The Tramuntana traverse

Mallorca route guide · Serra de Tramuntana

Riding The Tramuntana traverse

The whole mountain in one day, and the ride the island is famous for outside Mallorca: Addiscombe Cycling Club publishes this traverse at 118.7 km and this graph rides it in 120.8. The Ma-10 leaves Andratx and does not let go — the Coll des Pi, the Port des Canonge shelf, Valldemossa, the Deià corniche with the sea two hundred metres below the parapet, Sóller and the stepped stone streets of Fornalutx. Then the Puig Major tunnel, the reservoirs at Gorg Blau, the Lluc sanctuary arm and the long fall over the Coll de Femenia to the water at Pollença. Sa Calobra opens off it at Els Arcs and has its own rides in this catalogue.

This point-to-point line covers 120.9 km, from Andratx toward the corniche toward Sóller toward Puig Major toward Lluc toward Port de Pollença.

The mountain character comes from more than gradient. Limestone, tunnel mouths, dry-stone edges, pine shade, reservoirs, and compressed hairpins change the view as much as the elevation.

Captured in muntro

Relief, gradient, and how to pace it

This is serious vertical terrain. The road spans 867 m from bottom to top and accumulates 2,393 m of ascent, with sampled ramps reaching 10%. The profile makes the pacing decision visible before the first pedal stroke.

Treat this as a long mountain day. Fuel before you need it, cap the early effort, and let the descents reset your breathing; the profile is too large to rescue with one heroic final interval.

Points to watch for

The best Mallorca routes are remembered as a sequence of places, not as a GPX line. These are the changes of scene that organise this ride.

1. 01

   Andratx

   The route rolls away from Andratx, giving you a few minutes to find cadence and read the road ahead.

2. 02

   the corniche

   the corniche is one of the route’s defining changes of scene and a useful marker for pacing the ride.

3. 03

   Sóller

   Sóller is one of the route’s defining changes of scene and a useful marker for pacing the ride.

4. 04

   Puig Major

   Puig Major is one of the route’s defining changes of scene and a useful marker for pacing the ride.

5. 05

   Lluc

   Lluc is one of the route’s defining changes of scene and a useful marker for pacing the ride.

Why this road works indoors

muntro does not flatten the Tramuntana traverse into a workout backdrop. The route’s bends, height, and junction order come from the road itself, while a compatible trainer reproduces the changing gradient under your pedals.

The point-to-point format gives the session a destination. There is no need to invent a finish when the real road already has one.