Pico de las Nieves
- Isolation
- 96 km
- Tonight
- 9°CFog · Wind 25 km/h E
Pico de las Nieves is a 1,948 m (6,391 ft) mountain in Canary Islands, Spain.
All facts
- Elevation
- 1,948 m · 6,391 ft
- Prominence
- 1,948 m · 6,391 ft
- Nearest higher peak
- Morro de la Agujereada (1,957 m)
- Region
- Canary Islands, Spain
- Coordinates
- 27.9629° N, 15.5710° W
Pico de las Nieves 3D map
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Pico de las Nieves topographic map
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
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How to get to the top of Pico de las Nieves
The shortest mapped walking route from where a car can get you, with distance and climb from the terrain model.
From Parking, 1.0 km WNW of Pico de las Nieves
- Distance
- 1.7 kmone way
- Climb
- +250 m(820 ft up)
- Time up
- about 1 h
- Difficulty
- T2Mountain trail, sure footing needed
Routes © OpenStreetMap contributors, available under the ODbL. Climb from the terrain model. Trails change and maps miss things: check conditions locally.
Pico de las Nieves weather
Tonight · Fog · 9°C (48°F) · Wind 25 km/h E
Pico de las Nieves forecast for the summit, about 1,948 m.
- Tonight9°–25 km/h E
- Sat9°16°–30 km/h E
- Sun10°19°–26 km/h SE
- Mon13°21°–16 km/h SE
- Tue10°18°–3 km/h SW
- Wed10°18°1.0 mm2 km/h SW
- Thu10°16°1.6 mm4 km/h N
- Fri8°16°1.0 mm2 km/h N
- Sat6°15°1.2 mm3 km/h N
- Sun5°14°0.2 mm3 km/h N
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 Pico de las Nieves
Campsites, parking, trailheads and mountain huts mapped in OpenStreetMap around Pico de las Nieves, nearest first, by straight-line distance. Check access, fees and permits locally.
Nearest parking
0.1 km SW
Nearest campsite
Altos del Pozo
Nearest hut
Refugio Díaz Bertrana
Nearest caravan site
Zona Acampada Corral de los Juncos
All mapped places 10
| Place | Distance |
|---|---|
| Parking | 0.1 km SW |
| Parking | 0.4 km E |
| Altos del PozoCampsite | 0.7 km NNE |
| Parking | 1.2 km WNW |
| Llanos del SaladoCampsite | 1.2 km NNW |
| Refugio Díaz BertranaHut | 1.3 km W |
| Refugio Díaz BertranaHut | 1.4 km W |
| Llanos de la PezCampsite | 1.6 km WNW |
| Zona Acampada Corral de los JuncosCaravan site | 2.2 km NW |
| Casa de Cho FloresHut | 3.8 km SW |
How steep is the route to Pico de las Nieves?
The easiest mapped route, 1.7 km from 1,682 m to 1,948 m. Steepest stretch: 23°.
- 0–15°1.3 km
- 15–30°0.4 km
Grades are averaged between profile points about 30 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 5.9 km, measured from the Pico de las Nieves summit.
Summit list 9
- 1Morro de la Agujereada1,957 m 0.2 km S
- 2Morro de la Salvia1,806 m 1.0 km NW
- 3Campanario1,917 m 1.1 km SW
- 4Roque Redondo1,921 m 1.2 km ESE
- 5Montaña de Los Bizcochos1,842 m 1.9 km E
- 6Puntón de la Agujereada1,809 m 2.1 km SW
- 7Cruz del Saucillo1,803 m 2.3 km ENE
- 8La Rana1,773 m 4.2 km WNW
- 9Roque Nublo1,803 m 4.2 km WNW
Where Pico de las Nieves sits
- Region
- Canary Islands14Spain109Europe2,143
Ranked in 1
Nearby places
How accurate is this?
within 10 m This 3D map reads 1,946 m at the summit; the official height is 1,948 m.
A 30 m terrain model averages each cell, so a few metres either way is normal.
| Source | Summit | Difference |
|---|---|---|
| Official height (Wikidata) | 1,948 m | — |
| Copernicus GLO-30 (used on this page) | 1,946 m | -2 m |
| Copernicus GLO-90 | 1,941 m | -7 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 2026-09-16)
- 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