Mulhacén
- Easiest route
- 8.9 km+935 m · about 4 h · T4
- Prominence
- 3,290 m10,794 ft
- Isolation
- at least 200 km
- Tonight
- -4°CFair · Wind 3 km/h SW
Mulhacén is a 3,479 m (11,414 ft) mountain in the Sierra Nevada, Andalusia, Spain.
All facts
- Elevation
- 3,479 m · 11,414 ft
- Range
- Sierra Nevada
- Region
- Andalusia, Spain
- Coordinates
- 37.0532° N, 3.3115° W
How to get to the top of Mulhacén
3 mapped walking routes from where a car can get you, with distance and climb from the terrain model.
Easiest route: from Road end, 6.5 km W of Mulhacén
- Distance
- 8.9 kmone way
- Climb
- +935 m−326 m (3,068 ft up)
- Time up
- about 4 h
- Difficulty
- T4Alpine: faint path, hands needed in places
Other routes 2
Routes © OpenStreetMap contributors, available under the ODbL. Climb from the terrain model. Trails change and maps miss things: check conditions locally.
Mulhacén 3D map
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Mulhacén terrain and contours
100 m contours from the Copernicus GLO-30 terrain model. The route drawn is the easiest mapped one. Click two points on the map to draw your own cross-section.Tap two points on the map to draw your own cross-section.
West → east through the summit
Mulhacén weather
Tonight · Fair · -4°C (25°F) · Wind 3 km/h SW
Mulhacén forecast for the summit, about 3,479 m. Summit vs base: the Base line is for about 1,569 m.
- Tonight-4°–3 km/h SWBase 7°
- Today-4°4°–10 km/h NBase 6 / 14°
- Sun0°8°–9 km/h NBase 11 / 19°
- Mon0°9°–8 km/h NBase 10 / 19°
- Tue0°7°4.0 mm5 km/h SBase 11 / 18°
- Wed-1°2°12.8 mm4 km/h NEBase 10 / 13°
- Thu-2°4°0.1 mm6 km/h NEBase 9 / 14°
- Fri-3°5°–4 km/h NBase 8 / 16°
- Sat-3°5°–5 km/h NBase 9 / 16°
- Sun-5°3°9.8 mm3 km/h WBase 6 / 14°
Forecast data: MET Norway, CC BY 4.0; daily low and high, precipitation total and strongest wind from the hourly data, model run Oct 23, 23:18 UTC.
Camping & parking near Mulhacén
Campsites, parking, trailheads and mountain huts mapped in OpenStreetMap around Mulhacén, nearest first, by straight-line distance. Check access, fees and permits locally.
Nearest hut
Refugio Vivac de la Caldera
Nearest trailhead
PR-A 27 Trevélez-Sieta Lagunas
Nearest parking
6.8 km SE
Nearest campsite
Camping Trevélez
All mapped places 10
| Place | Distance |
|---|---|
| Refugio Vivac de la CalderaHut | 1.3 km W |
| PR-A 27 Trevélez-Sieta LagunasTrailhead | 1.8 km ESE |
| Refugio VillavientosHut | 2.2 km WSW |
| Refugio PoqueiraHut | 3.0 km SSW |
| PR-A 26 Hoya del Portillo - Refugio del PoqueiraTrailhead | 3.1 km SSW |
| PR-A 24 Vereda de la EstrellaTrailhead | 4.5 km NNW |
| Parking | 6.8 km SE |
| Parking | 6.8 km SE |
| Parking | 6.9 km SE |
| Camping TrevélezCampsite | 7.6 km SSE |
How steep is the route to Mulhacén?
The easiest mapped route, 8.9 km from 2,855 m to 3,479 m. Steepest stretch: 27°.
- 0–15°7.9 km
- 15–30°1.0 km
Grades are averaged between profile points about 90 m apart, so short steeper steps don’t show.
Land cover
ESA WorldCover 10 m classification of the same area.
Snow & ice means glaciers and year-round snow (a yearly average), not today’s snow cover.
Nearby summits
Named peaks within 8.6 km, measured from the Mulhacén summit.
Wildlife seen nearby
Sightings of the most-seen species on iNaturalist (research grade) within 8.6 km; 777 species recorded in all.
Sightings per species 6
- Iberian Ibex185
- Northern Wheatear134
- Plantago nivalis103
- Alpine Accentor92
- Sempervivum minutum88
- Hormathophylla spinosa65
Where Mulhacén sits
Ranked in 1
Nearby places
Mulhacén downloads: topographic map, heightmap, STL 3D model and DEM
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How accurate is this?
within 10 m This 3D map reads 3,472 m at the summit; the official height is 3,479 m.
A 30 m terrain model averages each cell, so a few metres either way is normal.
| Source | Summit | Difference |
|---|---|---|
| Official height (Wikidata) | 3,479 m | — |
| Copernicus GLO-30 (used on this page) | 3,472 m | -7 m |
| Copernicus GLO-90 | 3,460 m | -19 m |
Data sources
- Terrain
- Produced using Copernicus WorldDEM-30 © DLR e.V. 2010-2014 and © Airbus Defence and Space GmbH 2014-2018 provided under COPERNICUS by the European Union and ESA; all rights reserved. The European Union, ESA, DLR and Airbus incur no liability for any use of this data and do not endorse this service.
- Imagery
- Contains modified Copernicus Sentinel data 2026 (scene 2026-08-22)
- Land cover
- © ESA WorldCover project 2021 / Contains modified Copernicus Sentinel data (2021) processed by ESA WorldCover consortium
- Facts
- Wikidata (CC0)
- Routes, Camping & parking
- © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL)
- Summits
- © OpenStreetMap contributors, via Overture Maps Foundation (ODbL)
- Wildlife
- iNaturalist community observations, counts only
- Accuracy comparison, Panorama
- Includes Copernicus WorldDEM-90 © DLR e.V. 2010-2014 and © Airbus Defence and Space GmbH 2014-2018 provided under COPERNICUS by the European Union and ESA; all rights reserved. The European Union, ESA, DLR and Airbus incur no liability for any use of this data and do not endorse this service.
- Forecast
- Weather forecast from MET Norway (CC BY 4.0)
- Sources
- Wikidata · OpenStreetMap · GeoNames · Wikipedia