Roque Nublo - Tejeda
Description
The starting point is the picturesque and award-winning village of Tejeda (1050 meters above sea level). Not without reason is this considered the most beautiful place in Cran Ganaria. But on this tour, the village initially shows its somewhat nasty side: on a road that is very steep at times, you climb up to Cruz de Tejeda at the transition from the southern to the northern part of the island. The route continues uphill, now with a somewhat gentler gradient and intermittent descents. In this way, you climb on asphalt through wonderful pine and chestnut forests up to the Pico de las Nieves (1949 meters above sea level). This is the highest point of the tour and also the highest point in Gran Canaria. The great view extends down to the south coast and across the wooded plateau to the north side.
The singletrail descent starts right at Pico de las Nieves and rides through the pine forest. As you would expect in Gran Canaria, the descents are peppered with short climbs. One of these is a pushing passage to a plateau with a great view over to the Roque Nublo rock tower with Mount Teide (3715 meters above sea level) on Tenerife in the background. After a short interlude of pushing downhill, the path becomes super flowy again and leads to the road where all the tourists park their cars. Roque Nublo is a magnet for tourists and influencers, so you can expect to see lots of pedestrians on the next section. We circle the Roque Nublo (you could also walk up to the rock face if you don't mind the crowds). Soon there are hardly any people on our route and we come to a section where we get that Arizona feeling with red rocks and cacti. The trail also repeatedly leads over large, rideable slabs of rock. As the distance increases, the trail becomes quite technical. With a good choice of line and a few meters on foot, you descend to the road, which you follow downhill to Cruz del Carpio. If you want to save energy, stay on the road in the direction of Tejeda; if you want more trail, take the path that runs parallel to it, but which demands a lot of grit. Finally, at Cruz de Timagada, you reach the final descent to Tejeda. This starts off harmless to almost boring, but then soon shows its teeth and forms the technically brilliant final section of a tour that is above all outstanding in terms of scenery.
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Details of the tour
31 km
1160 m
1160 m
1022 above sea level
1938 above sea level
1 day
Tejeda
Tejeda
2674
well suited
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User comments (1)
About the author: Thomas Giger
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The trail around the Roque Nublo is now closed to mountain bikers. At the turn-off from the road where all the tourists park their cars, there are rangers controlling the trails. Even as a pedestrian, you now need a permit and registration via a QR code. The trail from Pico de las Nieves is also actually forbidden for mountain bikers. I was lucky enough not to be checked there. If you get caught, you have to pay a fine. During the main season Nov - Feb, checks are also carried out during the week. In any case, it is teeming with tourists and there is no flow.