Walk Summary
Shortest route to summit of the trip so far, though Almenera tomorrow will turn out to be even less distance to walk.
Driving from Moncoya heading south towards mountains north of Costa del Sol the probably the most difficult part of this summit was getting though Orihuela del Tremedol.
With the benefit of hindsight I now realise the A-1511 actually bypasses the village to the south. However my Sat-Nav had other ideas taking me through the village towards dead ends and narrow streets not wide enough to get my van past parked cars. Eventually I appeared on the west side on the A-2707.
Start point from surrounding main roads was not obvious so for once I used a route posted by Martin Richardson found on peakbagger.com. It was approached from the north down a mountain track which before this trip would not have considered drivable but turned out to be straight forward for a standard road vehicle by driving slowly and carefully.
Following the ATV track and fence west from the cattle grid you soon come to a slope strewn with boulders heading straight for the summit. An easier route however is further to the right picking up an easy to follow shadow of track in pine needles through woods marked by several small cairns all the way to the summit.
Return is back the same way and was back at van before 5pm, leaving plenty of time to head further south and hopefully dryer, warmer weather.
No target campsite - just drive. By 8pm and 200km later, I was south of Cuenca pulling in to Estacio de Servicio BP Moya - Honrubia off junction 168 on the A3/E901. By 10pm I was settled in bed after pizza and a couple of pints in Cafeteria Moya enjoying free overnight parking. One benefit of driving around Spain there is no charge for overnight stays in service areas.
After 5km drive up unpaved road park in site of Caimodorro summit near cattle grid |
Driving from Moncoya heading south towards mountains north of Costa del Sol the probably the most difficult part of this summit was getting though Orihuela del Tremedol.
Following ATV track from van very soon come to a tempting but steep stony slope direct to summit |
Start of path through trees marked all the way by small piles of stones |
Following the ATV track and fence west from the cattle grid you soon come to a slope strewn with boulders heading straight for the summit. An easier route however is further to the right picking up an easy to follow shadow of track in pine needles through woods marked by several small cairns all the way to the summit.
Return to van in under 45 minutes. All that remains is slow carefull 5km drive back to A-2707 |
No target campsite - just drive. By 8pm and 200km later, I was south of Cuenca pulling in to Estacio de Servicio BP Moya - Honrubia off junction 168 on the A3/E901. By 10pm I was settled in bed after pizza and a couple of pints in Cafeteria Moya enjoying free overnight parking. One benefit of driving around Spain there is no charge for overnight stays in service areas.
Walk Date - 13 October 2018
Walkers - Steve Smith
Walkers - Steve Smith
Accommodation - Camping Veruela Moncayo, Vera de Moncayo
Start Point - Trackside near cattle grid on fence boundary (N40°30'37" W1°40'34")
Start Time - 16:01
Start Time - 16:01
Finish Point - Trackside near cattle grid on fence boundary (N40°30'37" W1°40'34")
Finish Time- 16:41
Total Duration - 0hrs 40mins
Overall Average pace - 1.55mph
Total Distance Walked - 1.03 miles
Total Height Ascended - 157.00metres
Overall Average pace - 1.55mph
Total Distance Walked - 1.03 miles
Total Height Ascended - 157.00metres
Spain/Portugal 600m Prominence Peaks (168S - 185S&P - 2165E)
Caimodorro (28S - 29S&P - 58E)
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
Other walks on this trip
2018
September
17th Signal d'Ecouves & Mont des Avaloirs
18th Mont Baïgura
19th Autza
October
02nd Pico Collarada
04th Peña Telera
07th Itzaga
18th María
19th Sagra
19th Sagra
21st La Atalaya
22nd Cerro de Javalambre
24th Terrier de Saint-Martin-du-Fouilloux & Maine-et-Loire High Point17 minutes after setting off reach Caimodorro summit and slightly lower summit cairn. Probably the easiest Spanish P600 so far.
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