Pinar de los Manantiales, El Pozuelo, Torremolinos, Málaga.
near Torremolinos, Andalucía (España)
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Hicimos esta ruta un domingo cuando no disponíamos de tiempo para hacer un senderismo más largo. Fuimos en coche hasta una urbanización por encima del Polideportivo de Torremolinos donde hay mucho sitio para aparcar. A poca distancia hemos pasado por debajo de la Autopista A7 para ir subiendo hasta encontrar un sendero (gracias a una ruta publicado en Wikiloc, porque carece totalmente de señalización) a la derecha. Los primeros 200 metros pasan por un vertedero lleno de escombros de obra y también maloliente. Una vez superado este reto, entramos en un camino de servicio (¿hecho para poner las tuberías de gas?), y a unos 800 metros cogemos un sendero a la izquierda que nos lleva montaña arriba por el Pinar de los Manantiales hasta llegar a la parte más alta de la Cantera abandonada. Parte de este camino pasa por encima de una acequia o tubería de agua en desuso. Después de comer el bocadillo bajamos por otro sendero pasando por El Pozuelo hasta llegar otra vez al camino de servicio de gas. Hay varios rutas para bajar, y en el camino que nosotros tomamos hay muchos senderos dignos de explorar. Ojo, desde "error x" hasta "arriba" se debe coger otro ruta para evitar la parte algo peligroso que nosotros hemos tomado. Esta es una ruta corta y bastante agradable. Es obvio que en el Ayuntamiento de Torremolinos hay poco interés en el deporte de senderismo porque las rutas carecen de mantenimiento y señalización. El hecho que las rutas que empiezan aquí tienen que pasar por un vertedero, dice todo. Tienen dos opciones, o limpiar el sendero o trazar uno nuevo desde la carretera hasta pasado los escombros.
We did this route on a Sunday morning when we did not have time to do a longer hike. We went by car to an urbanization above the Sports Grounds of Torremolinos where there is plenty of room for parking. After a short walk we passed under the A7 Motorway to continue climbint on the tarmac road until we found the beginning of the route (thanks to a route published in Wikiloc, because there is a complete absence of signposting) on the right hand side. The first 200 meters passes through a smelly dump of building rubble. Once we got by this area, we joined a service road (made for the laying of gas pipes?), and a further 800 meters along we took a path to the left which brought us up the mountain through the Manantiales (natural springs) Pine Forest until we arrived at the abandoned Quarry. Part of this route follows an abandoned irrigation canal or water pipe. Following our snack, we started our descent by another path through El Pozuelo (the well) until we arrived again at the gas service road. There are various ways to descend, and on our route there are many paths criss-crossing which would be worth exploring. A warning, from the waypoint "error x" to "arriba" you should find a more direct route to avoid the short dangerous part we followed. This route is short and reasonably nice. It is obvious that the Town Hall of Torremolinos has little or no interest in the sport of hiking as the routes lack any maintenance and signposting. The fact that the routes starting here have to pass through a dump, says it all. There are two options, either clean up the dump or make a new route from the road to bypass the rubbish.
We did this route on a Sunday morning when we did not have time to do a longer hike. We went by car to an urbanization above the Sports Grounds of Torremolinos where there is plenty of room for parking. After a short walk we passed under the A7 Motorway to continue climbint on the tarmac road until we found the beginning of the route (thanks to a route published in Wikiloc, because there is a complete absence of signposting) on the right hand side. The first 200 meters passes through a smelly dump of building rubble. Once we got by this area, we joined a service road (made for the laying of gas pipes?), and a further 800 meters along we took a path to the left which brought us up the mountain through the Manantiales (natural springs) Pine Forest until we arrived at the abandoned Quarry. Part of this route follows an abandoned irrigation canal or water pipe. Following our snack, we started our descent by another path through El Pozuelo (the well) until we arrived again at the gas service road. There are various ways to descend, and on our route there are many paths criss-crossing which would be worth exploring. A warning, from the waypoint "error x" to "arriba" you should find a more direct route to avoid the short dangerous part we followed. This route is short and reasonably nice. It is obvious that the Town Hall of Torremolinos has little or no interest in the sport of hiking as the routes lack any maintenance and signposting. The fact that the routes starting here have to pass through a dump, says it all. There are two options, either clean up the dump or make a new route from the road to bypass the rubbish.
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Waypoint
496 ft
sendero
27-DEC-13 11:05:31
Waypoint
462 ft
arriba
27-DEC-13 12:49:56
Waypoint
577 ft
Bif
27-DEC-13 12:31:55
Waypoint
757 ft
Foto
27-DEC-13 12:19:29
Waypoint
845 ft
Pied
27-DEC-13 11:38:05
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552 ft
Pozo
27-DEC-13 12:36:00
Waypoint
461 ft
Valla
27-DEC-13 12:50:47
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0 ft
error x
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Nice walk, it is a pitty that the beginning started with a walk through the garbage trash.
In het Nederlands, best een leuke wandeling. Spijtig dat het begin start met enkele honderden meters door allerlei bouwafval. Deze route duurt toch wel zo'n 3 uur, maar is eventueel wel uit te breiden. Bij zo'n 22 graden in maart was 6 km wel genoeg. We moesten ook nog 3 km weg en terug naar het startpunt.
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