Lift secrets Canadas del Teide for their unusual climate in Tenerife.

Only the purity of its air and ultra violet rays will always
be there.
Take care, bring protection for it.

Often, big clouds rise up
from the the west coast to a
height between 1200 and 1600 meters and hug the slopes.

That's when you might wonder if intruding into Cañadas heights might be worth your while. The strong Tenerife sun will, however, not give all this moisture much of a chance. It, seldom, enters the altogether 47 square km embracing crater called Canadas del Teide.

Discover some unusual pictures of Puerto de la Cruz in this context, where the Canadas are hidden but, a snowy ice capped Teide is revealed within most amazing surroundings!

Webcams give much away:

Out of sheer curiosity I checked out the weather by the OT Observatory Teide of Iñaza on its homepage with its webcams on a rainy day end of November 2008. I understood little by its telescope readings. Its Webcam, however gave a clue. The area of Iñaza looked bathed in gray color with no sun around.

You know walks and climbs during noon times are no good but, you might be unaware that temperatures can go way above 30 degrees Celsius by Mount Teide and other spots or reach below freezing, any time from November to April.

During extremely high snow fall, roads within are even cordoned off.

Mountains with peaks of different height, length and formation let Tenerife sun and winds through in all sorts of ways.
Some mountain banks offer shelter to everything growing between creeks while others are exposed to trade winds which are more often cool. The warm exceptions are Elysian winds coming down from the Azores.

The safest and most pleasant way to experience climate in Tenerife in the Cañadas del Teide for the first time is to do a trip along the 25 km long Canadas Cordillera mountain road with a tour bus or with a rented car. A tour guide knows the Cañadas. He may foresee bad weather for a trip and isn't shy to deal with it.

Rather do your own Canadas del Teide excursions in summer, spring or, early autumn, provided you have much time and experience with all parts of the island of Tenerife.

Take a rented car for your own freedom to quit because of warm or cold you are not happy with.

On general, though, climate in Tenerife Cañadas is very fair.

Falcons, eagles, owls, hawks, you name them...

Keep a look out for falcons, such as the Barbary falcon of the Canadas del Teide. This is now one of endangered birds like almost all falcons, as they may attract passionate human hunters.

Generally, you will feel like driving within a movie once up there below mount Teide on its cauldron plateau. Take your time for easy go riding by
a sometimes endless seeming chain of mountains bathed in sun light or even in snow.

Talking of riding, endurance cycling should be menioned, which is not only popular with biking champions in the Cañadas del Teide but also by the Teno Alto highlands.

Please, return from Canadas del Teide to the biggest of all Canary Islands where everybody with rented or own holiday home in Tenerife loves this region of Spain by its highest peak.

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