Pozo de las Nieves

The Pico de las Nieves is the highest elevation on the island of Gran Canaria, a summit with stunning views from where it is possible to see some of the islands that they form in the Canary archipelago. Despite the latitudes where the Canary Islands can be found, during the coldest days of winter this area is usually covered in snow, this snow was stored in the well-known Neveros or snow wells. similar to those that are known in some points of the sierras of Andalusia.

There is one with the name of Pozo de las Nieves, when it fell a snowfall these wells were covered with snow, the strategy was the following once these constructions were covered with snow they were kept in blocks of ice that would prevent them from melting easily once they were formed, they cut themselves and with beasts they descended to the nearest nuclei. To form it, it was necessary to crush the snow with molds and once subjected to this pressure, blocks were formed that formed layers and were separated by straw. It was amazing how these blocks of ice held long seasons without melting.

The Pozo de Nieves was a rock excavation, about 10 meters deep and covered by a shed, it is estimated that its construction dates approximately from 1594.