Waterfalls of Feiteirinha and Buraco via local old trail and an old levada
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Trail stats
- Distance
- 1.94 mi
- Elevation gain
- 1,289 ft
- Technical difficulty
- Very difficult
- Elevation loss
- 1,289 ft
- Max elevation
- 1,505 ft
- TrailRank
- 20
- Min elevation
- 950 ft
- Trail type
- Loop
- Moving time
- 50 minutes
- Time
- one hour 53 minutes
- Coordinates
- 565
- Uploaded
- July 8, 2021
- Recorded
- July 2021
near Ponta Delgada, Madeira (Portugal)
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One warning (hence why marked as very difficult): near the end (just before the Buraco waterfall) there is a traverse of a steep slope via a narrow ledge of rockless path of just soil with loose far edge - always put your feet as deep into ledge as possible (don't think there is ground on far edge where leaves are - some of this is plant matter just hangs on sticks) and step gently (the small roots holding the soil break and the steps can let go).
A beautiful trail, little trodden, but currently attempts by locals are made at clearing it (help doing it by cutting the invasive bananila plant - originally from the Himalayas) and putting signage, deep in the laurasilva forest.
Note I made a 5 minute wrong way visible as a back and forth colon towards the west. You can ignore it and cut it short.
A beautiful trail, little trodden, but currently attempts by locals are made at clearing it (help doing it by cutting the invasive bananila plant - originally from the Himalayas) and putting signage, deep in the laurasilva forest.
Note I made a 5 minute wrong way visible as a back and forth colon towards the west. You can ignore it and cut it short.
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