El Sombrerito from Boca de Tauce

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Tenerife Rambler

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Trail stats

Distance: 2.83 mi
Elevation gain: 866 ft
Technical difficulty: Very difficult
Elevation loss: 866 ft
Max elevation: 7,772 ft
TrailRank: 23
Min elevation: 6,798 ft
Trail type: Loop

Moving time: one hour 22 minutes
Time: 3 hours 23 minutes
Coordinates: 789
Uploaded: October 30, 2022
Recorded: October 2022

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near Las Fuentes, Canarias (España)

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Itinerary description

Despite being a fairly short walk with barely 300 metres of ascent, and much of the route being on tarmac, I have graded the walk as very difficult. This relates to the almost total absence of a clear path for much of the climb and descent. Another factor is the terrain, which is extremely steep and crosses very rough ground with much loose earth and stones to contend with. The steepness of the ground climbing up to the caldera rim caused me to climb on all fours on numerous occasions. Despite the lack of a clear path, there are a number of cairns on both the ascent and descent and I have waymarked the most prominent of these. This walk is only suitable for walkers who are confident in finding their way without an obvious path on very rough terrain. I would not recommend doing the walk at weekends, particularly Sunday's, because of the amount of traffic on the road back to Boca de Tauce. Having said all of this, the views throughout are stunning, particularly from the summit of El Sombrerito.

Waypoints

Turn right before ice warning sign

Path not clearly defined

Cairn

Turn right at cairns

Cairn

Caldera Rim

Turn right

Cairn

El Sombrerito

Descend here to road, no obvious path

Cairn

Waypoint

Cairn

Cairn - road comes into view below

Follow road to Boca de Tauce

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