Pretty circular mountain tour, mirador monte Macho Montes& refugoi de Juanar
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Trail stats
- Distance
- 5.57 mi
- Elevation gain
- 1,437 ft
- Technical difficulty
- Difficult
- Elevation loss
- 1,437 ft
- Max elevation
- 3,390 ft
- TrailRank
- 50
- Min elevation
- 2,549 ft
- Trail type
- Loop
- Moving time
- 2 hours 23 minutes
- Time
- 4 hours 32 minutes
- Coordinates
- 1460
- Uploaded
- July 28, 2018
- Recorded
- July 2018
near Ojén, Andalucía (España)
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Itinerary description
Great views, nice climbs, varied terrain, about two and a half hours if you don’t stop for picnic and photos. Climb back from the mirador should be skipped if the ground is wet
Waypoints
Car park
2,602 ft
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Easy parking away from the Refugio de Juanar. Hotel would prefer it if their parking was for residents but won’t monitor it
Mountain hut
2,621 ft
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Detour to make sure hotel has beer for the end of the journey. They have a good map, charges 2 euros
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3,415 ft
Upper left. But go lower left to see a herb garden, just before this garden is s small scramble to rejoin path
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3,445 ft
If you decide to have taken the lower right turn, you rejoin the main path coming up the small path here
The main reason for this detour is that someone has planted a tiny desert garden just after this turn off. It’s has curry plants, potentila, rock roses, lavender, Spanish sage, rosemary
Information point
2,966 ft
Sendero gran recorrido: siierra de las Nieves
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sierra_de_las_Nieves_Natural_Park Now straight on into the pine trees and on to olive grove with house on right.
Intersection
2,881 ft
Turn right for the mirador, straight on keeping the round of a house on the right to keep the route a simple circle
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2,966 ft
Mirador del macho montes & Fin de sendero (end of official trail) and mirador el juanar
Antelope is not real but looks great when you first see it. The view is Marbella
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