- 19 Jan 2026When charging began
- PNT 10Telesforo Bravo, the permit you need
- Mon 07:00Canary time, when new slots open
- ~160 mThe ascent the permit buys you
- €600Maximum fine for going without
You Need One Permit, for One Short Trail, From One Website
What the permit covers, what it does not, and the two things most published guides get wrong about it.
Teide National Park is free. The roads, the viewpoints, Roques de García, the whole caldera floor — none of it needs a booking. The permit exists for one short trail: PNT 10, Telesforo Bravo, the roughly 600 metres of path and 160 vertical metres that lead from the top cable-car station at La Rambleta to the crater at 3,715 m. Without it you can ride the cable car, walk the two free viewpoint trails at the top, and go no further. A ranger checks names, reservations and photo ID where the trail begins.
Two things about that permit are commonly reported wrong. The first is where you get it: it is sold only through TenerifeON, at tenerifeon.es or in its app. Telesforo Bravo used to sit on the national parks reservation site, and a great many guides still send readers there. The second is the price: charging started on 19 January 2026 at €15 for non-residents. The €25 figure that circulated widely in 2025 was a proposed ceiling from the original announcement, not the scheme that was implemented.
And the point that costs people their summit day: a cable-car ticket is not a permit, and the two are bought from different organisations. If you plan to ride up and then walk to the crater, that is two separate bookings for the same morning — or one guided climb that handles both.
The permit covers
- The Telesforo Bravo trail (PNT 10), from La Rambleta to the crater rim
- One named person, on one date, in one booked time slot
- Sunrise and after-dark bands as well as standard daytime hours
- Nothing else — it is not a ticket, a transfer or an entry fee
The permit does not cover
- The cable car, which is a separate ticket from a separate operator
- PNT 07 Montaña Blanca, the full walk-up route, which needs its own permit
- Getting to the park — there is no transport attached to it
- Any guarantee of weather, visibility or the cable car running that day
What the Permits Cost: €0, €6 or €15 Depending on Where You Live
The Cabildo de Tenerife's eco-fee applies to the summit trail and to Montaña Blanca, at different rates. Accredited mountain guides are exempt from both.
| Who you are | PNT 10 Telesforo Bravo (the summit) | PNT 07 Montaña Blanca (the walk-up) |
|---|---|---|
| Visitor from outside the Canary Islands | €15 | €6 weekdays · €10 weekends and holidays |
| Resident of another Canary Island | €6 | €3 weekdays · €5 weekends and holidays |
| Resident of Tenerife | Free | Free |
| Children under 14 | Free | Free |
| Accredited mountain guide | Exempt | Exempt |
Fees verified 2 September 2026 against the Cabildo de Tenerife's January 2026 announcement. The scheme is projected to raise around €650,000 a year, ring-fenced for park maintenance and conservation. One official fare notice has been reported as saying “under 16” rather than “under 14” for the free child rate — if you are booking for a 14- or 15-year-old, check at the point of purchase.
How to Actually Get a Teide Summit Slot
From creating the account to the ranger check at the trailhead — where the process bites, and how people lose slots they thought they had.
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Create the TenerifeON account first
Do this days ahead, not on release morning. The platform is under heavy load exactly when slots open, and filling in personal details while places disappear is how people miss out. Have the passport or national ID number of every climber to hand — bookings are named and non-transferable.
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Be logged in before Monday at 07:00 Canary time
New dates open weekly at that moment on a rolling window. Popular dates in high season go in minutes. Note the time zone: Canary time is one hour behind most of mainland Europe, so set the alarm against the right clock.
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Pick the slot, not just the date
Daytime slots run in bands within cable-car hours, with separate bands for sunrise and after dark. Choose one you can genuinely reach: if you are relying on the cable car to get to La Rambleta, your permit slot has to line up with a lift ticket you also hold, and the lift sells out separately.
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Book the cable car, or plan the walk up
The permit gets you past the gate; it does not get you to the gate. Either hold a cable-car ticket for a compatible time, or plan the full ascent from Montaña Blanca — about 8.3 km and 1,350 m of climbing, five to six hours, and a second permit of its own.
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Turn up with the paperwork and the kit
Bring the permit, printed or in the app, and the photo ID that matches the name on it. Rangers check both, and they check equipment: closed hiking boots, warm layers, gloves, a charged headlamp for night and sunrise slots, and crampons roughly November to April when there is snow or ice. Missing your slot means missing the climb — there is no flexibility built in.
