Coll de sa Gramola (from Andratx)
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Coll de sa Gramola (from Andratx) is a 5.7 km cycling climb averaging 4.8% (+273 m), rising from 79 m to 351 m in Mallorca.
The first pass of the Ma-10 ridden from the west, on an alignment inaugurated in 1913 as the opening link of the coast road. The Trofeo Andratx uses it as the day's first filter, and the surface is the newest on the route: 17 km resurfaced for 3.6 million euros in 2025 after a decade of requests from cyclists.
5.7 km · +273 m · 4.8% avg · ~8.8% max · 79 → 351 m
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: 8.8% (km 0.6–1).
Road: paved throughout
| km | to | avg |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | 124 m | 4.9% |
| 2 | 167 m | 4.0% |
| 3 | 222 m | 5.5% |
| 4 | 271 m | 5.1% |
| 5 | 323 m | 5.3% |
What it’s like to ride
Coll de sa Gramola is the first pass on the Ma-10 coastal road if you ride it from the west, and it starts at the roundabout on the edge of Andratx, heading up a quiet, steep-sided valley. It runs about 5.1 km at around 5.2% for roughly 260 m of gain to a summit at 360 m, and the gradient stays consistent with few hairpins to break the rhythm, so it rides as a steady tempo effort you can settle into. The tarmac is excellent throughout and traffic is usually light outside peak holiday season. The lower part gives you some shade, worth having in the heat, then the road opens out to views of the coast and the peaks of the western Tramuntana. Beyond the col the Ma-10 drops around 5 km toward the sea through a couple of big hairpins and several tunnels that are open to daylight on their left-hand side, on a rougher surface than the climb.
History
The road over the col was the first new link in the coast road that became the Ma-10, a route assembled through the 20th century by joining and extending two 19th-century stretches, Estellencs to Banyalbufar to Esporles and Valldemossa to Deià to Sóller, which had connected the Tramuntana villages with Palma. The Andratx to Estellencs alignment over sa Gramola was inaugurated in 1913, and the works that opened it to motor traffic were not inaugurated until 1960. Professional racing comes through whenever the Challenge Mallorca's Trofeo Andratx runs north from Andratx to Pollença: in 2015 the climb opened the 149 km race as a category 3 ascent of 5.2 km at 5%, and in the 2026 edition it stood at km 31.6, rated 6 km at 5.1%, the first filter of a day that continued over Coll d'en Claret and Puig Major to the Mirador d'es Colomer, where Remco Evenepoel took the win on 31 January. The surface riders roll on is recent: the Consell de Mallorca resurfaced 17 km of the Ma-10 between Andratx and Estellencs for 3.6 million euros and swapped the metal crash barriers for mixed wood and steel, inaugurating the work on 14 February 2025 after roughly a decade of requests from cyclists and cycle tourists.
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Common questions
- How long and steep is Coll de sa Gramola (from Andratx)?
- Coll de sa Gramola (from Andratx) is a 5.7 km cycling climb averaging 4.8% (+273 m), rising from 79 m to 351 m in Mallorca.
- Where is Coll de sa Gramola (from Andratx) steepest?
- The steepest 500 m averages 8.8%, between km 0.6 and km 1 of the climb.
- What is the road surface like on Coll de sa Gramola (from Andratx)?
- Coll de sa Gramola (from Andratx) is paved throughout.