Pico Ruivo

Pico Ruivo
	Pico Ruivo
height	1862 m
location	Madeira , Portugal
Coordinates	32 ° 45 ′ 31 ″ N , 16 ° 56 ′ 32 ″ W Coordinates: 32 ° 45 ′ 31 ″ N , 16 ° 56 ′ 32 ″ W
Type	Cinder cone
	Rock nose with the mountain hut below the Pico-Ruivo summit

The Pico Ruivo (Portuguese for red tip ) is the highest mountain in Madeira with 1862 m and after the Ponta do Pico on the Azores island of Pico and the Torre (Serra da Estrela) in continental Portugal the third highest point in Portugal . It consists mainly of lava rock . There is a mountain hut just below the summit.

At the top of Pico Ruivo

Thanks to well-developed paths, Pico Ruivo can also be used by inexperienced hikers , but the route requires good physical condition and surefootedness. The most popular variants are:

from Pico do Arieiro , on secured stairways up and down, two and a half to three and a half hours for one route, [2009]. The longer and more strenuous path (at the fork on the right) is no longer accessible as of September 2018.
starting from the parking lot on Achada do Teixeira (from Santana , one hour)
a more strenuous option is the ascent in 5 to 6 hours from the Encumeada pass (1007 m), which connects Ribeira Brava (south coast) and São Vicente (north coast).

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