Roundtrip Barranca-La Maliciosa-Bola del Mundo-Valley Río de Navacerrada 13 km
near Navacerrada, Madrid (España)
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Itinerary description
From the start you cross the reservoir dam of Embalse del Pueblo de Navacerrada, and then start on the Camino Sur de la Maliciosa. This path takes you all the way up to the top of Maliciosa. At the start there are some woods and some boulders and the path is not too steep. You gradually climb out of the valley, and out of the woods. Going up you pass several formations of strangely shaped rocks and boulders. You pass by Cueva Vivac (a shelter between rocks) and climb further to pass by the rock face of the Peñotillo peak. Here I deviated shortly from the main climb Camino Sur de la Maliciosa to end up with de Vivac del Peñotillo, a shelter in the rock face. On the rocks here I saw the ibexes. You climb further past the rock face and then you get onto a steep slope taking you up all the way to a ridge just west of La Maliciosa. The last stretch of the climb to the summit is easy. The views here are great in all directions. The Bola del Mundo with the TV towers and the rocket like buildings on top is already clearly visible. You then follow the PR M 16 path down along the ridge and then onto the saddle point at Collado del Piornal. From here the path ascends again towards Bola del Mundo. There was quite a lot of snow here. You keep to the south side of the TV towers and pass around it. Again, the views are great here, among others towards Segovia. You get to a mountain road and follow this down towards Dos Castillas, a mountain station of a mountain lift from Puerto de Navacerrada. Just before this building you keep to the left and keep following the winding mountain road down until you choose a path on ridge down past Ventisquero de la Estrada. This path takes you to a minor peak, and here you keep left on the path Camino de la Tuberia. You follow this path down into the valley of the Arroyo de Peña Cabrita. The path takes you into the pine woods at about 1800 m altitude, and you follow it down to a semi-paved forest road. You cross the road and take a path along the Arroyo de Peña Cabrita down to the Fuento de Mingo on the same forest road. You follow the road slightly uphill across two bridges and then take the Senta Alacan path down along the Río de Navacerrada, still through the woods. The path takes you up away from the river and then down to the Arroyo de la Maliciosa. This stream you have to cross without a bridge. During my trip there was enough water, but the stream is not very wide, so I could jump across it. You then follow minor paths along this stream downhill until it flows into the Río de Navacerrada. A bit further this river flows into the reservoir Embalse del Ejercito del Aire. You walk along it, and then cross the reservoir dam. You follow the forest road down to the parking lot at the start.
Waypoints
Arroyo de la Maliciosa crossing
Here you cross the stream either by wading through or jumping across the stream. I did the latter a bit upstream of path.
Bifurcation to Collado de los Emburriaderos
Here a path to the right would take you up to the Collado de los Emburriaderos. Instead, you keep left and follow the path down into the valley.
Camino de la Tuberia
Path taking you down into the valley of the Arroyo de Peña Cabrita
Camino Sur de la Maliciosa
Main path up to to the Maliciosa. There are lots of other paths. The first stretch is with some trees and boulders.
Cueva Vivac
I did not see this bivouac, but passed closed by in an area with a lot of rock formations.
Deviation from Camino Sur de la Maliciosa
Here I missed the main trail and followed another one leading back to the main trail. I saw ibex with young on this stretch
Forest Road
Semi paved forest road. You cross it later on two further occasions going down.
Fuente de Mingo
Font/source on the forest road. You follow the road across two bridges.
La Bola del Mundo
La Bola del Mundo is a mountain top covered with TV antennae. These look like rockets from the Tintin cartoons.
Mountain road to Puerto de Navacerrada
Paved mountain road to Puerto de Navacerrada. It was still largely covered in snow during my trip.
Out of the woods with strange rock formations
You leave the woods and encounter strange rock formations. The views get better and better.
Pass just below Maliciosa
You end up at a ridge/pass just below and to the west of Maliciosa
Path along Arroyo de la Maliciosa
There is a small, sometimes indiscernible path directly along Arroyo de la Maliciosa.
Path past Ventisquero de la Estrada
Path on a ridge past Ventisquero de la Estrada, whatever that may be.
Ridge between Maliciosa and Collado del Piornal
Ridge between Maliciosa and Collado del Piornal. A path here goes west back towards the starting point on the north side of Peñotillo
Track to Dos Castillas
Track and mountain road to Dos Castillas, the mountain station of a chairlift
Vivac del Peñotillo
Bivouac (cave with a wall made with stones) in the rockface of Peñotillo
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