Route details:
Signage: No signage , forest tracks, paths inconspicuous
Length: 9.4 miles
Duration: 3 hours
circular route : If
out: Roblelacasa
Arrival: Roblelacasa
Minimum altitude: 920 meters
Maximum altitude: 1,100 meters
Difficulty level: Low-Medium (in some areas)
View Road Aljibe Cascades in a larger map
The route I propose this time leads us to the province of Guadalajara, in the path of black people, a popular architectural style used as a building principal the board. In fact, not being a very long route, I recommend visiting some of the people who cross by car from the A2 motorway to the town of Roblelacasa, a small town situated at the foot of the peak Ocejón of no more than 50 people.
If we go from Madrid, you can get both in Burgos motorway (A1) as that of Barcelona (A2). The distance is very similar, about 120-130 km and it takes 2 hours.
If we choose the first option, take exit 76 just past Buitrago del Lozoya.
recommend the second option, go for the A2, is the path I did and on the road until you cross Roblelacasa many towns on the route de la Tejera Negra.
From Madrid we are on the A2 towards Guadalajara and take exit 50 toward Cabanillas del Campo and R2, and then follow the signs to Fontanar, Mohernando, Humann, Tamajón, Campillejo Espinar, and once past this, and before arriving in Campillo de Ranas, we take a road on the left that will take us to Roblelacasa.
Before you decide to do this route, it should signal that has a number of difficulties and obstacles that may not always be overcome and will notify in due time, so it must be borne in mind that depending on the season in which the make, we can not cross the river because the river flow.
begin the route Bowling Square in search of the Fountain Street, which descend to find an indication pointing Matallana wood and the tank.
Following the direction of the arrow, a few minutes we find the source of Roblelacasa, where we turn left along a small walls of slate to meet soon after a cattle gate and cross leaving behind the people of Roblelacasa.
From here, we are guided by an upward path since we have incredible views of Roblelacasa Ocejón with their feet and that leads about 300 meters after a forest track.
About the next 3 km forest road pass by this very strong which makes it impossible to miss. In this section, we Ocejón peak to our left, the village where we started at our backs and the "destination" on the route ahead.
The path took us by flat terrain suddenly begins to descend towards the river Jarama, making the final leg of the fairly steep path (these slopes are the slopes around make you choke on the road doing a little tired.)
At 3.5 miles the trail ends and we have to cross to the other side by a rustic wooden bridge that does not offer many guarantees, but are remodeling, but the truth is I prefer to keep it as is, since it is a attraction of the route.
After crossing the bridge, take the road up to the left and a few meters, practically disappears.
From this point, the route becomes more by intuition than following a set path, but There are parts where it does temporarily will walk more or less defined trails. To not mislead, the only thing to keep in mind is that the river should always be on your left, because depending on the time, to bring about change approaching flow path away from its course.
A little later, going through a rather large prairie devoid of vegetation height can cross at will, but we will try to get through the nearest river.
At 3.5 km, crossing a stream depending on the season, may be more or less difficult wading.
After crossing the stream, so we left to walk between vegetation and follow the course of the river becomes easier.
About 4.75 km and then to walk among large rocks, the river widens and the "valley" on the road widens bastante.Esta is the area where we will try to cross the other side and start the way back just before the Jarama turn right into in a narrow gorge.
Depending on river flow, this may be the final point of the route, because if you can not cross over building side stones and dry land areas are in the midst, we must retrace the path to the bridge that we crossed earlier.
When I did the route in the month of November, we found a zone for which hopping from stone to stone could cross over, and while the flow was low, it took us a while to find a fairly affordable way to cross the river.
If we managed to cross the other side, we will be following the course of Jarama in the paths more or less visible and parallel to the path that we have done before, leaving the river to our left as we did in the opposite bank.
After about 6 km walk, we have a throat to the right that cuts our way, and depending on where we go walking we find more or less difficult, at this time we will have reached the falls of the tank.
the absence of much wealth, waterfalls are not as spectacular as he had seen in photographs, but still the environment of waterfalls and their pools is quite interesting.
After recreate the landscape, follow the road for a trail along the ponds to a considerable height by a narrow ledge on the right.
addition, vegetation cover part of the ledge, so you have to bend down and hold on to some branches in order to overcome this obstacle and continue our journey.
This stretch is quite dangerous because the ledge is not very wide and have a drop of more than 10 meters to our left.
After this installment, we looked for a place to cross the creek that forms the falls of the tank. Again, if the flow is low we can easily cross the other side, otherwise you will have to trace the course of the river to find a place on the cross to the other side, and if not possible, we must find a alternative on a path that leads to the town of Espinar and walk from there to Roblelacasa.
If we got to the other side, we find several more or less defined paths that take us about 20 to 30 minutes after the forest track to the start of the route and take us back to Roblelacasa.
The day I took the route, although it started to rain half way I was lucky and found a huge sign that guided my steps to the end of the route.
0 comments:
Post a Comment