Pico Ruivo
- Isolation
- at least 200 km
- Tonight
- 8°CPartly cloudy · Wind 28 km/h E
Pico Ruivo is a 1,862 m (6,109 ft) mountain in the Madeira Island, Madeira, Portugal.
All facts
- Elevation
- 1,862 m · 6,109 ft
- Prominence
- 1,862 m · 6,109 ft
- Range
- Madeira Island
- Region
- Madeira, Portugal
- Coordinates
- 32.7587° N, 16.9426° W
Pico Ruivo 3D map
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Pico Ruivo topographic map
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
Pico Ruivo downloads: topographic map, heightmap, STL 3D model and DEM
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How to get to the top of Pico Ruivo
The shortest mapped walking route from where a car can get you, with distance and climb from the terrain model.
From Achada do Teixeira (parking)
- Distance
- 2.7 kmone way
- Climb
- +359 m−90 m (1,178 ft up)
- Time up
- about 1.5 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 Ruivo weather
Tonight · Partly cloudy · 8°C (46°F) · Wind 28 km/h E
Pico Ruivo forecast for the summit, about 1,862 m.
- Tonight8°–28 km/h E
- Sat7°11°2.2 mm30 km/h NE
- Sun5°11°–29 km/h E
- Mon5°11°0.3 mm18 km/h S
- Tue8°11°2.7 mm9 km/h NE
- Wed8°11°2.8 mm11 km/h E
- Thu9°12°3.6 mm10 km/h E
- Fri7°11°2.5 mm8 km/h E
- Sat7°11°0.3 mm8 km/h E
- Sun9°11°1.2 mm10 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 Ruivo
Campsites, parking, trailheads and mountain huts mapped in OpenStreetMap around Pico Ruivo, nearest first, by straight-line distance. Check access, fees and permits locally.
Nearest trailhead
0.2 km NNE
Nearest campsite
Pico Ruivo
Nearest parking
Achada do Teixeira
All mapped places 9
| Place | Distance |
|---|---|
| Trailhead | 0.2 km NNE |
| Pico RuivoCampsite | 0.2 km NNW |
| Trailhead | 2.1 km ENE |
| Achada do TeixeiraParking | 2.1 km ENE |
| Parking | 2.7 km ENE |
| Trailhead | 2.8 km SW |
| Parking | 3.0 km SSE |
| Unofficial flat ground suitable to pitch a discreet tentCampsite | 4.7 km SSE |
| Pico das PedrasCampsite | 4.8 km ENE |
How steep is the route to Pico Ruivo?
The easiest mapped route, 2.7 km from 1,578 m to 1,862 m. Steepest stretch: 35°.
- 0–15°2.3 km
- 15–30°0.4 km
- 30–45°0.1 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 5.7 km, measured from the Pico Ruivo summit.
Summit list 9
- 1Pico das Torres1,853 m 1.3 km SSE
- 2Encumeada Baixa1,655 m 1.5 km ENE
- 3Pico do Areeiro1,818 m 2.9 km SSE
- 4Juncal1,718 m 3.1 km SSE
- 5Curral Martinho1,785 m 3.3 km S
- 6Cedro1,759 m 3.4 km S
- 7Casado1,728 m 3.9 km W
- 8Escalvado1,700 m 3.9 km SSE
- 9Jorge1,691 m 4.0 km W
Where Pico Ruivo sits
Nearby places
How accurate is this?
11 m low This 3D map reads 1,851 m at the summit; the official height is 1,862 m.
Why: a 30 m terrain model averages each cell, so a sharp summit gets rounded off. The 90 m model misses by 30 m.
| Source | Summit | Difference |
|---|---|---|
| Official height (Wikidata) | 1,862 m | — |
| Copernicus GLO-30 (used on this page) | 1,851 m | -11 m |
| Copernicus GLO-90 | 1,832 m | -30 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 2026-09-26)
- 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