Mount Teide cycling climb map

by Sidney van den Boogaard

Teide is not so much a climb as a day out. From Los Cristianos on the coast you ride uphill for around fifty kilometres, at about five percent: through Arona, through the mountain village of Vilaflor at over 1400 metres, on to Boca de Tauce and the lunar caldera of Las Cañadas in a UNESCO-listed national park. Beaches and palms give way to pine forest, lava fields and thin air. The road tops out above 2300 metres, at the foot of the volcano – at 3718 metres the highest peak in Spain. Pro teams come here for altitude camps. For riders who love long days and big horizons.

This work is part of the Legendary Climbs collection: the most famous climbs in road cycling, from the Alps and the Pyrenees to the short, steep hills of Flanders and Limburg. Each climb is drawn from the real road, with the elevation profile coloured per kilometre and, along the bottom, the length, elevation gain, average and maximum gradient and the summit.

The road is drawn from OpenStreetMap data (© OpenStreetMap contributors) and the profile from Copernicus elevation data (EU-DEM). A great gift for any cyclist, to hang next to the bike or as a goal for next season.