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HC Las PalmasCanary Islands, Spain

Cruz de Tejeda por El Portillo

Eastern ascent from Telde — the hardest of the 3 ways up

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Length: 35.0 km
Height gain: 1367 m
Average: 3.9%
Steepest km: 7.5%
Summit altitude: 1511 m
Difficulty: 281

Las Palmas · 2nd of the five hardest

3 ways up · this is the hardest Compare all 3

Telde 35.0 km, 3.9% average, 1367 m height gain
Cuevas Caídas 10.2 km, 4.9% average, 502 m height gain
Cuevas Caídas 7.2 km, 7.0% average, 502 m height gain

Elevation profile

144 m → 1511 m Touch or hover to inspect

0–4% 4–6% 6–8% 8–10% 10–14% 14%+

Steepest km: km 33 at 7.5%

Climb analysis

Where the climbing is

0–4%: 12.0 km
4–6%: 8.3 km
6–8%: 12.0 km
8–10%: 2.5 km
10–14%: 0.3 km
14%+: 0.0 km

Hardest sustained

1 km · km 32.3–33.3: 7.9%
2 km · km 31.2–33.2: 7.6%
5 km · km 22.3–27.3: 6.7%

Time to the top

2h 07 at 3 W/kg · 70 kg rider + 8 kg bike, no wind

How this is calculated

Kilometre by kilometre

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Km	Altitude	Gain	Gradient	Max
1	201 m	+57 m	5.7%	8.2%
2	266 m	+65 m	6.5%	9.6%
3	328 m	+62 m	6.2%	10.6%
4	387 m	+59 m	5.9%	9.0%
5	441 m	+54 m	5.4%	11.0%
6	474 m	+33 m	3.3%	11.0%
7	498 m	+24 m	2.4%	3.6%
8	549 m	+51 m	5.1%	7.6%
9	553 m	+4 m	0.4%	6.8%
10	592 m	+39 m	3.9%	30.2%
11	648 m	+56 m	5.6%	7.4%
12	706 m	+58 m	5.8%	10.6%
13	772 m	+66 m	6.6%	11.2%
14	828 m	+57 m	5.7%	19.8%
15	896 m	+68 m	6.8%	9.4%
16	949 m	+53 m	5.3%	10.8%
17	977 m	+29 m	2.9%	18.2%
18	1018 m	+41 m	4.1%	11.2%
19	969 m	−49 m	−4.9%	0.6%
20	924 m	−45 m	−4.5%	1.2%
21	869 m	−55 m	−5.5%	0.0%
22	839 m	−30 m	−2.9%	5.4%
23	887 m	+48 m	4.8%	13.4%
24	961 m	+73 m	7.3%	14.0%
25	1025 m	+64 m	6.4%	9.6%
26	1075 m	+50 m	5.0%	9.2%
27	1145 m	+71 m	7.1%	9.0%
28	1217 m	+72 m	7.2%	9.4%
29	1250 m	+33 m	3.3%	10.6%
30	1204 m	−47 m	−4.7%	0.6%
31	1230 m	+26 m	2.6%	8.4%
32	1304 m	+74 m	7.4%	9.6%
33	1379 m	+75 m	7.5%	35.8%
34	1443 m	+63 m	6.3%	9.6%
35	1509 m	+66 m	6.6%	10.6%
36	1511 m	+2 m	6.7%	8.0%

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About Cruz de Tejeda por El Portillo

How long and how steep?: From Telde, Cruz de Tejeda por El Portillo is 35.0 km long and climbs 1,367 m at an average of 3.9%, to a summit at 1,511 m. Its steepest kilometre, km 33, averages 7.5%.
How long does it take?: At 3 W/kg it takes about 2 h 07 min to reach the top, at 4 W/kg about 1 h 40 min (70 kg rider, 8 kg bike, no wind).
What category is it?: It's an HC (hors catégorie) climb, with a difficulty score of 281. It's the hardest of the 3 ways up to Cruz de Tejeda.
Where is it?: It's in Las Palmas, Canary Islands, Spain.

How hard is 281?

Difficulty score is length × gradient, weighted for the steepest kilometre.

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Lagos de Covadonga, Soto de Cangas 280

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