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Puerto de Pajares

1,378 m4,521 ft
Connects
Valle el Canal – Las Cuandias
Tonight
-1°CFog · Wind 6 km/h S

Puerto de Pajares is a mountain pass at 1,378 m in Castile and León, Spain. It links Valle el Canal and Las Cuandias.

All facts
Saddle
1,378 m
Lowest point
1,295 m / 804 m
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Pass

Puerto de Pajares: the climb from each side

Saddle 1,378 mValle el Canal 1,295 m+83 m · 3.0 kmLas Cuandias 804 m+574 m · 2.8 km

Crossed by: N-630 Carretera Gijón a Puerto de Sevilla

Distances are straight lines from the saddle to the lowest ground on each side; the road is longer.

3D map

Puerto de Pajares 3D map

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Topographic map

Puerto de Pajares terrain and contours

50 m contours from the Copernicus GLO-30 terrain model. Click two points on the map to draw your own cross-section.Tap two points on the map to draw your own cross-section.

Index contours every 250 mShowing west → east through the centre

Puerto de Pajares elevation profile

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Weather

Puerto de Pajares weather

Tonight · Fog · -1°C (30°F) · Wind 6 km/h S

Puerto de Pajares forecast for about 1,378 m.

  • Tonight-1°–6 km/h S
  • Today-1°14°–12 km/h S
  • Sun3°15°–17 km/h NW
  • Mon3°17°–14 km/h S
  • Tue7°16°0.3 mm9 km/h S
  • Wed5°15°–8 km/h S
  • Thu4°16°–6 km/h S
  • Fri5°16°–5 km/h S
  • Sat4°10°2.7 mm10 km/h N
  • Sun2°8°0.5 mm5 km/h S

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

Camping & parking near Puerto de Pajares

Campsites, parking, trailheads and mountain huts mapped in OpenStreetMap around Puerto de Pajares, nearest first, by straight-line distance. Check access, fees and permits locally.

All mapped places 7
PlaceDistance
Parking0.0 km SW
Parking0.4 km ESE
Parking0.5 km S
Caravan site1.9 km SSW
Refugio Las Tres MaríasHut5.0 km SSW
Refugio de la TuxiaHut6.0 km SSE
Ruta de las Tres MaríasTrailhead6.1 km SSW
Slope

Slope

Share of the 8 × 8 km view by steepness, from the 30 m model.

Mixed terrain: gentle slopes, steep faces and everything between.

Gentle, 0–15°
15.0%
Moderate, 15–30°
59.8%
Steep, 30–45°
24.9%
Cliffs, 45° and over
0.3%
Steeper than 30°
25.2% of the 64 km² view
Relief in view
1,349 m low point 675 m
Land cover

Land cover

ESA WorldCover 10 m classification of the same area.

Grassland 49.5%Trees 41.4%Shrubland 8.4%Built-up 0.6%

Snow & ice means glaciers and year-round snow (a yearly average), not today’s snow cover.

Nearby summits

Nearby summits

Named peaks within 4 km of Puerto de Pajares.

NESW2 km5 km1234
Summit list 4
  1. 1La Llomba1,953 m 3.1 km NE
  2. 2La Pájara2,003 m 3.4 km NE
  3. 3Ceyón2,029 m 3.7 km NNE
  4. 4Campañones1,999 m 3.9 km NE
Wildlife

Wildlife seen nearby

Sightings of the most-seen species on iNaturalist (research grade) within 4 km; 211 species recorded in all.

Sightings per species 6
  • Heath spotted orchid10
  • Great Yellow Gentian7
  • St. Dabeoc's heath7
  • Round-leaved sundew5
  • Cornish Heath5
  • Common Wall Lizard5
Where it sits

Where Puerto de Pajares sits

Range
Cantabrian Mountains9
Region
Castile and León6Spain109Europe2,143
Nearby

Nearby places

More 1
More in the Cantabrian Mountains 6
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Sources

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 2026-09-14)
Land cover
© ESA WorldCover project 2021 / Contains modified Copernicus Sentinel data (2021) processed by ESA WorldCover consortium
Facts
Wikidata (CC0)
Camping & parking, Geometry
© OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL)
Summits
© OpenStreetMap contributors, via Overture Maps Foundation (ODbL)
Wildlife
iNaturalist community observations, counts only
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 · Wikipedia