カラタウナスの峡谷・トップ10

The trail through the Lanjarón River gorge is 3.6 km long and climbs 180 m. It crosses the river about a dozen times! In summer, when the riverbed is almost dry, this is no problem at all. After rain or snowmelt, however, it becomes adventurous and strenuous, as it often requires daring leaps from stone to stone and/or wading or laboriously trudging through deep, fast-flowing water. And each time, this involves taking shoes off and putting them back on, rolling up or taking off trousers. In cooler weather, catching a cold is a real risk. Furthermore, when the water level is high, at least one section becomes completely obscured, making it impossible to see if or where the trail continues. It doesn't continue on the other side (there's only a rock face there), but instead, you have to wade around a large boulder through the water. The trail then continues on the same side behind the boulder, but this is barely visible! † ... So, check the water conditions beforehand and plan plenty of time!

The Tajo de Cortés Waterfall is an impressive waterfall located in the Alpujarra Granadina, near the towns of Pitres and Pórtugos in Andalusia. Two routes that will take you to this beautiful waterfall: Sendero PR-A 29 from Pórtugos or the somewhat shorter Circular Route from Pitres.

Unfortunately, the asphalt is extremely bad in places, but the detour through the great gorge with its impressive view is still worth it. I would definitely plan for the little loop. I drove from east to west.

This ravine is named after the dry or salty Verdelaga bush, which resists very well waters with a high content of salts and minerals like those of this ravine, which are ferruginous and carbonated.

15 m waterfall on the Bermejo river, in the municipality of Pórtugos. The river is born from the confluence of the ravines of La Chorrera and El Jabali. Through waterfalls like this one, the Bermejo River bridges a 900-meter drop in just 3.5 kilometers.

From here, a narrow but clear path (unfortunately not shown on the map!) leads down into the gorge to a bridge over the Rio Trevelez and thus to the GR-142 long-distance hiking trail, which connects the two villages of Fondales (in the northwest) and El Aguadero (in the southwest) via this bridge. I couldn't mark this great trail as a section HL because Komoot doesn't tolerate it!