A
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Alcolea(sh) -840m: a shoulder summit
route through Alpujarra villages without
tourists, heading for the only paved
mountain pass road through the Sierra
Nevada. |
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Algueda (Coll.
de) -480m: a small dessert summit
with view onto the picturesque Sierra
Orihuela
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C
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Cabezo
de la Plata (Puerto de) -380m:
locally popular bike racing summit, across
a badlands dessert ridge summit in Murcia
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Cabo Cope
s(u) -380m: small summit in a nature
park along the Mediterranean - abundant
picturesquely decaying old stone
structures along the way
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Calar Alto
s(u) -2168m: a long, high and famous
climb to an observatory on the plateau
like Sierra de Filabres
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Carretera
de la Chaba(sh) -1360m: high pass
through limestone mountains between
Granada and the Mediterranean sea. |
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Carretera de
Gualchos s(u) -550m: lowest paved
summit in the Sierra de Lujar, directly
above the Mediterranean Sea |
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Castro
de Filabres (Alto de) -1250m: the
small pass on a big pass loop, and
possibly the most pleasant on the loop
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Colmenar(sh)
-700m: a large, popular hilltown (call it
a hill city) near Malaga |
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Comares s(u)
-720m: popular tourist hilltown near
Malaga |
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Cutar
(Alto de) (sh) -440m: low mountain
pass on the Mediterranean coast; passes my
favorite hilltown in this area: Cutar |
E
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El Torcal
(Puerto de) -950m: pass just below
the one way summit El Torcal, the most
prominent mountain road summit between
Malaga and Antequerra |
G
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GR3204
Pinos de Valle -830m: across from
the Sierra Nevada and with great views
onto them. |
H
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Haza del
Lino (Puerto de) -1300m: popular
cycling destination summit between the
Sierra Nevada and the Mediterranean Sea
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Haza
del Lino - Albondon s(u) -1350m: a
summit on a traverse along the top of the
Sierra Contraviesa
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I
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Itr_abo
(Alto de) s(u) -500m: connects two
popular coastal towns: Salobrena and
Almunecar; good mountain biking above here |
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Iznate (Alto
de) s(u) -380m: a low pass located
just above the old village Iznate, above
the coast |
L
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Leon (Puerte
de) -920m: the most popular climb
from Malaga |
M
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Mirador
Cabra Montes(sh) -1080m: a point on
the Carretera de la Chabe with an
additional unpaved approach from the most
interesting side of this rugged limestone
range |
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Moclinejo
(Alto de) s(u) -600m: this pass
crosses the first ridge, immediately
adjacent to the Mediterranean coast, and
looks down onto many small old villages |
P
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Portell
de Cati -1100m: a locally famous
racing pass through block shaped mountains
- with an extremely steep top section
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R
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Ragudo
(Cuesta de ) (sh) -1007m: a paved
alternative to part of the Via Verde Ojos
Negros(sh)
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S
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Santillana
(Puerto de) s(u) -1350m: the most
interesting road along the Sierra Nevada
skirts an the old Alpujarra Village,
Ojanes
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Santopilar
(Puerto de) -850m: the highest
puerto between a whole series of possible
summit points between the hilltowns
Comares and Colmenar. |
V
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Vall de
Ebo s(u) -540m: a scenic, popular
climb above the sea on the Costa Blanca
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Velefique
(Puerto de) -1822m: local cyclists
call this the Iberian Stelvio Pass
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Venta de
Chaleco - Turon s(u) -1310m: a
summit on the traverse of the Sierra
Contraviesa, conveniently located betwee
the Mediterranean Sea and the Sierra
Nevada
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Venta
La Nades s(u) -950m: a traverse
above old white villages, between coast
and the Sierras de Tejeda, Almijara y
Alhama |
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Venta
Luisa (Collado) -1970m: a summit on
the classic loop over Puerto de Velefique
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Via Verde
Ojos Negros(sh) -1230m: my favorite
railtrail in the world
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Z
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Zambra (Alto
de) s(u) -730m: a narrow, curving
climb, virtually without cars on the
outskirts of Malaga |
