Sestil del Maillo and the slope of Mojonavalle — circular

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Sestil del Maillo and the slope of Mojonavalle — circular

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Sestil del Maillo and the slope of Mojonavalle — circular

02:19

7.19km

220m

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Moderate hike. Good fitness required. Mostly walkable paths. Sure-footedness required. The starting point of the route is right next to a parking lot.

Last updated: August 12, 2024

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246 m

Canencia Pass

Highlight • Mountain Pass

It is a key pass in the Sierra de Guadarrama, with magnificent pine forests and mountain pastures. It has a good parking lot with firm ground, fountains and you can do hiking, mountain biking, gravel and road bike tours.

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Mojonavalle Forest

Highlight • Forest

The Casa del Hornillo has been linked to the exploitation of forest resources and the transit of cattle in the ports of La Morcuera and Canencia. The shelter facilities were until recently the temporary refuge of the crews that worked doing forest work in the forests of the Sierra de la Morcuera. The building is built on a hillside on the side of Mount Mojonavalle and offers fantastic panoramic views of the Canencia valley and part of the Lozoya river basin before surrounding the medieval walls of the town of Buitrago. The forest masses that cover the geographies of the Canencia Valley form a dense and homogeneous blanket of Scots pine forest, a tree mainly used for the extraction of high-quality wood that can reach thirty meters in height. The Scots pine has been one of the most used conifers in the reforestation carried out in the Pyrenees, Central System, Maestrazgo and Iberian System. One of the characteristics that best identifies the specimens of this pine is that the bark comes off in the upper part of the trunk in sheets of orange color. In the gardens of the Casa del Hornillo there are also holly, birch and several specimens of Douglas fir or Oregon pine, characteristic for their dense and dark branches. Douglas-fir inhabits naturally on the Pacific coast of North America, between British Columbia and California, and is considered the most important forest species in the western United States, where it accounts for 60 percent of the total forest stands. forest, competing in size and corpulence with the sequoias, the great giants of the plant kingdom. In the Iberian Peninsula, small repopulations have been carried out in some mountains in the north and northeast. In the Sierra de Guadarrama there are plantations in the port of Canencia and in the surroundings of Miraflores de la Sierra.

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2.57 km

San Mamés Waterfall

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One of the most beautiful waterfalls in the community of Madrid. Easy access and short route.

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4.16 km

Centennial Yew of Puerto de Canencia

Highlight • Natural Monument

Centennial yew. Interesting place.

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4.80 km

Yew of the Trail

Highlight • Natural Monument

The Tejo de la Senda is a hundred-year-old specimen that has exceeded four centuries of life, it is the oldest specimen of this species in the forests of Canencia. Many more yews grow in the surrounding area, but none display such a stately, arrogant bearing, though many branches are somewhat decrepit with age. The trunk measures four meters in circumference, is ten meters high and the crown occupies fifteen meters. The ground is littered with rocks and it seems that they suggest a moment of reflection on the energy of the trees and the meaning they have had in some cultures. The birch is the tree of regeneration, vitality and enlightenment, in the sense of attaining wisdom. In the Celtic alphabet it occupies the first month of the solar year and was considered an elixir of eternal youth. In the Sestil del Maillo stream is the stellar tree. The oak is the sacred tree of the Celts, it represents energy and strength, its planet is the sun, the origin. The celebrations together under singular oak trees, as in Gernika, is an evolution of the tree worship of many ancient cultures. The druids revered the mistletoe as a divine plant and the tree where it grew, the oak, a chosen one of the gods. The holly represents the dark months of the year, winter, the renewal of the vital force. The custom of placing sprigs of holly in homes, especially at Christmas, seeks good luck and protection against negative energies and calamities. And the yew was the tree of death for the Greeks and the Latin peoples, who avoided sleeping under a yew for fear of not waking up. The wood is comparable to that of boxwood, hard and resistant. In ancient times, bows made of yew wood were reputed to be the best for warfare. While the oak occupies the cusp of the Celtic calendar, the yew is located on the opposite side, it is the door of the sidh, the entrance to the dark side where time stops and emptiness reigns.

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7.19 km

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Parking

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