Circular Route Campos de Hernán Pelea

We must take the track that begins next to the Forest House of Don Domingo, in the direction of the Rambla, 1.5 km. We got to it. It is a stream that occasionally carries water, but that shows great avalanches in times of growth, before crossing it, we will have to take to the right a track that goes parallel to this stream. It is a breeding area par excellence, so along the route we will find flocks of Segureña sheep, tornajos (abrevaderos) for water and large pastures splattered with larice pines in some areas, black retama in others and graceful.

In the km. 5.5 We find a fork, to the right the track leads to the Chaparra Cortijos, we follow to the front. Later, in the km. 7.5 We find another right-hand detour, this one to access the Camarillas Cortijos, and we also follow the front.

At 8.4 km. We get to another crossing and here we have to turn right and at 600 m we will find again another crossing that we will have to follow right. Before the same we will also have left a secondary track to the right.

In the km. 11.5 We left to our left another track to access the herdsmen 'shelter of the Rincón Canyon. Our track is going up little by little, and almost 500 meters later we must leave it, to continue for a less busy that goes left. Right at this point and just 200 m to our left, there is a very striking dolina, as it has almost perfect funnel shape. Soon we passed through a hill and began a sharp descent towards a large plains that make up the Campo del Espino. In front we see the Banners peak and right in front of a forest mass that corresponds to the Pinar Negro estate, which we will travel from this moment on. In the km. 13 We left to our left the Cortijo del Campo del Espino, moving at this moment to the right, to border the forest mentioned above and to turn to the left, later to the Banderillas. We left to our right a peeled hill of trees that is the Majal de la Carrasca.

15.2 km. We left to the right a secondary track that we could access to the top of the Banderillas, we followed to the front and a few 1.3 km. We left to the right the Black Pinar Cortijos, which have a pebble. The tour at this time and for several km more runs through the base of the Banderillas that remains to our right and to our left infinity of dolinas, with rocks, pine and large pastures.

In the km. 18 We find a fork that we will have to follow to the right, the left track goes to the black Pinar Tina and we could also go through it to the Black Pinar Sima, a vertical oquity of several hundred meters of galleries.

From this moment on, we will go through the area known as the Charcones, very rich in fauna, and closed to the traffic of motor vehicles, so the observation of fauna is very common. We are coming down, but soon the track begins to rise to the steep crests of the Risco and the Halt of Hell, to return to Ramblaseca.

When we get to Rambla Seca we will take a little more than 28 km. Here we will find a herdsman's shelter and a water-filled work-room. To continue our route we must turn left and continue the main track. To the right is the old control of Rambla Seca.

From here it is difficult to get lost, as long as we maintain our criterion of following the most busy track, in the km. 31.5 we'll leave a new forest track to the left, and in km. 35 the Refuge of Monterilla. 1.7 km. On the same side again, we left another track to the left and soon arrived at the Cañada Mercosa Refuge.

At the height of the km. 39, the landscape begins to change, with some larity pines appearing and soon, 500 m away, we left the Pinadilla Cortijos to the left. Later on in the km. 42 We shall leave to the right the track that goes towards the fourth of the Pinar. We continue to the front on the right side of the Arroyo del Juan Fría. Very soon, on our left, we began to see some examples of larice of extraordinary dimensions. On the other side of the stream, in the km. 44.2, is the Pino Galapán, the highest of the larices of the entire Park.

Then we must follow our track, which begins a small climb, on a small hill we leave the Tina Prado Flores to the left and in the km. 47 We arrived again at the Rambla de los Cuartos, which we saw at the beginning. Now we will cross it, to return along the same path that we initially traveled to the village of Don Domingo.