Vilaflor to Torre de Los Topos
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Trail stats
- Distance
- 7.07 mi
- Elevation gain
- 1,627 ft
- Technical difficulty
- Moderate
- Elevation loss
- 1,627 ft
- Max elevation
- 6,220 ft
- TrailRank
-
37
3.7
- Min elevation
- 4,865 ft
- Trail type
- Loop
- Moving time
- 3 hours 3 minutes
- Time
- 4 hours 18 minutes
- Coordinates
- 1993
- Uploaded
- September 11, 2022
- Recorded
- September 2022
near Vilaflor, Canarias (España)
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Itinerary description
A circular walk from the La Paz restaurant in Vilaflor that climbs to the Torre de Los Topos fire tower. From here, wide tracks are followed to a junction where there are a number of route choices. A short distance uphill is an information board by the ruins of an old silviculture settlement. Straight ahead from the junction, a short distance, you arrive at a view into the Barranco del Cuervo. The main route turns left at the junction. Later in the route, a right turn into a barranco, follows an, at times, ill defined path to a spectacular viewpoint at La Coruja. From here, the route follows the GR131 back to Vilaflor.
NOTE: Be alert at the start, as the walk leaves the road on a wide dirt track opposite the La Paz restaurant, for a narrow path ascending left. I missed this turning and walked up the barranco and had to subsequently climb steeply out to locate the correct path. I have marked the point where the path starts and also the point where I joined it, so ignore my GPS trail between these two waymarks.
NOTE: Be alert at the start, as the walk leaves the road on a wide dirt track opposite the La Paz restaurant, for a narrow path ascending left. I missed this turning and walked up the barranco and had to subsequently climb steeply out to locate the correct path. I have marked the point where the path starts and also the point where I joined it, so ignore my GPS trail between these two waymarks.
Waypoints
Fountain
4,908 ft
Lavaderos de El Chorillo
Waypoint
5,217 ft
Correct path - this is where I joined the path
Waypoint
6,086 ft
Descend left to streambed
Waypoint
6,168 ft
Turn left on track
Waypoint
6,204 ft
Keep left
Waypoint
5,902 ft
Crossing path - turn right for silviculture settlement ruins, straight ahead for barranco viewpoint. Main route is left downhill
Waypoint
5,653 ft
Turn right - tricky descent into Barranco. Onward path from streambed is indistinct.
Waypoint
5,436 ft
Path indistinct, head downhill
Panorama
Waypoint
4,843 ft
Turn left off of track - I missed this turn
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We also missed the start and had to scramble. The start was quite overgrown we went back and recorded it correctly on our route. Fabulous scenery good tracks, care needed just before rejoining the Camino trail near the end of the hike
Hi, glad you enjoyed the hike. I wasn't paying attention at the start of the walk but when I returned, went and checked out the start and found the path quite easily. Agree about the path as you join the GR131, the path downhill before meeting it near the viewpoint is a little vague.
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Easy to follow
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Great hike. As mentioned in the description - ignored started GPS track and found right enter to the trail. We did it in 02:35 min. The first 2km was much more difficult then the rest of the trail due to climb (500m high), then 3km on the dusty road (which I prefer not to do) and then the most interesting part of the trail. Thank for the posting your track!
Glad you enjoyed it, thank you for the comments 🙂👍