Cruce a Lobatera – Palo Grande

An unbroken climb up the Carretera Panamericana in the Táchira hills, without a metre of descent from the Lobatera turnoff through the roadside houses of La Llanada and La Curiacha. The steepest pitch comes late, 8.8% with 450 m to go, before the road tops out at Palo Grande.