Teide, Tenerife

Following up to Paul Cummings

Quoted message said:

I'm possibly heading off to Tenerife in May of next year. If so, I for would like to climb / walk
Teide , the highest point in the whole of Spain at 3718m.

Does anyone know if I will be able to walk it in boots or will there be a likelihood of heavy snow
/ crampons needed?

Anyone climbed Teide and so have wisdom for me?

I was planning to take basically the route from the cable car area up (i.e. from something like
2300m to the summit - as I will only have one day to do this). I know I need a permit for the
summit, but any other advice would be well received.

No snow in May. All details re permit etc here:- "fell-walker.co.ukpage66.htmOpen ↗"
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Following up to Reid

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Quoted message said:

I was planning to take basically the route from the cable car area up

one thing not on the webpage is that you have to take the approved route.
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Reid said:

Following up to Paul Cummings

Quoted message said:

I'm possibly heading off to Tenerife in May of next year. If so, I for would like to climb / walk
Teide , the highest point in the whole of Spain at 3718m.

Does anyone know if I will be able to walk it in boots or will there be a likelihood of heavy
snow / crampons needed?

Anyone climbed Teide and so have wisdom for me?

I was planning to take basically the route from the cable car area up (i.e. from something like
2300m to the summit - as I will only have one day to do this). I know I need a permit for the
summit, but any other advice would be well received.

No snow in May. All details re permit etc here:- "fell-walker.co.ukpage66.htmOpen ↗"

This is scary! I am just back from Tenerife and I was swithering whether to write about being up
Teide and here it comes up in another thread.

I can't tell you about climbing it as we went with the half day tour from Las Americas, but the
scenery is magnificent. I didn't even make it to the top as it advises anyone with heart disease not
to go up in the cable car, and, even although my angina isn't that bad, I decided to let the rest of
the family go and I stayed at the bottom station. I can tell you I was extremely disapointed but if
I go back I will be checking with my doctor to see if I am fit enough to go the whole way.

Wish I had read your site before I went 🙂

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Following up to Sandy

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I can tell you I was extremely disapointed but if I go back I will be checking with my doctor to
see if I am fit enough to go the whole way.

The cablecar ride does not feel stressful but if you try and go higher the altitude is *very*
noticeable when climbing, going super slow helps . Hope you can make it.
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Reid said:

Following up to Sandy

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I can tell you I was extremely disapointed but if I go back I will be checking with my doctor to
see if I am fit enough to go the whole way.

The cablecar ride does not feel stressful but if you try and go higher the altitude is *very*
noticeable when climbing, going super slow helps . Hope you can make it.

I was walking about at the bottom station waiting for them to come back down and didn't feel any
discomfort except for a bit of light headedness which a few deep breathes got rid of. I erred on the
side of caution, which is unusual for me, which at least made my wife happy 🙂

I picked up one of the walking maps while I was there and hope to try some of the lower walks first,
if that goes alright I will go to the top, by cablecar though I won't take the chance on walking 🙂

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Following up to Sandy

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I picked up one of the walking maps while I was there and hope to try some of the lower walks
first, if that goes alright I will go to the top, by cablecar though I won't take the chance on
walking 🙂

the walk is a fair old slog especially if you do it in summer sun, which I wouldn't advise. The
first part of the ascent, up to the "eggs of Teide" makes a good outing before dawn to watch the sun
rise out of the cloudsea. In fact its best to start before dawn whatever you're doing.
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Paul Cummings said:

Does anyone know if I will be able to walk it in boots or will there be a likelihood of heavy snow
/ crampons needed?

Boots should be fine, and you won't need particularly heavy ones either.

Quoted message said:

Anyone climbed Teide and so have wisdom for me?

I was planning to take basically the route from the cable car area up (i.e. from something like
2300m to the summit - as I will only have one day to do this). I know I need a permit for the
summit, but any other advice would be well received.

Personally I'd take the cable car, it looks like a pretty long drag from the bottom. Not sure about
May, being early in the tourist season, but I found it well worth being there early to avoid the
queues for the cable. For me and my partner this seemed to point to staying in the Parador nearby
the previous night which was very nice.

Plan it properly beforehand since the permit only allows you go on up to summit in the timeslot
specified when you apply for it. The wardens may be a little flexible on this, but I wouldn't
bank on it.

Nick

Paul Cummings said:

I'm possibly heading off to Tenerife in May of next year. If so, I for would like to climb / walk
Teide , the highest point in the whole of Spain at 3718m.

Does anyone know if I will be able to walk it in boots or will there be a likelihood of heavy snow
/ crampons needed?

Anyone climbed Teide and so have wisdom for me?

I was planning to take basically the route from the cable car area up (i.e. from something like
2300m to the summit - as I will only have one day to do this). I know I need a permit for the
summit, but any other advice would be well received.

Have fun, Paul

Strange, seems a lot of us are going to tenerife, beware the half day tour from los christianos, we
went and the cable cars were NOT running due to high winds, great excursion tho, fantastic views
especially above the cloudline, will try to get the website sorted and publish some pics.

jimf

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Strange, seems a lot of us are going to tenerife, beware the half day tour from los christianos,
we went and the cable cars were NOT running due to high winds, great excursion tho, fantastic
views especially above the cloudline, will try to get the website sorted and publish some pics.

I went to Tenerife last July with a view to visiting the summit of Teide. We hired a car from Costa
Adeje, picked up a permit from the capital a couple of days before, and reached the cable car
station just before it opened. Unfortunately, despite the crystal clear blue skies and relative
calm, the cable car operators said it wouldn't be running due to the 80 mph gusts at the summit!

I was very disappointed at the time, but looking back the landscape thereabouts is breathtaking and
it was still an unforgettable day. We caught glimpses of all the islands bar Fuerteventura and
Lanzarote on the drive up and down, though it would have been great to behold the summit panorama.

Last year we had another disappointing "top out" in Cyprus. We reached the summit area of Mount
Olympus only to be greeted with a massive British military radar station where no photos were
allowed and the highest point was off limits!

Paul
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Last year we had another disappointing "top out" in Cyprus. We reached the summit area of Mount
Olympus only to be greeted with a massive British military radar station where no photos were
allowed and the highest point was off limits!

... applies to most of the Greek islands as well- certainly Cephalonia, Zante and Santorini from
personal experience

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Last year we had another disappointing "top out" in Cyprus. We reached

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summit area of Mount Olympus only to be greeted with a massive British military radar station
where no photos were allowed and the highest point was off limits!

Mallorca is like that with Puig Mayor, but Massanella (2nd highest on the island) is a wonderful
walk (and taller than Ben Nevis), so you don't really miss out. Gran Canaria also has its top peak
topped by a military installation, but they can sometimes be generous if you explain that you just
want to get to the highest point. YMMV, we conducted negotiations in Spanish and my brother-in-law
is an officer in the Spanish Navy (who used to be based on Gran Canaria), which may all have helped.

Regards, Paul

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Quoted message said:

Last year we had another disappointing "top out" in Cyprus. We reached the summit area of Mount
Olympus only to be greeted with a massive British military radar station where no photos were
allowed and the highest point was off limits!

... applies to most of the Greek islands as well- certainly Cephalonia, Zante and Santorini from
personal experience

Another islands blighted in this way are Mallorca Unst and the Isle of Wight.

Richard Webb