17.4
PDI
1.1 mi
DISTANCE
1,161 ft
GAINED
21 %
AVG. GRADE
FULL CLIMB STATS
INTRO
PLAN YOUR ROUTE
We've partnered with Sherpa-Map.com to bring you the best route planning tool. With a PRO Membership you can use this climb as a reference when creating your route. Camino de Chasna averages 21.0% for 1.7 km (1.1 mi), from 463 m (1520 ft) to 817 m (2680 ft), and there is nowhere to recover.
0 to 0.5 km: About 15.5% through the lanes above the Ermita de la Candelaria del Lomo - the easiest stretch, and still steep.
0.5 to 1.0 km: Around 21% past the Camino Montijos junction and the vineyards.
1.0 to 1.5 km: The hardest half-kilometer, about 26%, after the road crosses the Carretera de las Medianías.
1.5 km to the TF-21: About 22.5% to the finish by the Camino de Chasna church.
The steepest kilometer averages 23.9%, the steepest 0.5 km 25.7%, and the steepest 100 yards about 28%. If that isn't enough, the asphalt continues roughly another kilometer at close to 20% above the TF-21 to the Cruz del Dornajito, where the old road turns into the GR-131 footpath.
Roadway: Asphalt from bottom to top, on narrow residential lanes that follow the line of the old cobbled royal road - which is why they go straight up the slope instead of winding across it. Expect tight corners at junctions and walls close to the edge of the road. The descent needs real care: at these gradients brakes heat up fast, so stop and let them cool if you need to.
Traffic: Mostly residents' cars on the lanes. They're quiet, but too narrow to share comfortably when a car comes down toward you. The TF-21 at the finish is the main road from La Orotava to Teide and carries steady traffic, much of it visitors heading up to the national park.
Parking: There's a public car park by the Ermita de la Candelaria del Lomo at the start, reached from La Orotava's old town via Calle Doctor Domingo González García and Calle Candelaria del Lomo. If you're staying in Puerto de la Cruz, it's a few kilometers uphill to ride in.
Gear: Gear as low as you can. A 34x34 is about the minimum here, and a smaller chainring or a mountain-bike-range cassette will let you stay seated for more of it. If you have a bike with disc brakes, this is the climb to bring it on - the way back down to La Orotava is as steep as the way up.
Provisions: It's short enough to ride on one bottle, and there's nothing to buy on the climb itself. La Orotava has plenty of cafes and shops for before and after. If you carry on up the TF-21 toward Teide, stock up properly first, because it's a long way to the next real stop at El Portillo.
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La Orotava's old town, just below the start, deserves a slow lap on foot: steep streets, carved wooden balconies (the Casa de los Balcones is the famous one) and church domes looking down the valley to the sea. Puerto de la Cruz, on the coast, is the practical base for hotels and bike rental, and our Mount Teide (Puerto de la Cruz) page covers the long road through La Orotava to the top of the island. Camino de Chasna finishes on that same TF-21, so the two stitch together easily.
From the finish, the Cruz del Dornajito is about a kilometer higher at close to 20%. The asphalt ends there and the GR-131 footpath, the Camino Natural de Anaga-Chasna, follows the old route on toward Las Cañadas - a good walk if you come back without the bike. Cloud from the trade winds often settles over the north slopes by early afternoon, so mornings usually give the clearest view across the valley.
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