Puerto de Pajares
N-630Lena to Villamanín · Asturias
Distance6.5mi · 10.5 km
Drive time14 minon the road
DifficultyModerate
MountainValleyMoorland
Historic Cantabrian pass linking Asturias with Leon at 1,379 m.
Puerto de Pajares carries the N-630 over the Cantabrian Mountains at about 1,379 m between Pajares in Asturias and Villamanin in Leon. For decades the main route in and out of Asturias before the AP-66 motorway, it is a flowing series of hairpins past the Valgrande-Pajares ski area. Mind heavy winter snowfall, summer night fog and slow trucks still using the old road.
Where it runs
LenaStart · Asturias
VillamanínEnd · Spain
Character
Corners45bends
Tightness6of 10
Max gradient9%≈ 1-in-11
Hairpins0tight bends
Climb384 mtotal ascent
Summit1386 mhighest point · 4547 ft
SpringSummerAutumn
Elevation
393 m rangeKnow before you go
- Winter snow and ice
- Summer night fog
- Trucks on the old road
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