The Best Alpine Climbing Trails in Spain

Covadonga loop day 1: Lago Enol to mirador de Ordiales and refugio Vegarredonda, Picos de Europa, Spain September 2015

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omriqo1

Distance

11.07mi

Elevation +

2867f

TrailRank

34

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7 hours, 14km, ~1000m climb. Mirador de Ordiales is a view point on the (west) edge of the mountain range, offering great views of the valey at the bottom. Over all a great "green" hike (even in the end of September) wi...

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Port de Pollença Ridge Loop

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Aviva.laub

Distance

4.27mi

Elevation +

1772f

TrailRank

33| 5.0

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Penyal Roig, Puig Morral, Coll de la Clo and Penyal del Migdia. Beautiful, fun route. Missed the direct way up Penyal del Migdia at the end so did an out and back from the other side to include that summit.

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Picos de Europa; Pan de carmen - Mirador de Ordiales - Cotalba

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Nigel Burch

Distance

11.36mi

Elevation +

3396f

TrailRank

33

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This is one of the classic walks in the Picos de Europa, and gives an excellent feel of the higher mountains landscape as well as stunning views most of the way. At the Ordiales viewpoint there is a sheer 1000 m drop ove...

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Pic Russell (3207m)

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Th3t1s

Distance

7.36mi

Elevation +

4052f

TrailRank

33

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Nice route to climb the most eastern summit of the Maladeta mountains. We splitted it in 2 days, sleeping at Ibón de Llosás. This produced an elevation gain of 500m for the first day and 700m for the second one. Even if ...

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Fataga - Degollada de la Cerca - Arteara

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loghevi

Distance

8.02mi

Elevation +

2579f

TrailRank

32

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Huhh, that was definitely one of the hardest treks I've done in Gran Canaria. But it is so wonderful, so impressive! Epic trail! The ascent part is very technical, full with climbs. The surface is simply perfect for cl...

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Beciberri Sud + Pic d'Abellers - Spring (Snow after the hood)

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Marc Rafanell

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Distance

11.02mi

Elevation +

5535f

TrailRank

32

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We did the hike in one day from the parking to the hood (around 2.5h), then from the hood to the peaks (around 5h), and back to the car (around 3.5h with a nice stop in the lake included). The hike was especially tough ...

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Calcorreando da Praia ao Pico do Teide (Trilho 0-4)

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calcorreando

Distance

18.91mi

Elevation +

12231f

TrailRank

32

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em 20 de Janeiro de 2012 Very Difficult track from 0 (zero Altitude) to 3718m Altitude in one day!!! Have to be in very good physical conditions! Be aware that only place to spend the night is at 3260m Altitude!!! (al...

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Majalijar 02/02/2011 09:46

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emilio cervilla

Distance

12.78mi

Elevation +

3291f

TrailRank

32

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Ascent of Tiatordos from Taranes

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Nigel Burch

Distance

13.14mi

Elevation +

5774f

TrailRank

32

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Tiatordos is the emblematic mountain of Ponga and there are two main ways of climbing it; the easier route starting from Pendones in the borough of Caso or the more demanding route starting from Taranes in Ponga when it’...

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Picos de Europa; Ascento of Canto Cabronero from Soto de Sajambre

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Nigel Burch

Distance

9.54mi

Elevation +

3665f

TrailRank

32

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A lovely walk starting from the Village of Soto de Sajambre on the south west side of the Picos. The walk starts along the track of the “Archdeacons walk” and then goes up through some lovely pastures with a little scram...

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2019-07-18 Robiñera

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cdas56

Distance

7.27mi

Elevation +

4626f

TrailRank

32

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Start time: 06:41 18 Jul 2019Finish time: 15:46 18 Jul 2019Distance: 11.7 km (09:05)Moving time: 05:00Average speed: 1.29 km/hAvg. Speed Mov.: 2.34 km/hMax. speed: 7.95 km/hMinimum altitude: 1663 mMaximum altitude: 3001 ...

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Sierra espuña

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vidiyar

Distance

6.65mi

Elevation +

955f

TrailRank

30

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Was meaning to the whole circular walk but my wife was suffering so had to come back the same way. The views re great and the walk is easy.

