Alto de Palmas
Category 117.2 km
Distance
920 m
Elevation Gain
5.3%
Average Gradient
10%
Max Gradient
2415 m
Summit Elevation
Alto de Palmas is the daily training climb of Medellín — the road that defines the morning routine of the city's cycling community and the benchmark against which every Antioquia cyclist measures their form. The road climbs northeast from the Avenida Las Palmas junction in El Poblado at 1,495m (Mede...
Pro Tip
Depart from El Poblado at 05:15-05:30 to be on the climb in pre-dawn light and at the summit as Medellín brightens below. The city from the Palmas summit at dawn — 3 million people in a valley 900m be...