About This Stage
Cross the Cruz de Ferro — leave a stone from home as pilgrims have done for centuries — then descend dramatically into Ponferrada.
Terrain
Mountain summit, steep descent
Highlights
✦
Cruz de Ferro (iron cross
✦
leave a stone)
✦
Manjarin
✦
Templar Castle in Ponferrada
Stage Details
27.3 km
Distance
~7.5h
Est. Time
200m
Elevation Gain
1200m
Elevation Loss
✓ Albergue
✓ ATM
✓ Pharmacy
Stage Map
Weather Forecast
Foncebadón
☁️
25°C
Overcast
✅ Ideal
11°–25°C 0.1mm 14km/h
Today
☁️
25°
11°
Sun
☁️
22°
11°
Mon
☁️
25°
12°
Tue
⛅
26°
13°
Wed
⛅
26°
12°
Ponferrada
☁️
31°C
Overcast
✅ Ideal
16°–31°C 0.1mm 20km/h
Today
☁️
31°
16°
Sun
☁️
29°
15°
Mon
⛅
32°
14°
Tue
⛅
33°
17°
Wed
☁️
33°
15°