Hiking route
Grande Rota Peneda-Gerês
180.6 km· ↗ 7758 m· waymarked· Mountain trail· Regional route
Passes through: Portugal 176 km (Viana do Castelo, Vila Real, Braga)
The trail is in Viana do Castelo. A 181 km point-to-point route: the finish is not where you started. It runs from “Ameijoeira” to “Tourém”. Total ascent is about 7758 m. Elevations along the way range from 60 to 1254 m. The trail is waymarked on the ground.
This description is assembled from OpenStreetMap data and our own terrain calculation.
Surface
- dirt — 12.5 km (7%)
- asphalt — 10.1 km (5%)
- paving stones — 8.1 km (4%)
- gravel — 5.2 km (3%)
- unpaved — 1.3 km (1%)
- other — 1.3 km (1%)
- not recorded — 146 km (79%)
Surface data comes from OpenStreetMap tags on the route's ways.
Who is allowed
- MTB difficulty: S6
The OpenStreetMap mtb:scale, where 0 is an easy path and 6 is barely rideable. The route shows its HARDEST section.
Trail geometry and data come from OpenStreetMap (© OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL). Check them on the ground: waymarking can go out of date.