4. EXPLAIN GOAL 1) Knowledge of history , orography, climate,
flora and fauna of the PEDRIZA 2) Walking excursion 3) Know the
bars in the trail 4) Report photo
5. Knowledge of history - 1 La Cueva de la Mora is one famous
place of La Pedriza, a legend says that an arabian princess was
kidnapped and hidden in that place. Centuries ago La Pedriza had
difficult access and was a refuge for bandits as Pablo Santos and
Luis Candelas.
6. Knowledge of history - 2 Portrait of Felipe IV on horseback
painted by Velazquez. According to the geologist Juan Carbonell
landscape mountain displayed La Pedriza and the slope of the Vines,
seen from El Escorial.
7. Orography La Pedriza is formed by two valleys in the
Guadarrama Sierra. It is oriented to the South. Both are closed by
the highest mountains of Guadarrama with more than 2000 meters, in
the North East La Maliciosa and Guarramillas between them the river
Manzanares originates, Cabezas de Hierro in the North and La
Najarra in the East. The most known peak is El Yelmo a enormous
stone of Granite.
8. VEGETATION OF LA PEDRIZA It has a vegetation of
Mediterranean forest and mountains. In the lower area there are a
few trees near streams . It see a lot of rocky area . The most
abundant species are: rock rose, holly , broom , rosemary and
thyme. The highest area has little forest and large rocks. The most
abundant trees are : pine , holly , maple , brown, oak and yew
9. La Pedriza Animals The most popular animal is the vulture
and you can find goats and snakes in the summer.
10. CLIMATE OF LA PEDRIZA The climate is Mediterranean adapted
to the continent. From 1400 meters it rains heavily. The
temperature ranges between 25 C in summer -8 C in winter. Also
usually it snows. In general the climate of La Pedriza is quite
humid, high winds and frequent storms
11. Bars in trail Montaero in Canto Cochino Jara de la Pedriza
Yelmo in Charca Verde Before starting the tour we stopped at the
bar Montaero (mountaineer) to eat tortilla de patatas for
breakfast
12. Walking excursion Isabel taking a photograph Rafi and Lluis
ready to start the tour We started the tour in Canto Cochino,
walked for three hours along the river with beautiful views and
abundant vegetation to the village Manzanares el Real, there we
took the the car to return to Madrid