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Pedraforca. Climbing to Pedraforca Summit

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sonajero25

Distance

5.07mi

Elevation +

3422f

TrailRank

30

This is not a circular trail. You can leave one car in Mirador de Gresoltet (Beggining) and another in Gosol town (end). It is a very crowded trail, but do not underestimate it. The first part, up to the coll de Verde...

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Posets circuit and climb: 4. Ángel Orús to Viadós

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stevecracknell

Distance

8.13mi

Elevation +

2480f

TrailRank

30

Day 4 of the 4-day circular walk around the Posets (with the summit on Day 3). The path up to and down from the Collado de Griste (also known as the Collado de la Forqueta) is covered with small gravel, which makes progr...

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Cingle des Niu des Voltor

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maxw1nter

Distance

3.29mi

Elevation +

1083f

TrailRank

30

Maybe the best views of Torrent de Pareis / S'Entreforc. This difficult route starts at 'Nu de sa Corbata' / road to sa Calobra. High grass and an overall dense vegetation make it very hard to find and follow this old...

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Batlem - Torrent des Arrancar - Sa Talaia Moreia - Pas des Torres - Xibiu des Coll des Vent - Batlem

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Ani_eska

Distance

9.76mi

Elevation +

1850f

TrailRank

30

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⬆️ Moderate. Waypoints easy to see. ⬇️ Difficult. Steep, rocky and lots of tall grass. ⛔🐕 👩‍🏫 please, check the difficulty description in bio

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S’Estanyol coast & hike (kid friendly)

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Cristyn Jenkins

Distance

3.73mi

Elevation +

505f

TrailRank

30

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Route that combines caminos, forest paths, beaches and coastal paths. Walked with kids of varying ages (3-9) and they managed well. Older ones carried in carriers part of the way. There are 166 steps mid way through! ...

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Puig Almeretz

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Josh Nicholzon

Distance

11.50mi

Elevation +

3376f

TrailRank

30

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This route was made by myself, I followed what felt right so there are a few tricky areas of decent, once of which is a down climb and not for the faint hearted. Of course there are alternative ways down but this was the...

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Faja de Pelay to Goriz, Ordesa NP Spain Sept 2018

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omriqo1

Distance

8.57mi

Elevation +

5466f

TrailRank

30

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A nice trail along the south side of the Ordesa valley. The trail starts at the Pradera de Ordesa with the senda de los cazadores - a very steep climb inside the forest. After about two hours the balcony trail (faja de p...

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Trekking to Mount Boron 1325 m

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kev88

Distance

6.16mi

Elevation +

3845f

TrailRank

30

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The beginning of the Trail starts very close to the parking area. The Trail starts with an nice hike trough a forest which changes into just a few buches and trees. To your right a flat Stone constallations guides yo...

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Saboredo/ peak ratera / refugi amitges

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louransbarra

Distance

3.79mi

Elevation +

1729f

TrailRank

30

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This was way harder than they told me. Beautiful but VERY high and difficult. There are parts where you have to climb with gear

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Canal Cèsar August Torras

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CathyODowd

Distance

3.33mi

Elevation +

1896f

TrailRank

29

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160m, D (max 55 degrees, IV) Highly recommended, particularly if you can get it with ice on the upper two pitches.

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Tuc Blanc and Colomers small loop

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Aviva.laub

Distance

10.68mi

Elevation +

3438f

TrailRank

29

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Easy scramble made much more challenging by early season conditions and fresh snow. Slow going as a result but beautiful area.

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Urrieles loop day 3: de los Cabrones, Picos de Europa, Spain September 2015

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omriqo1

Distance

8.99mi

Elevation +

3209f

TrailRank

29

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Long hike around refugio Uriellu to refugio Jou de los Cabrones and back. The hike goes around the highest peaks in Picos de Europa with nice views towards refugio Uriellu, the mountains and valley below. 13km, 8hours.

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Refugio Pico Urriellu - Peña Vieja - Fuente Dé

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go flix!

Distance

7.87mi

Elevation +

5026f

TrailRank

29| 3.0

Name: 2015-08-09 08:33Start time: 08/09/2015 08:39Finish time: 08/09/2015 16:11Distance: 12.7km (07:31)Moving time: 02:27Average speed: 1.7km/hAvg. Speed Mov.: 5.2km/hMax. Speed: 22.8km/hMinimum altitude: 1075mMaximum al...

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