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La Maliciosa Summit – Air Force Reservoir loop from Presa del Embalse de Navacerrada

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La Maliciosa Summit – Air Force Reservoir loop from Presa del Embalse de Navacerrada

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La Maliciosa Summit – Air Force Reservoir loop from Presa del Embalse de Navacerrada

04:45

7.33km

820m

Mountaineering

Hard mountaineering route. Good fitness required. Sure-footedness, sturdy shoes and alpine experience required. The starting point of the route is right next to a parking lot.

Last updated: April 16, 2026

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Includes segments that are highly dangerous

Parts of this route comprise highly technical, difficult, or hazardous terrain. Specialist equipment and prior experience is required.

After 2.45 km for 25 m

After 2.75 km for 707 m

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112 m

Navacerrada Village Reservoir

Highlight • Lake

Beautiful landscape that the Embalse del Pueblo de Navacerrada offers us. Together with the Pinares de la Barranca they make an amazing postcard, especially in the autumn months where some trees take on a different color and the view is very picturesque.

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3.34 km

La Maliciosa Summit

Highlight • Summit

This peak, located in the northwest of the Community of Madrid, between La Pedriza and the Barranca valley, owes its name to the difficulty of its ascent, with a fairly steep orography except for its northern slope. With an altitude of 2,227 meters above sea level, it is one of the highest peaks in the Sierra de Guadarrama.

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6.73 km

Air Force Reservoir

Highlight • Lake

Upon reaching the dam, most sigh exclaiming at the surprise of finding this conjunction of water and views in the heart of the Community of Madrid when the landscape is worthy of any great mountain in the world. On a clear day you can see the Maliciosa peak and the Bola del Mundo. Take advantage and take a photo.

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6.98 km

Start of the Barranca Valley Trail

Highlight • Trail

In the Valley of the Barranca several ecosystems of high environmental value can be appreciated. Groves in the lowlands, riverside forests, pasture areas, pine forests, mountain reliefs and an interesting aquatic environment in the Barranca reservoirs, formed by the dams of the Air Force and the People of Navacerrada, ensuring an entertaining variety of landscapes natural. The water level of the two dams that form the dammed waters of the Barranca remains high throughout the year, offering an exceptional habitat to an interesting community of aquatic birds. The permanent population of birds in the small mountain lakes is made up mainly of azulones, which are the most colorful and unruly surface ducks; there is also a small community of Great Crested Grebes, which usually look for food by diving to the bottom of the lake, competing with a multitude of fish that inhabit the reservoir all year round; and a picturesque flock of laughing gulls that alternate residence with the nearby Navacerrada reservoir, built to the south of the town by Canal de Isabel II in 1969 on the Samburiel River, a tributary of the Manzanares, to supply drinking water to several municipalities in the province. Sierra de Guadarrama. In the winter migration seasons, specimens of great cormorants usually make a stopover in the valley.

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7.33 km

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Parking

Way Types & Surfaces

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5.60 km

729 m

541 m

241 m

198 m

< 100 m

Surfaces

3.39 km

1.89 km

1.08 km

773 m

198 m

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La Maliciosa Summit – Air Force Reservoir loop from Presa del Embalse de Navacerrada

Navacerrada Village Reservoir

La Maliciosa Summit

Air Force Reservoir

Start of the Barranca Valley Trail

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