Sierra de Lújar from Olías

Sierra de Lújar from Olías is a climb in the region Andalusia. It is 7.6 mi long and bridges 3786 ft of vertical ascent with an average gradient of 9.5%, resulting in a difficulty score of 1152. The top of the ascent is located at 6138 ft above sea level. Climbfinder users shared 1 review/story of this climb and uploaded 2 photos.

Road name: Lugar Olías

4.0 by lukoslaw

This is an automatic translation, the original language is: English.

I have mixed feelings about this climb. During the ascent, I kept asking myself what I was doing here on my new Conti GP5000 :) I’d say about 3/4 of the road is very poor-quality asphalt, and the remaining 1/4 is gravel. It’s a climb that can be done on a road bike, but a gravel bike would be a much better choice. If you prefer perfectly smooth asphalt, which is plentiful in the area, I’d probably skip this one. However, if you’ve already conquered most of the climbs and enjoy adven... read more