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Scots Pine Forests of La Barranca

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Scots Pine Forests of La Barranca

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Scots Pine Forests of La Barranca

Recommended by 77 hikers out of 79

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Parque Regional de la Cuenca Alta del Manzanares

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Location: Navacerrada, Guadarrama, Madrid, Spain

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Best Hikes to Scots Pine Forests of La Barranca

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1. La Maliciosa y Bola del Mundo — circular desde La Barranca

14.6km

06:17

1,000m

Hard hike. Very good fitness required. Mostly accessible paths. Sure-footedness required.

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2. La Barranca-La Maliciosa – Guadarrama National Park (PR-M 26)

11.2km

05:01

840m

Hard hike. Very good fitness required. Mostly accessible paths. Sure-footedness required.

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3. Campanilla Spring – Las Vueltas Recreation Area loop from Mataelpino

6.13km

01:58

250m

Moderate hike. Great for any fitness level. Mostly accessible paths. Sure-footedness required.

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Juanjo Alonso Kapi

March 16, 2022

The Scots pine forest is the dominant forest environment in the Barranca valley. It is a very long-lived tree that can exceed 600 years of life and more than 40 meters high. Scots pine or Scots pine ranks first among all European conifers and is a Spanish forest species of prime importance, covering 6.61 percent of the wooded area of the Peninsula. Some authors have confused Scots pine forests with fir forests, but the appearance of a Scots pine forest is much brighter, warmer and colonizer of inhospitable and bare soils. In the upper areas of the valleys, exposed to the cold winds of the mountains, the branches of the pines usually appear deformed, asymmetrical or flattened, becoming even more pronounced in the rocky areas or the windy peaks of the mountain ridges, where the pines solitaires take on truly strange and capricious forms. Scots pine wood is highly valued in carpentry, construction and woodwork for racks, panels, frames and floors.

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Elevation 1,480 m

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Location: Navacerrada, Guadarrama, Madrid, Spain

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Scots Pine Forests of La Barranca

1. La Maliciosa y Bola del Mundo — circular desde La Barranca

2. La Barranca-La Maliciosa – Guadarrama National Park (PR-M 26)

3. Campanilla Spring – Las Vueltas Recreation Area loop from Mataelpino

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