Ermita de San Miguel - Istán - Pr-A 137 Camino de la Cuesta - Lago de Concepcion - Ermita de San Miguel - Circular Walk
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- Distance
- 4.28 mi
- Elevation gain
- 984 ft
- Technical difficulty
- Easy
- Elevation loss
- 984 ft
- Max elevation
- 1,243 ft
- TrailRank
-
72
4.6
- Min elevation
- 319 ft
- Trail type
- Loop
- Time
- 3 hours 10 minutes
- Coordinates
- 965
- Uploaded
- March 29, 2016
- Recorded
- March 2016
near Istán, Andalucía (España)
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Itinerary description
We parked our car at a parking place next to the beginning of the steps towards the Ermita de San Miguel from which you will have a wonderful view. From here you can walk on through an 'area recreativo' with many picknick benches and a number of barbecue places and vistit two beautifully situated viewpoints to enjoy the immense beauty of this place.
We took the signposted path to Istán which leads you next to the mountain slope above the road in a more direct way than the road itself to Istán. We took a random way through Istán to the Mirador de Peñon which gives a good view of the valley behind Istán.
From there we walked back towards the beginning of the town to the strating point of the Camino de la Cuesta which takes you along quite a steep track at some places to the river, the Rio Verde, that flows into the Embalse de la Concepcion.
At the lowest point you will find yourself at 99 metres high but it when you look around you get the idea that you are much higher.
What follows is a very attractive track which is nowhere steep, up to 300 metres again, a track that winds itself around the slopes in such a way that you see the next part of the track on the next slope in front of you, giving you an impression of great height which is not really there.
There are some places which give a good view of the reservoir but the best view is to be got when you reach a height of 200 metres and the slope juts out a little further than the previous ones. This is a nice place to sit for a while.
From here it is only slightly les than one kilometre to the Ermita and the parking place.
We took the signposted path to Istán which leads you next to the mountain slope above the road in a more direct way than the road itself to Istán. We took a random way through Istán to the Mirador de Peñon which gives a good view of the valley behind Istán.
From there we walked back towards the beginning of the town to the strating point of the Camino de la Cuesta which takes you along quite a steep track at some places to the river, the Rio Verde, that flows into the Embalse de la Concepcion.
At the lowest point you will find yourself at 99 metres high but it when you look around you get the idea that you are much higher.
What follows is a very attractive track which is nowhere steep, up to 300 metres again, a track that winds itself around the slopes in such a way that you see the next part of the track on the next slope in front of you, giving you an impression of great height which is not really there.
There are some places which give a good view of the reservoir but the best view is to be got when you reach a height of 200 metres and the slope juts out a little further than the previous ones. This is a nice place to sit for a while.
From here it is only slightly les than one kilometre to the Ermita and the parking place.
Waypoints
Car park
Picnic
Panorama
1,063 ft
Mirador de la Ermita de Istan I
View of the most western part of the Sierra Blanca , the lake and the sea.
Fountain
1,072 ft
Water point
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Nice trail
A little bit difficult down at the lake otherwise v good
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Leuk, maar jammer dat ie door istan gaat
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Eine schöne Runde und der erste Teil bis Istan geht über breite, zum großen Teil asphaltierte Weg. Die Runde durch den Ort haben wir nicht gemacht, sondern sind direkt weiter gelaufen Richtung See. Zunächst war der Weg auch wirklich gut begehbar, allerdings viel Geröll auf dem Weg. Da es in der letzten Zeit viel und stark geregnet hat, sind hier einige Steinlawinen abgegangen. Das letzte Stück bis zum See und der erste Teil daran entlang waren dann echt haarig. Zum Teil sind die Wege einfach weggespült und man sollte trittsicher sein. Gleiches gilt für den ersten Teil am See entlang. Schilder warnen davor, dass der Weg gefährlich ist und man abstürzen kann. Der Weg ist hier zum Teil ca 30 cm schmal. Höhenangst sollte man hier nicht haben. Aber dann geht es "normal" weiter mit herrlichen Ausblicken auf den See.
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Ruta muy interesante y bonita.El embalse es digno de ver.Cuando yo fui estaba bajo minimo el agua y se podia visitar sin problemas.Hay una parte al enlazar el camino de sendero con la montaña que hay q escalar un poco pero son pocos metros.Recomendable.
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Very nice walk. Well marked. Stunnig views.
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Very nice trail
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Great route. Amazing views. BUT a huge fail marking it as an easy one.
As I usually take kids and dogs on easy ones, we struggled a bit with kids here. We did a hike starting from reverse, was really hard to get up the mountain.
Thanks for your reaction. Yes, with kids it must have been a struggle doing it in reverse👍