Castañar de El Tiemblo - Pico de Casillas - Pozo de la Nieve
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Trail stats
- Distance
- 8.67 mi
- Elevation gain
- 2,680 ft
- Technical difficulty
- Moderate
- Elevation loss
- 2,726 ft
- Max elevation
- 5,818 ft
- TrailRank
-
61
4.2
- Min elevation
- 3,531 ft
- Trail type
- Loop
- Time
- 4 hours 57 minutes
- Coordinates
- 1199
- Uploaded
- June 27, 2010
- Recorded
- June 2010
near Navahondilla, Castilla y León (España)
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Itinerary description
Beautiful circular route through the chestnut grove of El Tiemblo, including a climb to the "Pico de Casillas" and a visit to the nicely renovated "Pozo de la Nieve"; a 6,4 m deep well where in the old days - when there were no refrigerators - snow was stored during wintertimes in order to have ice during the hot Spanish summers.
15-20 Minutes after the start of this route you will pass the refuge "Majalavilla", beautifully painted inside, and the more than 500 years old chestnut tree "El Abuelo" ("The Grandfather") with its completely hollow trunk, but still alive!
There are no real trails to the top of Pico de Casillas, you will have to find your way up. Some routes on the Internet show an ascent via the south-east face - the most direct one when coming from the crest "La Cuesta del Enebro". We went up starting at waypoint "A" (see picture at this waypoint) where a trail is supposed to be, but some milestones (hitos) are the only indication you will find. This route is normally taken for the descent, but we went down via the west face, along the fence untill reaching a clear trail which brings you - smoothly descending - back to waypoint "A".
If you decide to not climb the Pico de Casillas the difficulty level of the route is "easy" and quite suitable for little children.
- Route milestones: Aparcamiento El Regajo (1.085 m) - PRC AV 54 por el Refugio Majalavilla y el castaño El Abuelo (1.150 m) - Cuesta del Enebro - Pico de Casillas (1.773 m) - Pozo de la Nieve (1.472 m) - Fuente 'Corral del Riscazo' - PR AV 21 - Puente sobre el arroyo de la Yedra - PRC AV 54 - Aparcamiento El Regajo
- Moving time: 3hr 40min
- Moving average: 3,8 km/hr
- Realizada el 26/06/2010
15-20 Minutes after the start of this route you will pass the refuge "Majalavilla", beautifully painted inside, and the more than 500 years old chestnut tree "El Abuelo" ("The Grandfather") with its completely hollow trunk, but still alive!
There are no real trails to the top of Pico de Casillas, you will have to find your way up. Some routes on the Internet show an ascent via the south-east face - the most direct one when coming from the crest "La Cuesta del Enebro". We went up starting at waypoint "A" (see picture at this waypoint) where a trail is supposed to be, but some milestones (hitos) are the only indication you will find. This route is normally taken for the descent, but we went down via the west face, along the fence untill reaching a clear trail which brings you - smoothly descending - back to waypoint "A".
If you decide to not climb the Pico de Casillas the difficulty level of the route is "easy" and quite suitable for little children.
- Route milestones: Aparcamiento El Regajo (1.085 m) - PRC AV 54 por el Refugio Majalavilla y el castaño El Abuelo (1.150 m) - Cuesta del Enebro - Pico de Casillas (1.773 m) - Pozo de la Nieve (1.472 m) - Fuente 'Corral del Riscazo' - PR AV 21 - Puente sobre el arroyo de la Yedra - PRC AV 54 - Aparcamiento El Regajo
- Moving time: 3hr 40min
- Moving average: 3,8 km/hr
- Realizada el 26/06/2010
Waypoints
Hiking
Tree
Fountain
4,662 ft
Fuente 'Corral del Riscazo'
26-JUN-10 13:52:20
Summit
Mountain hut
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Preciosa ruta que realice con un par de familiares no asiduos a estos paseos.Nosotros la realizamos en sentido inverso.
Es fácil de seguir y de disfrutar.
Me encanto sobre todo la vuelta desde el Traviés cuando entras en el castañar.
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Una ruta muy agradable con los colores del otoño. empieza bajo las hojas de los castaños y al medio de la ruta contemplas todo el castañar desde arriba. Muy interesante
It's a very beautiful place.
podeis incluir las coordenadas del aparcamiento que no las encuentro? gracis
Hola Perrunaca. La ruta comienza y termina en el aparcamiento así que si bajas el archivo gpx, los primeros coordenadas serán los del aparcamiento.
Ayer hice esta ruta siguiendo tu track. Es una ruta espectacular. Además como es época de castañas había muchas por el suelo.
Muchas gracias por haber incluido esta ruta. Levaba móvil y cámara réflex y hacia tiempo que no hacía tantas fotos. Si tienes ocasión la repites en esta época del año. Los colores de los castaños, hayas y pinos son preciosos. Las vistas desde el pico casillas son estupendas también. Un saludo. https://nl.wikiloc.com/routes-outdoor/castanar-de-el-tiemblo-pico-de-casillas-pozo-de-la-nieve-989499#wp-989503/photo-311055