The path draws a couple of curves between the oaks and the first twisted and seductive beech trees appear next to the road. The oldest and most striking specimen is …
With its 2,274 m, it is the highest peak in the Sierra de Ayllón and in the province of Guadalajara. It is the natural limit between the provinces of Guadalajara and Segovia.
We are in the last beech forest in southern Europe. The Lillas and Zarzas rivers, which are born in the La Buitrera glacier, feed it. The forest grows in two valleys flanked by high, sharp rocky ridges.
This pair of paths appear on both sides of the Río Riaza and that comes from the mountains that are at the top of the core of Riofrío de Riaza. Be alert!