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PR 17

Caminho do Pináculo e Folhadal

PR 17, Caminho do Pináculo e Folhadal, is a classified walk on Madeira. IFCN publishes the distance as 15 km. The passing places on the IFCN list are Lombo do Mouro – Caramujo – Folhadal – Encumeada. The list marks it partly open. visitmadeira lists the difficulty as Difficult and the duration as 6:30 hours. visitmadeira gives the start and end as Lombo do Mouro / Encumeada. visitmadeira gives the maximum and minimum altitude as 1490 m / 970 m. visitmadeira publishes the distance as 15 km. visitmadeira publishes a visitor fee for this walk. The figure is in the booking section.

Partly open

Automated from official data. IFCN list

Partly open.

IFCN, in Portuguese: ABERTO (Transitável entre a Encumeada Folhadal – Caramujo - Bica da Cana)

IFCN list of 2 October 2026. Conditions change. Check before you go. IFCN.

visitmadeira’s badge on 30 October 2026: OPEN. If that disagrees with IFCN, IFCN is the status we lead with.

FactFigureSource
Distance15 kmIFCN
Passing placesLombo do Mouro – Caramujo – Folhadal – EncumeadaIFCN
Managed byIFCNIFCN
DifficultyDifficultvisitmadeira
Duration6:30 hoursvisitmadeira
Start / endLombo do Mouro / Encumeadavisitmadeira
Altitude max / min1490 m / 970 mvisitmadeira
visitmadeira distance15 kmvisitmadeira

Booking

Payment for classified walks is on SIMplifica, the service named on the IFCN page. IFCN’s fee note exempts residents of the Autonomous Region of Madeira who can show it, children aged 12 or under, and people with a disability of 60% or more (and a tutor with them) when they show a document. IFCN fee FAQ.

Fee, where a page states one

Route

OpenStreetMap relation 4441703 measures 15.53 km. IFCN publishes 15 km. The name and the passing places matched the official trail, and the measured length is within a fifth of the IFCN figure where IFCN gives one. The line is © OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL. OpenFreeMap tiles load only after you open the map. A brown dot marks the start of the OSM line (Lombo do Mouro).

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