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Pico Peñalara (RV 02)

Linear Trail · Castile Leon

400

XP

about 2 h 1 min walking

Strenuous
5.23 km
Linear
3 h 50 min (I - V)

Ruta de ida y vuelta (tiempo y distancia sólo de ida). Pico más alto de la sierra de Guadarrama, con lo que en invierno es Alta Montaña que precisa medios técnicos y experiencia en Alta Montaña

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2464 m

2142 m

1819 m

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Heights: Copernicus DEM GLO-30 © DLR e.V. 2010–2014 and © Airbus Defence and Space GmbH 2014–2018, provided under COPERNICUS by the European Union and ESA.

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Route dataFuente: Organismo Autónomo Parques NacionalesCC BY 4.0 Comunidad de Madrid

Steep walk

Some very steep ground — marked on the map.

Climb

582 m

Drop

0 m

Highest

2420 m

Lowest

1834 m

Which way round

Uphill: Climbs 16% for 1180 m early on, no steep descents.

Downhill: No steep climbing, comes down 16% for 1180 m midway.

Shown as the climb. Turn it round for the descent.

Main climb: km 0.0–3.3, from 1834 m to 2263 m.

How the 5.2 km splits

Flat

0.3 km

Climbing

1.5 km

Steep climbing (10–15%)

0.9 km

Very steep climbing (15%+)

2.2 km

Descending

0.2 km

Link it with other walks

Circuito Peñalara

Starts here too · Shares 1.8 km of path · meets at km 0.0, 3.5

5.86 km

Zona del Zabala

Starts here too · Shares 1.6 km of path · meets at km 0.2

4.6 km

Puerto de Cotos

Starts here too · Shares 0.6 km of path · meets at km 0.0

12.8 km

Laguna Grande de Peñalara - RV7

Starts here too · Shares 0.4 km of path · meets at km 0.2

2.74 km

Laguna de Los Pájaros - RV8

Starts here too · Shares 0.4 km of path · meets at km 0.2

5.58 km

De Los Cotos a El Paular - RV01

Starts here too · Crosses at km 0.0

16.6 km

Circular Pingarrón, las Cerradillas y Camino de las Vueltas (RV 09)

Starts here too

9.31 km

Senda por las Cabezas de Hierro - PRM27

Starts here too

5.72 km

Puente de la Cantina-Puerto de Cotos

Crosses at km 0.0

5.61 km

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