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La Maliciosa y Bola del Mundo — circular desde La Barranca

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La Maliciosa y Bola del Mundo — circular desde La Barranca

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La Maliciosa y Bola del Mundo — circular desde La Barranca

06:17

14.6km

1,000m

Hiking

Hard hike. Very good fitness required. Mostly accessible paths. Sure-footedness required. The starting point of the route is right next to a parking lot.

Last updated: August 12, 2024

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Parque Nacional de la Sierra de Guadarrama

Parque Natural de la Sierra de Guadarrama Norte

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Parking

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125 m

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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384 m

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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1.12 km

Las Vueltas Recreation Area

Highlight • Forest

Las Vueltas is an old pastoral sheepfold with good pastures, the clearing in the forest makes it possible to distinguish at a glance the line of summits formed by the steep and energetic massif of Maliciosa and its two western buttresses: the Cuerda de los Almorchones, which is the first ridge on the right; and the Cuerda de las Buitreras, which encloses the valley of the Maliciosa stream to the north. Above the line of the tops of the pines emerges a formidable geological block of bare rocks where the altitude and climatological agents do not allow the existence of considerable forest masses.

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1.25 km

Scots Pine Forests of La Barranca

Highlight • Forest

The Scots pine forest is the dominant forest environment in the Barranca valley. It is a very long-lived tree that can exceed 600 years of life and more than 40 meters high. Scots pine or Scots pine ranks first among all European conifers and is a Spanish forest species of prime importance, covering 6.61 percent of the wooded area of the Peninsula. Some authors have confused Scots pine forests with fir forests, but the appearance of a Scots pine forest is much brighter, warmer and colonizer of inhospitable and bare soils. In the upper areas of the valleys, exposed to the cold winds of the mountains, the branches of the pines usually appear deformed, asymmetrical or flattened, becoming even more pronounced in the rocky areas or the windy peaks of the mountain ridges, where the pines solitaires take on truly strange and capricious forms. Scots pine wood is highly valued in carpentry, construction and woodwork for racks, panels, frames and floors.

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5.54 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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8.21 km

Bola del Mundo (Alto de las Guarramillas)

Highlight • Summit

Strong ascent from Pto de Navacerrafa to start the Long Rope.

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14.6 km

End point

Parking

Way Types & Surfaces

Way Types

8.87 km

3.90 km

1.29 km

304 m

214 m

< 100 m

Surfaces

5.03 km

4.05 km

3.58 km

1.31 km

607 m

< 100 m

Elevation

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Thursday 7 May

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La Maliciosa y Bola del Mundo — circular desde La Barranca

Start of the Barranca Valley Trail

Air Force Reservoir

Las Vueltas Recreation Area

Scots Pine Forests of La Barranca

La Maliciosa Summit

Bola del Mundo (Alto de las Guarramillas)

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