Walk Description
First of two P600s planned today. 90 minute drive with Gina from Cabopino driving past cloud capped Gibraltar and towards black clouds shrouding peaks of Parque National Los Alcornocales.
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| Barred but unlocked access in El Cuartón. Decided to use access near Puerto Hondo off N-340 in case locked on return. |
Mapas de España showed a track all the way to the summit, presumably access for comms workers. I had hoped to use access from El Cuartón at 36.0682°N, 5.5376°W but an unlocked barrier was down and did not want to risk it being locked on return without being sure of an alternate access point.
Plan B was to return to N-340 and use the track to Casas del Tio Noria. We will still end up at the crossroads on the 464m spot height but with a known exit route.
The track with compacted stone is perfectly adequate for a road vehicle, as long as you do not drive too quickly, and remains so all the way to the gated and open entrance to Parque National Los Alcornocales. Beyond this point there are a couple of hairpin bends and at one of these I had a little difficulty with wheel spin along a rut requiring me to reverse a little and take a slightly different line. |
| Not a lot to see adjacent to Gitano summit. Summit is 40m away, top right of picture |
During that time I had photographed the summit surmounted by a comms building with the highest point looking to be near the SE corner of the building. There is a tor further south about 30m away which could be as high so after photos went to it just in case it was higher. Ground is a little uneven with a short scramble to the top. Not a problem really but felt a little more difficult than it should have been wearing only sandals. Looking back at the main summit I could not decide if it was higher through the cloud but visit both and it is not an issue.
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| Summit to south looks as high. Visited just in case despite only wearing sandals |
From here it was another 90 minute drive to La Sauceda and the trailhead for the second summit of the day - Aljibe.
Walk Statistics
Walk Date - 11 October 2019
Walkers - Steve Smith, Gina Smith
Walkers - Steve Smith, Gina Smith
Accommodation - Camping Cabopino, Cabopino
Start Point - Parking at comms building near summit (36.09823°N, 5.54101°W)
Start Time - 12:32
Finish Point - Parking at comms building near summit (36.09823°N, 5.54101°W)
Finish Time- 12:43
Total Duration - 0hrs 11mins
Overall Average pace - 0.71mph
Total Distance Walked - 0.13 miles
Total Height Ascended -7.00metres
Overall Average pace - 0.71mph
Total Distance Walked - 0.13 miles
Total Height Ascended -7.00metres
Peaks visited
Spain/Portugal 600m Prominence Peaks (168S - 185S&P - 2165E)Gitano (68S - 70S&P - 99E)
Spain/Portugal 300m - 599m Prominence Peaks (1000+)
NONE
Spain/Portugal 150m - 299m Prominence Peaks (3000+)
NONE
Spain Autonomous Community High Points (19)
NONE
Spain Province High Points (52)
NONE
S: Spain
P: Portugal
E:Europe
P: Portugal
E:Europe
Final walk from previous trip
September
02nd Umbría
22nd Cerro del Lastonar attempt with Gina
25th Pico de Mijas with Gina
22nd Cerro del Lastonar attempt with Gina
25th Pico de Mijas with Gina
October
03rd Cerro del Lastonar
11th Gitano
11th Aljibe
15th Cruz de Juanar
Route
Full set of captioned photos providing journal and description of key parts of ascent, descent and summit photographs.
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| Road looks OK to drive to Gitano summit. Does get worse but still drivable later (just). Click on photograph to view slide-show |