Arroyos and Valmayor Reservoirs

We start the route at Las Cuestas and head towards Cerro del Periquín, then turn onto the Camino de las Viñas, which we climb, passing by the abandoned house of Cacho Grande. During the ascent, we pass by Cerro del Paredón at 841 meters above sea level. We continue through…

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Las Cuestas – Los Jarales – El Gasco

We start the route at Las Cuestas and head out through Casa de la Patata and then along the trails to Los Ranchos. Next, we continue through the Altos de Galapagar until we reach Parque Real, following the sides of the M-510 to cross it and keep enjoying the trails…

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Las Cuestas and its Coladas

We start the route from the Las Cuestas Urbanization and descend along the Arroyo del Membrillo trail until we reach the intersection with the Colada del Cerro del Burro, also known as the Mina de Antigua Pilar trail, as it passes through it. We follow it entirely until we reach…

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Las Cuestas – Aerodrome – Romanillos

We start the route at Las Cuestas and go down along the Membrillo Stream towards the trails of the Vereda del Madroñal until we reach the Callejón, which we descend parallel to the Conejeras Stream, passing by the Villanueva del Pardillo Aerodrome. We cross the M-509 using the Vereda de…

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Villanueva Del Pardillo – Quijorna

We start the MTB route from the Las Cuestas Urbanization and descend to Villanueva del Pardillo along the Los Palacios Stream. From there, we cross the M-503 under one of its underpasses and ride along the Camino de Venereos with the goal of crossing the Aulencia River, though this is…

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Colmenarejo-Valmayor-Galapagar

We start from the Las Cuestas Urbanization and ride along the trails of the Arroyo del Membrillo until we reach the Vereda del Madroñal (or Canal de Isabel II track) and head up towards Cerro del Madroñal. At the end of the Cerro del Madroñal Trail, we come out onto…

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Colmenarejo’s Mining Past

We did this route after attending one of the presentations of the book “Historical Mining in Colmenarejo, 2023 edition“, which is available for free in an updated PDF format, downloadable from the Projecto Verde Colmenarejo website. I personally recommend checking it out, as it also offers other digital editions like…

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Barranca, Maliciosa & Bola del Mundo

We start the route from the La Barranca Parking in Navacerrada and head out on the trail, but soon cross the small dam of the Air Force Reservoir and walk along the Alakan Trail, which ascends on the left side of the Navacerrada River. We enter the Sierra de Guadarrama…

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Las Cuestas – Cuenca del Aulencia

Route from the Las Cuestas Urbanization through the confluence of the final part of the Aulencia River before it merges with the Guadarrama. We descend towards Los Llanos de Villanueva and continue skirting Villanueva del Pardillo along the Los Palacios stream to take the Canal trail that leads us to…

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Las Cuestas – Hermitage of Cerrillo

Quick route on a hot July day! We start from the Urbanization of Las Cuestas and ascend along the Casa de la Patata track until we reach the Urbanization of Los Ranchos. From there, we cross Colmenarejo to descend to the Valmayor Reservoir. We climb up the Cañada Real Segoviana…

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