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Peñalara
- Easiest route
- 2.3 km+717 m · about 2 h · T2
- Prominence
- 1,115 m3,659 ft
- Isolation
- 131 km
- Tonight
- -4°CPartly cloudy · Wind 8 km/h N
Peñalara is a 2,430 m (7,972 ft) mountain in the Sierra de Guadarrama, Community of Madrid, Spain.
All facts
- Elevation
- 2,430 m · 7,972 ft
- Nearest higher peak
- La Galana (2,563 m)
- Range
- Sierra de Guadarrama
- Region
- Community of Madrid, Spain
- Protected area
- Guadarrama National Park
- Coordinates
- 40.8499° N, 3.9560° W
How to get to the top of Peñalara
3 mapped walking routes from where a car can get you, with distance and climb from the terrain model.
Easiest route: from Road end, 2.1 km WNW of Peñalara
- Distance
- 2.3 kmone way
- Climb
- +717 m(2,352 ft up)
- Time up
- about 2 h
- Difficulty
- T2Mountain trail, sure footing needed
Other routes 2
Routes © OpenStreetMap contributors, available under the ODbL. Climb from the terrain model. Trails change and maps miss things: check conditions locally.
Peñalara 3D map
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Peñalara terrain and contours
50 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
Peñalara weather
Tonight · Partly cloudy · -4°C (25°F) · Wind 8 km/h N
Peñalara forecast for the summit, about 2,430 m. Summit vs base: the Base line is for about 1,701 m.
- Tonight-4°–8 km/h NBase 1°
- Today-3°9°–12 km/h NWBase 2 / 12°
- Sun0°10°–13 km/h NWBase 5 / 14°
- Mon2°13°–8 km/h SBase 6 / 18°
- Tue3°11°–5 km/h SWBase 7 / 15°
- Wed1°11°–3 km/h SBase 5 / 15°
- Thu2°11°–5 km/h SWBase 6 / 16°
- Fri3°11°–5 km/h WBase 8 / 15°
- Sat0°9°–9 km/h NWBase 6 / 13°
- Sun1°5°0.2 mm4 km/h EBase 5 / 10°
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, 23:19 UTC.
Camping & parking near Peñalara
Campsites, parking, trailheads and mountain huts mapped in OpenStreetMap around Peñalara, nearest first, by straight-line distance. Check access, fees and permits locally.
Nearest hut
Chozo Aránguez
Nearest parking
2.5 km SE
Nearest trailhead
6.5 km SW
Nearest caravan site
7.5 km NW
All mapped places 8
| Place | Distance |
|---|---|
| Chozo AránguezHut | 1.3 km NW |
| Refugio ZabalaHut | 1.4 km S |
| Choza del GuardaHut | 1.5 km SSE |
| Parking | 2.5 km SE |
| Parking | 2.9 km S |
| Parking | 3.0 km SE |
| Trailhead | 6.5 km SW |
| Caravan site | 7.5 km NW |
How steep is the route to Peñalara?
The easiest mapped route, 2.3 km from 1,701 m to 2,430 m. Steepest stretch: 37°.
- 0–15°1.1 km
- 15–30°0.9 km
- 30–45°0.3 km
Grades are averaged between profile points about 40 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 4.2 km, measured from the Peñalara summit.
Summit list 9
- 1Risco de los Claveles2,387 m 0.7 km NNE
- 2Risco de los Pájaros2,265 m 1.2 km NNE
- 3Hermana Mayor2,284 m 1.3 km SSW
- 4Cerro del Cuco2,004 m 1.8 km S
- 5Hermana Menor2,269 m 1.9 km SSW
- 6Peña los Quesos2,032 m 2.0 km S
- 7Peña Citores2,181 m 2.6 km SW
- 8Alto de los Neveros2,139 m 2.7 km NNE
- 9Cabeza Mediana1,693 m 4.2 km E
Where Peñalara sits
- Region
- Community of Madrid4Spain109Europe2,143
Ranked in 1
Nearby places
Peñalara downloads: topographic map, heightmap, STL 3D model and DEM
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How accurate is this?
within 10 m This 3D map reads 2,424 m at the summit; the official height is 2,430 m.
A 30 m terrain model averages each cell, so a few metres either way is normal.
| Source | Summit | Difference |
|---|---|---|
| Official height (Wikidata) | 2,430 m | — |
| Copernicus GLO-30 (used on this page) | 2,424 m | -6 m |
| Copernicus GLO-90 | 2,416 m | -14 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 2026-09-11)
- 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)
- 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