Acequias del Poqueira
Loop Walk · Andalusia
500
XP
about 4 h 34 min walking
Recomendada en primavera, verano, otoño. Preparación adecuada, zona de alta montaña. El Barranco del Poqueira es la imagen más conocida de la Sierra Nevada alpujarreña y define la relación existente entre el paisaje natural y el humanizado
2196 m
1832 m
1467 m
Scroll along the route · tap the chart to find a point on the map
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.
Steep walk
Some very steep ground — marked on the map.
Climb
814 m
Drop
806 m
Highest
2147 m
Lowest
1484 m
Which way round
Clockwise: Climbs 26% for 650 m midway, comes down 17% for 1120 m near the end.
Anticlockwise: Climbs 17% for 1120 m early on, comes down 26% for 650 m midway.
Steep ground on both sides in similar amounts — go whichever way suits you.
Main descent: km 10.6–16.1, from 2140 m to 1487 m.
How the 16.1 km splits
Flat
2.9 km
Climbing
4.2 km
Very steep climbing (15%+)
1.8 km
Descending
4.4 km
Very steep descending (15%+)
2.8 km