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Pico viejo
- Easiest route
- 7.2 km+875 m · about 3.5 h · T2
- Prominence
- 61 m201 ft
- Isolation
- 0.7 km
- Tonight
- 2°CFog · Wind 23 km/h N
Pico viejo is a 3,135 m (10,285 ft) volcano in Canary Islands, Spain.
All facts
- Elevation
- 3,135 m · 10,285 ft
- Nearest higher peak
- Teide (3,715 m)
- Region
- Canary Islands, Spain
- Protected area
- Teide National Park
- Coordinates
- 28.2640° N, 16.6643° W
How to get to the top of Pico viejo
3 mapped walking routes from where a car can get you, with distance and climb from the terrain model.
Easiest route: from Road end, 4.6 km E of Pico viejo
- Distance
- 7.2 kmone way
- Climb
- +875 m−499 m (2,871 ft up)
- Time up
- about 3.5 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.
Pico viejo 3D map
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Pico viejo 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
Pico viejo weather
Tonight · Fog · 2°C (36°F) · Wind 23 km/h N
Pico viejo forecast for the summit, about 3,135 m. Summit vs base: the Base line is for about 2,038 m.
- Tonight2°–23 km/h NBase 8°
- Sat2°8°1.8 mm29 km/h NWBase 8 / 15°
- Sun3°10°10.4 mm23 km/h EBase 10 / 16°
- Mon6°11°5.2 mm10 km/h WBase 12 / 17°
- Tue5°10°1.2 mm5 km/h NWBase 11 / 16°
- Wed4°9°6.4 mm5 km/h NWBase 10 / 16°
- Thu3°9°0.6 mm5 km/h NWBase 9 / 14°
- Fri3°8°1.4 mm6 km/h NWBase 9 / 14°
- Sat2°8°0.6 mm8 km/h NBase 8 / 13°
- Sun1°6°0.1 mm8 km/h NBase 7 / 12°
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 Pico viejo
Campsites, parking, trailheads and mountain huts mapped in OpenStreetMap around Pico viejo, nearest first, by straight-line distance. Check access, fees and permits locally.
Nearest campsite
Zona de bivac
Nearest parking
3.9 km ESE
How steep is the route to Pico viejo?
The easiest mapped route, 7.2 km from 2,729 m to 3,135 m. Steepest stretch: 21°.
- 0–15°5.5 km
- 15–30°1.7 km
Grades are averaged between profile points about 80 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 3 km, measured from the Pico viejo summit.
Summit list 3
- 1Pico Sur3,100 m 0.7 km SW
- 2Pico Viejo Occidental3,090 m 0.7 km W
- 3Teide3,715 m 2.4 km ENE
Wildlife seen nearby
Sightings of the most-seen species on iNaturalist (research grade) within 3 km; 110 species recorded in all.
Sightings per species 6
- Tenerife Lizard88
- Tenerife Daisy82
- Hoary Pterocephalus33
- Berthelot's Pipit30
- White-flowered Broom30
- Red Mount Teide Bugloss24
Where Pico viejo sits
- Region
- Canary Islands14Spain109Europe2,143
- Protected area
- Teide National Park3
Ranked in 1
Nearby places
Pico viejo downloads: topographic map, heightmap, STL 3D model and DEM
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Print & wall
3D printing & 3D apps
Free to use with credit: see the data sources
How accurate is this?
18 m low This 3D map reads 3,117 m at the summit; the official height is 3,135 m.
Why: a 30 m terrain model averages each cell, so a sharp summit gets rounded off.
| Source | Summit | Difference |
|---|---|---|
| Official height (Wikidata) | 3,135 m | — |
| Copernicus GLO-30 (used on this page) | 3,117 m | -18 m |
| Copernicus GLO-90 | 3,106 m | -29 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 2026-09-03)
- 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