Madeira Ativa › Levada trails › PR 27
Glaciar de Planalto (PR 27) is a easy 5.2 km walking trail on Madeira, running from Bica da Cana to ER 105. It climbs about 191 m and descends about 239 m along the way. That averages a gentle but steady gradient, about 37 m of climb per kilometre. It runs between 1431 m and 1585 m above sea level. At that height the trail is often above or inside the cloud, and noticeably colder than the coast, whatever Funchal is doing. It is a point-to-point route. Access status is currently closed. The trail is waymarked in yellow.
OpenStreetMap, where surveyed; mapped on 0% of the route.
No bus route is mapped near either end, so this one effectively needs a car or a transfer. It is point-to-point, not a loop, so a car left at the start is a car you have to walk back to — most people arrange a drop-off, a taxi, or the bus. A car park is mapped at one end only.
No. This trail is free to walk; some other marked trails on Madeira are not.
Not directly — no bus route is mapped near either end.
It runs between 1431 m and 1585 m above sea level. At that height the trail is often above or inside the cloud, and noticeably colder than the coast, whatever Funchal is doing.
The last published status is closed. Closures on Madeira follow storms and landslides and change without much warning, so check the official status on the day.