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Safety guide for riding Coll de Sóller
Help points, the roads you ride and what has happened on them.
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Roads on this climb
Risk 1–5, 5 is highest
MA-11A — MA-11A — old Coll de Sóller road
Narrow laneBlind cornersFast descentRough surface
Most through-traffic uses the toll tunnel underneath, but the old road over the Coll de Sóller is the cycling classic — 11 km of switchbacks where loose gravel after rain and riders overshooting hairpins are the standing hazards. Take a wide line on hairpins, never cross the centre line.
About safety on Coll de Sóller
The Coll de Sóller is one of the safer big-ticket climbs because the tunnel opened in 1997 and took most cars away, leaving a quiet old road. The risk is speed: the tips for this climb warn that many descending cyclists take the hairpins flat-out, so on a 7.5 km road with 26 numbered switchbacks per side keep to your side and never cut a bend. Maximum gradient is 7.5%, so there is no extreme ramp to catch you out. The road is listed on our road-risk page for the old MA-11, worth reading before you ride.