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HC Santa Cruz de TenerifeCanary Islands, Spain

El Teide

Southern ascent from El Médano

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Length: 50.9 km
Height gain: 2316 m
Average: 4.6%
Steepest km: 8.2%
Summit altitude: 2357 m
Difficulty: 453

Santa Cruz de Tenerife · 41 climbs

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Candelaria 53.8 km, 4.3% average, 2290 m height gain
El Médano 50.9 km, 4.6% average, 2316 m height gain
Los Cristianos 48.7 km, 4.7% average, 2281 m height gain
Puerto de la Cruz 47.4 km, 5.0% average, 2349 m height gain

Elevation profile

41 m → 2357 m Touch or hover to inspect

0–4% 4–6% 6–8% 8–10% 10–14% 14%+

Steepest km: km 29 at 8.2%

Climb analysis

Where the climbing is

0–4%: 15.4 km
4–6%: 14.0 km
6–8%: 18.0 km
8–10%: 3.3 km
10–14%: 0.3 km
14%+: 0.0 km

Hardest sustained

1 km · km 27.5–28.5: 8.9%
2 km · km 27.6–29.6: 8.2%
5 km · km 24.7–29.7: 7.5%

Time to the top

3h 09 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	100 m	+59 m	5.9%	7.4%
2	134 m	+34 m	3.4%	7.0%
3	188 m	+55 m	5.5%	9.0%
4	239 m	+51 m	5.1%	7.2%
5	309 m	+70 m	7.0%	9.6%
6	387 m	+78 m	7.8%	9.0%
7	461 m	+74 m	7.4%	9.2%
8	527 m	+66 m	6.6%	7.8%
9	592 m	+66 m	6.6%	9.2%
10	658 m	+66 m	6.6%	10.0%
11	727 m	+69 m	6.9%	8.2%
12	785 m	+58 m	5.8%	7.0%
13	838 m	+54 m	5.4%	7.2%
14	889 m	+51 m	5.1%	7.4%
15	939 m	+50 m	5.0%	6.6%
16	992 m	+53 m	5.3%	6.8%
17	1054 m	+62 m	6.2%	7.8%
18	1115 m	+61 m	6.1%	8.0%
19	1175 m	+60 m	6.0%	7.8%
20	1225 m	+50 m	5.0%	6.8%
21	1276 m	+52 m	5.2%	6.8%
22	1313 m	+37 m	3.7%	5.4%
23	1369 m	+56 m	5.6%	7.2%
24	1428 m	+59 m	5.9%	8.6%
25	1484 m	+56 m	5.6%	8.4%
26	1551 m	+67 m	6.7%	10.6%
27	1625 m	+74 m	7.4%	11.6%
28	1703 m	+78 m	7.8%	10.8%
29	1785 m	+82 m	8.2%	11.6%
30	1854 m	+69 m	6.9%	10.0%
31	1915 m	+61 m	6.1%	9.0%
32	1987 m	+72 m	7.2%	8.2%
33	2060 m	+73 m	7.3%	8.8%
34	2121 m	+61 m	6.1%	7.6%
35	2186 m	+65 m	6.5%	7.6%
36	2197 m	+10 m	1.0%	6.2%
37	2151 m	−45 m	−4.5%	0.0%
38	2085 m	−66 m	−6.6%	0.0%
39	2038 m	−47 m	−4.7%	0.0%
40	2028 m	−11 m	−1.1%	1.0%
41	2034 m	+6 m	0.6%	5.2%
42	2012 m	−22 m	−2.2%	0.6%
43	2016 m	+4 m	0.4%	4.8%
44	2046 m	+31 m	3.1%	7.2%
45	2116 m	+70 m	7.0%	10.4%
46	2151 m	+36 m	3.6%	7.4%
47	2183 m	+32 m	3.2%	4.2%
48	2240 m	+57 m	5.7%	9.6%
49	2293 m	+54 m	5.4%	9.6%
50	2323 m	+30 m	3.0%	5.0%
51	2357 m	+33 m	3.8%	6.2%

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How hard is 453?

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

Hengshan, Nanyue 454

Croix de Coueur, Riddes 454

El Teide, El Médano 453

El Gamoniteiru por El Cordal, Pola de Lena 452

Nuevo Mundo, El Ejido 450

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