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Pico Veleta / Alto de la Sierra Nevada via Collado de las Sabinas

4.8
4 reviews | Elevation profile | 5 photos
This climb is partly on a gravel surface, but can be ridden with a road bike.
Pico Veleta / Alto de la Sierra Nevada via Collado de las Sabinas
Pico Veleta / Alto de la Sierra Nevada via Collado de las Sabinas
Pico Veleta / Alto de la Sierra Nevada via Collado de las Sabinas
Pico Veleta / Alto de la Sierra Nevada via Collado de las Sabinas
Pico Veleta / Alto de la Sierra Nevada via Collado de las Sabinas
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Elevation profile Pico Veleta / Alto de la Sierra Nevada via Collado de las Sabinas
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Statistics

Difficulty points 1948
Length 39.6 km
Average gradient 6.7%
Steepest 100 meters 14.7%
Total ascent 2658m

Short recap

Famous climb
40 hairpin turns
Gravel
#26 toughest climb of Europe
#4 most elevation gain of Europe
#34 longest climb of Europe
#97 average steepest climb of Andalusia
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Pico Veleta / Alto de la Sierra Nevada via Collado de las Sabinas is a climb in the region Sierra Nevada. It is 39.6km long and bridges 2658 vertical meters with an average gradient of 6.7%, resulting in a difficulty score of 1948. The top of the ascent is located at 3384 meters above sea level. Climbfinder users shared 4 reviews of this climb and uploaded 5 photos.

Road name: A-395

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Pico Veleta / Alto de la Sierra Nevada via Collado de las Sabinas
Pico Veleta / Alto de la Sierra Nevada via Collado de las Sabinas
Pico Veleta / Alto de la Sierra Nevada via Collado de las Sabinas
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Reviews (4)

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wernerdr
1 Mo 4.0
This is an automatic translation, the original language is: French. Show original

This version via the A4025 (towards Colorado de Las Sabina's) is nicer than the one via the A395 all the way, I think. Still, it's very hard overall because of the distance. The last km doesn't seem feasible on a normal bike route.

Cette version par le A4025 (vers Colorado de Las Sabina's) est plus jolie que celle par A395 sur toute la durée, je pense. Très dure quand même globalement a cause de la distance. Le dernier km me semble pas faisable sur un route de vélo normal.

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Renelus
1 y 5.0
This is an automatic translation, the original language is: Dutch. Show original

What a great climb, and what an experience. The climb is very long but doable, even though it is nowhere flat. After the barrier the road gets worse and worse, also the weather turned and there was a lot of rain and fog, making it a bit more ''exciting'. Unfortunately could see little of the view.

Wat een geweldige klim, en wat een ervaring. De klim is erg lang maar goed te doen, ook al is het nergens vlak. Na de slagboom word de weg steeds slechter, ook sloeg het weer om en was er veel regen en mist, waardoor het nog wat ''spannender' was. Helaas weinig van het uitzicht kunnen zien door het slecht weer. Wees goed voorbereid het kan spoken op de top.

Pico Veleta / Alto de la Sierra Nevada via Collado de las Sabinas
Pico Veleta / Alto de la Sierra Nevada via Collado de las Sabinas
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Renevdw
3 y 5.0
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Beautiful but especially long climb, views are fabulous. Last part is very bad and actually not doable on the thin tires.

Mooie maar vooral lange klim, vergezichten zijn fabuleus. Laatste stuk is erg slecht en eigenlijk niet te doen op de dunne banden.

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ShortyZeist
4 y 5.0 03:30:33 (11.3km/h)
This is an automatic translation, the original language is: Dutch. Show original

Really a fantastic climb, especially in spring when many Dutch pros are training here. A climb for the long haul because it is over 40 km up with almost no flat spots. Temperature rose in May from 28 degrees in Granada to freezing at the top. Last part of the road is very bad, especially because there is ice between the pieces of tarmac. But where do you climb 2500 meters

Echt een fantastisch klim, vooral in het voorjaar sls veel Nederlandse profs hier ook aan het trainen zijn. Wel een klim voor de lange adem want het is meer dan 40 km omhoog met bijna geen vlak stukje. Temperatuur steeg in mei van 28 graden in Granada naar vriespunt op de top. Laatste stuk weg is erg slecht vooral omdst er ijs ligt tussen de brokken asfalt. Maar waar klim je dik 2500 meter

Pico Veleta / Alto de la Sierra Nevada via Collado de las Sabinas
Pico Veleta / Alto de la Sierra Nevada via Collado de las Sabinas
Pico Veleta / Alto de la Sierra Nevada via Collado de las Sabinas
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Climbing times

7 km/h 05:39:38
11 km/h 03:36:07
15 km/h 02:38:29
19 km/h 02:05:07

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