We begin the route at the Navalmedio Reservoir parking area in Cercedilla, ready to explore the northwestern sector of the Cuenca Alta del Manzanares Regional Park. After the successive heatwaves of this summer of 2026, these pine forests have become one of the few cool refuges where walking is still…
Pico de las Tres Provincias and Litueros Waterfall
Today we visit Peña Cebollera, also known as Cebollera Vieja or the Pico de las Tres Provincias, one of the most emblematic mountains in the Sierra de Ayllón and a unique geographical point: the exact meeting place of Madrid, Segovia, and Guadalajara. We begin the route at the car park…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…