Catarata La Danta
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Trail stats
- Distance
- 8.5 mi
- Elevation gain
- 1,670 ft
- Technical difficulty
- Moderate
- Elevation loss
- 1,670 ft
- Max elevation
- 4,663 ft
- TrailRank
- 44
- Min elevation
- 3,735 ft
- Trail type
- Loop
- Time
- 3 hours 38 minutes
- Coordinates
- 1379
- Uploaded
- February 24, 2016
- Recorded
- February 2016
near Bureal, Alajuela (Republic of Costa Rica)
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Itinerary description
A pretty hike to a beautiful waterfall. You follow the same trail in and out and it takes you up over a hill and down into a cataract with an impressive waterfall. I followed the Wiki trail laid out by Carlos Piedra called Catarata La Paz and did not have any difficulty finding my way.
The path was good the entire way and I would describe it as rugged. It does have the potential for being very slippery in spots, heavy tread is recommended. There is definitely a climate transition too as you go from cool breezes to humid cloud forest and back. Not much of a view from the 'peak' altitude and wildlife seemed oddly scarce in such a beautiful and remote area. But this was all made up for by a spectacular falls that makes the hike worthwhile.
I should note that there was a locked gate at 5 km, permission for groups may be required?
The path was good the entire way and I would describe it as rugged. It does have the potential for being very slippery in spots, heavy tread is recommended. There is definitely a climate transition too as you go from cool breezes to humid cloud forest and back. Not much of a view from the 'peak' altitude and wildlife seemed oddly scarce in such a beautiful and remote area. But this was all made up for by a spectacular falls that makes the hike worthwhile.
I should note that there was a locked gate at 5 km, permission for groups may be required?
Waypoints
Intersection
4,229 ft
Intersection 2
This one caught me by surprise, but basically the roads parallel each other and join back up in a couple hundred meters. Let the youngest group member decide which path!
Waterfall
3,743 ft
Catara la Danta
The falls! My guess is 150' high. Takes about 4 seconds for water from the top to land in the pool at the bottom. Water was refreshing (that's Canadian for cold).
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It looks wonderful, planning to visit this one, thanks for sharing!