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Los Llanos del Berral

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Distance
4.52 mi
Elevation gain
1,178 ft
Technical difficulty
Moderate
Elevation loss
1,138 ft
Max elevation
2,575 ft
TrailRank 
25
Min elevation
2,575 ft
Trail type
Loop
Moving time
one hour 45 minutes
Time
3 hours 4 minutes
Coordinates
1250
Uploaded
December 24, 2022
Recorded
December 2022
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near Benamahoma, Andalucía (España)

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Los Llanos del Berral

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PictographWaypoint Altitude 2,090 ft
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Start

Cross the road and start your hike

PictographWaypoint Altitude 1,972 ft
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CAUTION… Right turn (off piste)

This short section takes you off the beaten track! We turned right at the marker followed the fence line until it changed in direction and then made our way back up onto the ‘proper’ track we had previously walked past. This is a steep uphill ‘off track’ scramble following animal tracks (goat and cow trails). If you don’t like going through vegetation etc I suggest you either double back to the actual track path or forge your route following the main track you are already on.

PictographWaypoint Altitude 2,090 ft
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End of fence

Once you’ve reached the change of direction in the fence line it is just a matter of aiming straight up the hill as best as possible following the least dense animal tracks until you rejoin the actual path track.

PictographWaypoint Altitude 2,274 ft
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Back on track !!

Emerge from the undergrowth onto the main track

PictographWaypoint Altitude 2,520 ft
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Through the stile

Through the fence at the stile. Here you have just reached the top of one valley and you start to make you way down into the next.

PictographRiver Altitude 2,238 ft
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Dry river

You should have made your way down into the foot of the next valley, past a coral and began to walk up the opposite valley hill. At this point you cross over the ‘dry’ stream as you begin to gaining elevation again

PictographPhoto Altitude 2,379 ft
Photo ofCup of tea with a view (shout for echo!)

Cup of tea with a view (shout for echo!)

Quick stop for tea. The boys found this the best spot to create the loudest, longest echo… give it a go!!

PictographWaypoint Altitude 2,467 ft
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Fossil Valley

Right and slight incline up at the random bush to The Valley of the Fossils.

PictographPhoto Altitude 2,467 ft
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Fossil found

My future palaeontologist took approximately 1 minute to find a fossil. Needless to say Fossil Valley lives up to its name!

PictographRuins Altitude 2,431 ft
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Ruins

Making your way down and into the next valley passing ruins before heading towards and passing Benamahoma to your left.

PictographWaypoint Altitude 1,883 ft
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Road crossing

Cross the road and pick up the path on the other side.

PictographWaypoint Altitude 1,877 ft
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Other side of the road

Once you’ve crossed the road turn right and follow the path and line of the road up hill.

PictographWaypoint Altitude 2,024 ft
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Road crossing

At the intersection cross back over the road, through the gate and back onto the original track you started on. It’s a short walk up to your original starting point and end of this hike.

Comments  (1)

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    packrat 69 Jan 12, 2024

    I guess I should've read your writeup before doing this hike. I didn't realize that there was a significant uphill steep, sticky bushes, and bushwhacking section. Had I known about this I would have taken the trail where it comes off from the road. This is not a particularly easy hike even without the bushwhacking section, there are significant vegetation issues,and I don't recommend anybody do it this way with the bushwhacking section.

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