Entreteinment
- Almeria trekking - Sierra Maria, Gigante
Sierra María. Vélez Blanco - Ascent to the Muelas and to
the Gigante. Almería trekking routes
Time: Twelve hours. We advise doing the
route over two days.
We shall leave Vélez town northwards along the road
which makes its way to María town. When reaching the
km. nº 7, out of the town, we shall take the track which goes
up to the right.
Along the soft track, the ascent is done without special effort
round the Pico de las Tejeras, leaving on the right and on
the left junctions and lanes on both sides.
After the soft track, the ascent is done without special effort
round the Pico de las Tejeras, crossing a brook, we shall
walk on up northwards in order to start walking round Muelas,
which can already be seen from Montalviche area. The first
mountain is the Muela Grande, 1,548 m. high, the second Muela
Chica, 1,462 m. high and a bit upwards; behind these two the
Gigante, 1,493m. high, can be seen. Next to it is the mountain
Percaire, 1,453 m. high.
Walking on along the track, we shall arrive at the Cortijo
del Coto shelter, where we can camp.
We shall pepare the climb to Muela Chica from the Coto de
Montalviche, along the spur which arrives at the shelter,
making the our way to the point situated south east, and from
here climb down the slope and prepare ourselves for the Muela
Grande. Then we must go back to the track which we take to
the right towards the Gigante, preparing its ascent from the
hill where the track arrives at, called Collado de Talbena,
towards the mountain pass between the two summits in the Sierra
del Gigante, to subsequently climb the Percaire and the Gigante
on our right and our left respectively.
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