The mistake that is hardest to undo: leaving the summit to the last day of your trip. Wind closes the cable car and snow closes the mountain roads often enough that a single fixed attempt is a coin toss. Book the permit for early in your stay so a weather day still leaves you a second chance, and check the operator's status the morning of the climb.
Check Availability & Prices
Our top pick for the summit: the permit and trail authorisations are in the price, along with a guide, poles, headlamp, gloves, insurance and hotel pickup. The cable-car leg is the part quoted separately.
Run by Sana Senda. The listing quotes the cable-car ticket at €22 per person on top of the tour price — worth adding to your own comparison, because operators differ on whether that leg is bundled or extra.
The Other Teide Trails That Need a Permit
Telesforo Bravo is the one most people need, but it is not the only restricted route in the park.
PNT 07 — Montaña Blanca
The classic full ascent, from the TF-21 trailhead at 2,340 m past the Huevos del Teide to La Rambleta. About 8.3 km one way with 1,350 m of gain. Needs its own permit, and a second one (PNT 10) if you intend to continue to the crater.
PNT 09 — Pico Viejo and the Narices
From La Rambleta across to Pico Viejo's crater and the 1798 eruption vents. Permit required. A very different day from the summit push: longer, more exposed, and far quieter.
PNT 23 — Regatones Negros
A controlled route on the upper mountain, booked through the same platform. Numbers are limited and it is not a beginner's walk.
PNT 28 — Chafarí
Another restricted upper-mountain trail on TenerifeON. Check conditions carefully; these routes close more readily than the main ones.
Bivouac overnights
Sleeping out in the park is only permitted at designated areas with a booked authorisation, also through TenerifeON. Wild camping is not allowed anywhere in the national park.
Everything else — no permit
Roques de García, Siete Cañadas, Arenas Negras, the Sámara loop and the two viewpoint trails at the top station are all open, free and unbooked. So is every road and viewpoint in the park.
The Altavista Refuge Route — and Why You Should Check Before Planning It
For years the honest answer to “can I climb Teide without a permit?” was yes, by staying overnight at the Refugio de Altavista at 3,260 m. A stamped refuge booking covered the trail authorisations provided you were off the summit trail before 09:00, which is why hikers leave in the small hours and reach the crater for sunrise and the shadow.
That advice may now be out of date. As of September 2026 the refuge is reported closed to the public — including in guidance published by the cable-car operator itself — with no confirmed reopening date. Its own booking site still shows reservation links, so the picture is genuinely unclear, and we would rather say so than repeat a workaround that could waste your trip.
- If you were counting on itConfirm the refuge's current status directly before building an itinerary around it. Do not treat any guide's word for it, including ours, as current.
- If it is closedThe only routes to the crater are a PNT 10 permit booked on TenerifeON, or a guided climb that holds the permits for you.
- What it was worthBeyond the permit, the refuge bought acclimatisation — a night at 3,260 m makes the summit push meaningfully easier than arriving fast by cable car.
- Sunrise without itPNT 10 has its own early band, and several guided operators run night ascents timed for dawn at the crater. That is now the practical route to a sunrise summit.
Guided Ascents That Handle the Permit for You
Different trade-offs on gear, timing and what is left to pay on the day — all three, including our top pick above, hold the permit rather than sending you a link.
Best if you have no kit
Teide Peak Hiking 3715m
Includes: the timed summit permit, a qualified mountain guide, insurance, poles and headlamp, plus boots, coat, hat and gloves if you need them. Transport and the cable car are extra.
Check availability
Best for a sunrise summit
Teide Night Hike to Watch Sunrise and Summit
Includes: both paid permits per person, guiding, headlamps, poles, thermal blankets, hot tea and crampons from November to April. The transfer and the €24 cable-car descent are extra.
Check availability
Read the Includes list, not the title. Some listings carry “with official permit” in their name while their own inclusions state that the permit and the cable-car ticket must be bought separately after booking, via a link the operator sends you. That is a legitimate way to sell a guided climb — but it is a different product at a different real price, and the title will not tell you which one you are looking at. Before you pay, check that the words permit and cable car sit under Includes and not under what is excluded.
What We Verified, and What We Could Not
This page is only useful if it is current. Here is exactly how confident we are in each part of it.
Confirmed by more than one source
That PNT 10 is booked only through TenerifeON; that charging began on 19 January 2026 at €0 for Tenerife residents and under-14s, €6 for other Canary residents and €15 for everyone else; that new slots release on Mondays at 07:00 Canary time; that rangers check the named permit and photo ID at the trailhead; and that going without one risks a fine of up to €600.
