El Sabinar (windswept Juniper trees), caves and cliff views
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Trail stats
- Distance
- 6.11 mi
- Elevation gain
- 1,240 ft
- Technical difficulty
- Easy
- Elevation loss
- 1,240 ft
- Max elevation
- 2,885 ft
- TrailRank
- 45
- Min elevation
- 1,894 ft
- Trail type
- Loop
- Moving time
- 2 hours 57 minutes
- Time
- 4 hours 36 minutes
- Coordinates
- 1778
- Uploaded
- January 7, 2018
- Recorded
- January 2018
near Sabinosa, Canarias (España)
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Waypoints
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2,274 ft
Car park
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2,310 ft
Caves of Caracol
A bunch of natural and artificial caves. Includes an information board describing the use of the caves by the island’s native tribespeople, and how each shepherd identifies their flock. It seems that people (hikers?) actually sleep here as there were some sleeping bags, candles and other gear. Quite clean and sheltered.
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2,372 ft
Crossroads
More parking, and where you can choose to go directly to El Sabinal or make a loop using Camino de Sabinosa.
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2,864 ft
The road to El Sabinar (PR 9)
If you go 30m pst the signpost, you can see a great view down the north coast of the island.
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2,835 ft
View along the north coast
Walk a bit down the trail to see the view. Turn around to head back to the loop track.
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2,352 ft
Valley path
The road and steps end, but the marked path continues through the field next to the trees.
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2,165 ft
Mirador del Basco
It’s closed in January 2018! Maybe it will open again at some point? But possibly not as it seems the cliff is falling down. You can cut down from here to El Sabinar.
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Nice scenery, easy enough to follow the trail (would have been even easier if I had downloaded the trail before I set off - mobile coverage is quite poor at the start and along the way). Mainly firetrack.