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Pico de las Nieves - Guayadeque

Barranco de Guayadeque (Gran Canaria)

This eastern descent variant from Pico de las Nievas leads spectacularly along the Barranco de Guayadeque down to the airport. The already attractive route is an exceptional option for the day of departure - from the single trail directly to the airport and (unshowered) onto the plane!

Description

The descent takes you down to the airport on the summit of Pico de las Nieves (1950 meters above sea level), where you have previously taken a shuttle or cab. You ride around the transmitter and head into the first singletrail immediately behind it. The trail flows through the open pine forests until you see the Barranco de Guayadeque on the left, a large and impressive gorge. It forms the backdrop for the rest of the descent, which always rides down to the left above the steep cut in the terrain. The racy and varied trail rides down this way almost as far as Aguimes. Instead of riding down to the village on a gravel road, turn left beforehand and head directly down the last 150 vertical meters into the gorge on a crisp serpentine trail. The main part of the descent is now in the books and you roll over to Ingenio on a small road. It is now a good ten kilometers to the coast and you roll down to Carrizal on small roads. Here you can decide whether to head over to the neighboring airport grounds or continue down to the village of El Burrero directly on the coast.

If you are a bit clever with your planning, have your luggage brought to the airport, pack your bike in your bag after the descent and board the plane back to Europe straight after the tour. Gran Canaria airport is one of the few airports in the world with a direct connection to a singletrail descent.

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24 km

35 m

1955 m

8 above sea level

1938 above sea level

1 day

Carrizal

Carrizal

2686

well suited

Thomas Giger
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Portrait Thomas Giger

About the author: Thomas Giger

Thomas Giger has been the editor of Ride MTB since 2002 and is a regular online and print author. Over the years, he has specialized in tourism topics and is particularly well known for his blog-style columns. He is also one of Ride MTB's active tour authors.

Thomas Giger has been the editor of Ride MTB since 2002 and has had a significant influence on the tour database. His focus is on single trail tours. There are few who know the trails in Switzerland as well as he does. However, his areas of expertise also include Aosta, the French Western Alps, and the whole of South Tyrol.

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