The Mountains of Central Spain - Walks Scrambles GR10 - Europe

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Cover

Paperback - Laminated

Published

1 Jan 1996

Edition

First

ISBN

9781852842031

ISBN (10)

1852842032

Size

17.2 x 11.6 x 1.5cm

Weight

350g

Pages

304

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Originally Published

1 Jan 1996

The Mountains of Central Spain

by Jacqueline Oglesby

Extensive guidebook of walks and scrambles in Spain's central mountains, the Sierras de Gredos and Guadarrama, which rise to 2600m and remain snow-capped for 5 months of the year. Over 70 routes and many options, plus Spain's GR10 that runs through the central spine of both mountain chains. More...

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Seasons

Quite possible all year round. Summers are very hot, but cooler in the mountains and dry. May and Read More... June are probably best, with mid-October to November a good time too. Winters are short.

Centres

Access probably through Madrid which is 50-100km to the south. Segovia in the Guadarrama and Avila Read More... and Plasencia are in the Sierra de Gredos.

Difficulty

Mainly full-day mountain walks - open ridges and some spectacular scrambling.

Must See

A real surprise that the Spanish have been hiding from us! Wild valleys, spectacular corries, good Read More... footpaths, airy ridges, granite towers.

December 2008

Route 43A

Trains from Cercedilla now only stop twice a day, the first of these being at 11.30 am.

p183 Description of Fuenfria Valley

The access road to Chalet de Penalara is closed to the public and a one-way system now takes you up the valley to the last parking area, taking the right fork beyond the information centre and returning from the Majavilan car park on an upper road.

p193 Map of Fuenfria

Various other waymarked paths exist and are shown on a map is available from the information centre. In particular there appear to be alternative descent routes from both ridges on the east and west sides of the valley.

Route 54A

The chairlifts and other ski paraphernalia no longer exist. There is an information centre which explains that they have been dismantled for environmental reasons and reseeded to encourage regeneration. You start on a cobbled track which heads slightly north up the flank of the hill and then turns back on itself to reach a sheltered information board. From there you can take the options described in the guide – either up towards Dos Hermanas or contouring towards Lago Grande.