Alto de Hazallanas
Climb · Granada
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Alto de Hazallanas is a 7.2 km cycling climb averaging 9.5% (+682 m), rising from 985 m to 1667 m in Granada.
7.2 km · +682 m · 9.5% avg · ~15.9% max · 985 → 1667 m · 19 hairpins
Stats computed from OpenStreetMap and satellite elevation data — approximate.
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Gradient by colour: ● <3% ● 3–6% ● 6–9% ● 9%+
Where it bites
Steepest 500 m: 15.9% (km 2.6–3).
| km | to | avg |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1083 m | 10.3% |
| 2 | 1164 m | 8.1% |
| 3 | 1288 m | 13.1% |
| 4 | 1423 m | 12.8% |
| 5 | 1517 m | 9.7% |
| 6 | 1590 m | 7.6% |
| 7 | 1650 m | 5.9% |
What it’s like to ride
The climb starts the moment you cross the Genil bridge below Güéjar Sierra, with nine hairpins stacked into the first 1.3 km at 8 to 9%, then a 400 m stretch of flat or faint descent to gather yourself, and after that it stops relenting. The upper half runs in long straights with few corners, rarely under 12%, ramps over 20% and hairpin insides touching 22%, all of it on asphalt so wide it feels like a motorway laid up a mountainside, which makes the gradient look worse than the numbers read. Roadside markers count off altitude, distance and the gradient still waiting, and two of the hardest stretches are signed Veleta and Mulhacén. There is a stone fountain at around 1,360 m worth stopping at in summer, because water gets scarce the higher into the Sierra Nevada you go. The view opens back over the village and the Embalse de Canales, and the top at roughly 1,675 m is a junction with the Sierra Nevada road, a pass sign and nothing else: bars and refills are back down in Güéjar Sierra, or you carry on toward the Veleta on gentler slopes.
History
The Hazallanas road was an earth track until Güéjar Sierra had it asphalted in 2009, giving proper access to the smallholdings on that flank of the valley, and a Granada cycling blog logged it as a brand new pass that November. The Vuelta a España arrived four years later: on stage 10 of the 2013 race, Torredelcampo to Güéjar Sierra, Chris Horner attacked on the climb and soloed in, regaining a lead he carried to the overall win. The Ruta del Sol has twice been broken apart on it, Alberto Contador dropping Chris Froome halfway up the 2015 summit finish to win by 19 seconds, and Simon Yates going clear with about 5 km of climb left in 2019, cresting 44 seconds up and holding it down to Granada. In 2024 the Vuelta climbed it twice in one stage, Motril to Granada, where Adam Yates rode away on the second ascent with 58 km still to go and won solo in the same city his brother had.
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Common questions
- How long and steep is Alto de Hazallanas?
- Alto de Hazallanas is a 7.2 km cycling climb averaging 9.5% (+682 m), rising from 985 m to 1667 m in Granada.
- Where is Alto de Hazallanas steepest?
- The steepest 500 m averages 15.9%, between km 2.6 and km 3 of the climb.
- How many hairpins does Alto de Hazallanas have?
- Alto de Hazallanas has 19 hairpin bends, counted from the road's map geometry (a hairpin here means at least 150 degrees of turning completed within 150 metres of road). Painted corner numbers on some climbs count gentler bends too, so the two figures can differ.