and Las Palmas GC; for 14km, descend the same road we used to ascend to Cruz de Tejeda;
- 71km: Santa Brigida (505m) turn left onto GC-320;
- 77,6km: (309m) turn right onto GC-310;
- 78,6km: (345m) at the second roundabout, take the second exit onto GC-110; road sign: Las Palmas GC; continue on the same road to return to the starting point/accommodation/bike rental;

   Download the route in: gpx

Statistics of the ascent to Cruz de Tejeda:
- start at an altitude of 24m (4,8km) finish at 1510m (38,5km)
- total elevation difference: 1556m
- length of the climb: 33,7km
- average gradient: 4,6%
- max gradient on a 100m stretch: 8,8%

road to Cruz de Tejeda in Google Street View:

Statistics of the ascent to Pico de las Nieves:
- start at an altitude of 1510m (38,5km) finish at 1936m (47km)
- total elevation difference: 426m
- length of the climb: 8,5km
- average gradient: 6,4%
- max gradient on a 100m stretch: 12%

road to Pico de las Nieves in Google Street View: