La Barranca circular

Loop Walk · Madrid

350

XP

about 2 h 36 min walking

Easy

9.9 km

Loop

3 h 30 min

1786 m

1584 m

1382 m

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Heights: Copernicus DEM GLO-30 © DLR e.V. 2010–2014 and © Airbus Defence and Space GmbH 2014–2018, provided under COPERNICUS by the European Union and ESA.

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Route dataFuente: Organismo Autónomo Parques NacionalesCC BY 4.0 Comunidad de Madrid

Steep walk

Some very steep ground — marked on the map.

Climb

374 m

Drop

373 m

Highest

1758 m

Lowest

1391 m

Which way round

Clockwise: Climbs 12% for 330 m midway, comes down 15% for 300 m midway.

Anticlockwise: Climbs 15% for 300 m midway, comes down 12% for 330 m midway.

Steep ground on both sides in similar amounts — go whichever way suits you.

Main descent: km 5.3–9.9, from 1758 m to 1391 m.

How the 9.9 km splits

Flat

0.7 km

Climbing

4.2 km

Steep climbing (10–15%)

0.5 km

Descending

3.9 km

Steep descending (10–15%)

0.2 km

Very steep descending (15%+)

0.3 km

Link it with other walks

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Senda Peñotillo y los Almorchones

Starts here too · Crosses at km 0.0, 9.7

9.04 km

Embalse de Navacerrada

Crosses at km 0.0, 9.7

9.97 km

Las Cabrillas

Crosses at km 5.1

6.05 km