Roque Nublo from La Goleta

From the Degollada de La Goleta the path climbs through Canary pines, past the spire of El Fraile, to a level shelf of rock, the Tablón del Nublo, and across it to the foot of the Roque Nublo, a monolith about 80 m high, with the smaller Roque de La Rana beside it. Come back off the shelf and take the path that circles the whole mass of rock through the pines, before dropping back to La Goleta.

It is 4.8 km round with 189 m of climbing; allow about 1½ hours. The grade is Easy: a well-worn path, stony and stepped in places.

There is no public parking at La Goleta. Leave the car at Cruz de Los Llanos or in Tejeda and take the shuttle bus, which runs every half hour through the day, or walk up from Cruz de Los Llanos in about 50 minutes.

During the day, roughly from 9 am to 5 pm, a free reservation made online with the island council is needed to start up the path from La Goleta; outside those hours none is needed. At 1,800 m expect wind, cloud and cold in winter and strong sun in summer, and carry water.

Route drawn by Global Adventurer along OpenStreetMap paths (© OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL), with figures worked out from it. Check the forecast and the ground on the day: paths change.