Veleta (from the Arab word "Balata", meaning cliff) or Pico del Veleta is the third highest peak of the Iberian peninsula and the second highest of the Sierra Nevada. Its height is given variously as 3,394 metres (11,135 ft), 3,396 metres (11,142 ft) and 3,398 metres (11,148 ft).
The mountain can be seen from the city of Granada. Veleta's northern slopes are home to the Sierra Nevada Ski Station. The access road that takes one to approximately 10 metres below the summit is the highest paved road in Europe across the mountains from Granada to the western Alpujarras. This road was built before the creation of the Sierra Nevada National Park in 1999. It has since been closed to general traffic beyond Hoya de la Mora, just above the ski station. However, the road is still used by ski station employees, national park rangers, observatory staff, cyclists and walkers, and by a microbus service which takes hikers up to Posiciones del Veleta, a viewpoint 3,100 metres above sea level. In summer it is a relatively easy walk up to the summit from there.
The Corral de la Veleta or Corral del Veleta glacier, at 37° N the southernmost glacier in Europe, disappeared in 1913.
The IRAM 30m telescope is located on the slopes of Pico Veleta, at an elevation of 2920 m.
There's a hiking trail (T2) leading to the summit. Pico del Veleta is one of the 17 peaks along the Integral de Sierra Nevada.
The nearest mountain hut is Refugio-Vivac de la Carihuela located 767m/2 518ft SW of the summit.
By elevation Pico del Veleta is
# 5 out of 81984 in Spain # 3 out of 2436 in Granada # 3 out of 12452 in Andalusia # 3 out of 197 in Parque Nacional de Sierra Nevada # 3 out of 16499 in the Andalucian Ranges
By prominence Pico del Veleta is
# 29 out of 2436 in Granada # 5 out of 197 in Parque Nacional de Sierra Nevada
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