Cruz de Tejeda - Barranco de la Mina - St. Bridget
From restaurants which are right in front of the stone cross, which gives this place a track in slight rise. Within minutes you have a wonderful view of Roque Nublo and Bentayga along with Teide in the background. It llanea for a while, we must be vigilant for signs to take the detour and follow a small little way. However, if we still make the crossing, we arrive at the same asphalt road we must cross later.
When you reach a small pine grove we leave the main road and down a dirt track that begins on the left. No loss up to two old water mills, the mill of the Ortega
or mill
Summit. Once inside the Mine Canyon, we crossed and parallel to it by a narrow path. There are steep areas in which care should be taken if it is muddy. There are several roads that lead to various waterfalls that are in the bed of the ravine, but not slippery so we were wet ground.
Without more we come to The Lagunetas, por asfalto nos dirigimos hasta la iglesia del pueblo y continuamos calle abajo, en este punto tenemos que prestar atención al inicio de un sendero que parte entre dos casas y más adelante va paralelo a una finca. Se llega a un cartel que nos indica el sendero local hacia Trigo Diego y por el cual debemos seguir. Se sigue bajando hasta encontrar un desvío que debemos tomar a la derecha, obviando la bajada de la izquierda hacia una estrecha carretera de asfalto.
Llaneamos para luego bajar hasta unas antiguas casas canarias y llegar al fondo del barranco nuevamente. Unos metros más adelante podemos ver el agua correr, lo que nos da una pista sobre el siguiente desvío a la derecha. Después de una dura rampa tomamos el cauce del barranco y llegaremos to Utiaca. The beautiful sinks next to the restaurant near the bridge worth a shot.
We take the road towards San Mateo and turn to find one of the few posts that are on the road. We went down the ravine and walked the runway, shortly move on to Barranco Alonso and between road and we reached the impressive stone and known as Santo Pino Drago
ravine or Alonso. After a short break at this beautiful and peaceful place, we continue to reach the road. After a mile and once in the district of Los Silos, the sharp curve just after the line by which we come, we took a left turn. Following are some signs of Pine Road in the opposite direction arrive without loss to the church of Santa Brigida.
The distance of this route is consistent with the 2 / 3 of the way
PR-GC02, the end for one reason or another are shortened and became this way.
Thanks for the pictures to Martin and everyone else who took pictures;)
Data path: -
Distance: 19.5 kms .
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Duration: 6 h. with several stops.
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Difficulty: medium - high, by distance and some complicated detours.
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Path: path recorded by Martin
with the GPS.