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HC Santa Cruz de TenerifeCanary Islands, Spain

Pico Izaña por Las Cuevecitas

North-eastern ascent from Candelaria

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Length: 37.9 km
Height gain: 2283 m
Average: 6.0%
Steepest km: 15.1%
Summit altitude: 2381 m
Difficulty: 557

Canary Islands · 4th of the five hardest

Elevation profile

84 m → 2381 m Touch or hover to inspect

0–4% 4–6% 6–8% 8–10% 10–14% 14%+

Steepest km: km 4 at 15.1%

Climb analysis

Where the climbing is

0–4%: 8.5 km
4–6%: 6.5 km
6–8%: 14.7 km
8–10%: 5.3 km
10–14%: 1.8 km
14%+: 1.3 km

Hardest sustained

1 km · km 2.6–3.6: 16.2%
2 km · km 2.4–4.4: 14.8%
5 km · km 1.6–6.6: 10.5%

Time to the top

2h 50 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	107 m	+10 m	1.0%	6.2%
2	175 m	+68 m	6.8%	16.8%
3	302 m	+126 m	12.6%	20.4%
4	453 m	+151 m	15.1%	23.2%
5	534 m	+82 m	8.2%	17.6%
6	609 m	+75 m	7.5%	21.0%
7	668 m	+59 m	5.9%	9.6%
8	744 m	+76 m	7.6%	11.0%
9	825 m	+81 m	8.1%	10.8%
10	913 m	+88 m	8.8%	12.4%
11	986 m	+73 m	7.3%	11.0%
12	1047 m	+62 m	6.2%	8.0%
13	1121 m	+74 m	7.4%	9.4%
14	1191 m	+69 m	6.9%	9.0%
15	1256 m	+65 m	6.5%	8.8%
16	1321 m	+65 m	6.5%	8.4%
17	1392 m	+71 m	7.1%	8.6%
18	1463 m	+72 m	7.2%	9.0%
19	1535 m	+72 m	7.2%	9.4%
20	1618 m	+83 m	8.3%	9.8%
21	1684 m	+65 m	6.5%	8.6%
22	1749 m	+65 m	6.5%	9.0%
23	1828 m	+79 m	7.9%	9.6%
24	1908 m	+80 m	8.0%	9.0%
25	1966 m	+58 m	5.8%	8.0%
26	1983 m	+18 m	1.8%	7.8%
27	1974 m	−9 m	−0.9%	4.0%
28	2020 m	+45 m	4.5%	9.2%
29	2089 m	+70 m	7.0%	9.0%
30	2167 m	+78 m	7.8%	10.2%
31	2221 m	+54 m	5.4%	8.4%
32	2196 m	−25 m	−2.5%	3.0%
33	2231 m	+35 m	3.5%	8.0%
34	2294 m	+64 m	6.4%	10.4%
35	2298 m	+4 m	0.4%	7.0%
36	2343 m	+45 m	4.5%	7.0%
37	2343 m	0 m	0.0%	3.5%
38	2381 m	+38 m	4.0%	11.0%

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About Pico Izaña por Las Cuevecitas

How long and how steep?: From Candelaria, Pico Izaña por Las Cuevecitas is 37.9 km long and climbs 2,283 m at an average of 6.0%, to a summit at 2,381 m. Its steepest kilometre, km 4, averages 15.1%.
How long does it take?: At 3 W/kg it takes about 2 h 50 min to reach the top, at 4 W/kg about 2 h 12 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 557.
Where is it?: It's in Santa Cruz de Tenerife, Canary Islands, Spain.

How hard is 557?

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

Mortirolo & Passo della Foppa, Tovo di Sant'Agata 565

Pico do Arieiro, Faial 558

Pico Izaña por Las Cuevecitas, Candelaria 557

Peña Escrita, La Herradura 556

Pico del Veleta por Collado de las Sabinas 552

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