Sources disagree — the booking window
Guides published in 2026 variously state that dates open 28 days ahead and 56 days ahead. Both describe the same Monday 07:00 release. Treat the release time as reliable and the horizon as uncertain: look as far out as the platform will let you, and book the moment you can.
Widely repeated but not officially published
A daily cap of 300 people across time bands, with roughly 50 per slot, is quoted in several places and is consistent with the Cabildo's regulation. We have not been able to confirm a published figure specific to Telesforo Bravo, so treat it as an indication of scarcity rather than a number to plan against.
Actively contradicted — the refuge
The Refugio de Altavista is reported closed to the public, including by the cable-car operator, while its own booking site still shows reservation links. Because most published guides still present it as the permit-free route, this is the single fact on this page most worth checking yourself before you rely on it.
Figures on this page were checked on 2 September 2026 against the Cabildo de Tenerife's announcement, the TenerifeON platform's published rules and the cable-car operator's own guidance. Rules and fees on Teide have changed twice in two years; if you are reading this long after that date, verify before you book.
Teide Summit Permit FAQ
Short answers to the questions the permit system actually raises.
Do you need a permit to climb Mount Teide?
Only for the last stretch. Teide National Park is free to enter and most of it needs no permit at all. The final Telesforo Bravo trail, PNT 10, which covers roughly the last 160 vertical metres from La Rambleta to the crater, requires a named reservation. Several other controlled trails, including PNT 07 Montaña Blanca, need their own permits too.
Where do you book the Teide summit permit?
Through TenerifeON, at tenerifeon.es or in its app. This is the change most guides have missed: the Telesforo Bravo trail was previously handled by the national-parks reservation site, and it no longer is. If a page tells you to book at reservasparquesnacionales.es for this trail, it is out of date.
How much does the Teide summit permit cost in 2026?
Charging began on 19 January 2026. Tenerife residents and children under 14 pay nothing. Residents of the other Canary Islands pay €6. Everyone else pays €15. Accredited mountain guides are exempt. Widely reported figures of €25 came from a proposed ceiling announced in 2025 and were never the implemented price.
Is a cable car ticket the same as a summit permit?
No. They are separate bookings sold by different organisations. The cable car takes you to La Rambleta at 3,555 m; the permit lets you walk the final trail from there to the 3,715 m crater. Holding one does not give you the other, and you need both if you intend to ride up and summit.
When do Teide permit slots become available?
New dates open every Monday at 07:00 Canary Islands time on a rolling window. Slots for popular dates go quickly, so create your TenerifeON account and log in before the release rather than during it. Same-day permits are rarely available.
What happens if you climb Teide without a permit?
A ranger checks names, reservations and photo ID at the start of the Telesforo Bravo trail, and turns back anyone without a valid booking. Climbing without one can attract an administrative fine of up to €600 under Canary Islands natural-spaces law. Guides who breach the rules face suspension.
Can you still climb Teide by staying at the Altavista refuge?
Historically yes — a stamped overnight booking at the Refugio de Altavista covered the trail permits provided you left the summit trail before 09:00. As of September 2026, however, the refuge is reported closed to the public, including on the cable-car operator's own guidance, so do not plan a trip around it without confirming its status first.
Do guided Teide summit tours include the permit?
Some do and some do not, and the title is not a reliable guide. Listings exist whose name says "with official permit" while their own Includes list shows the permit and the cable-car ticket are bought separately after booking. Check that the words permit and cable car appear under Includes rather than under what is excluded.
The Teide cable car up to La Rambleta, a stargazing night under the Starlight skies at Las Cañadas, the Mount Teide Observatory at Izaña, or the Roques de García walk on the caldera floor — the parts of the mountain that need no permit at all.
The Rest of the Teide Decision
Getting to the trailhead, choosing a tour, and what the mountain is like on the day.
- Is the Teide cable car worth it?The other half of a summit day: what the ticket buys, who cannot ride, and what to do when wind closes it.
- Compare Teide toursWhat each kind of trip is for, and the one thing to check before booking.
- How the summit fits the dayThe four stages from base station to crater, in order.
- What you'll see in the parkLas Cañadas, Roques de García, Pico Viejo and the sea of clouds — none of it ticketed.
- Best time, weather & getting thereThe season, the crowds, and the closures that decide whether a permit is usable.
- Mount Teide FAQPermits, cable car, weather, kids and altitude, answered briefly.