Cabeza Líjar Summit – Refugio de la Salamanca loop from Puerto de Guadarrama o Alto del León

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Cabeza Líjar Summit – Refugio de la Salamanca loop from Puerto de Guadarrama o Alto del León

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Cabeza Líjar Summit – Refugio de la Salamanca loop from Puerto de Guadarrama o Alto del León

04:08

11.7km

420m

Hiking

Moderate hike. Good fitness required. Mostly accessible paths. Sure-footedness required. The starting point of the route is right next to a parking lot.

Last updated: September 2, 2026

Tips

Your route passes through protected areas

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Parque Natural de la Sierra de Guadarrama Norte

Waypoints

Start point

Parking

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275 m

Alto del León

Highlight • Mountain Pass

The historic Alto del León is also traditionally called Puerto de los Leones, a name it took in 1939 when the Civil War ended and which it has maintained until …

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300 m

Cruz Caído (Fallen Cross)

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Everyone interprets it for themselves...

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2.04 km

Bunker on Gamonosa Hill

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It is a bunker from the Civil War. The location is incredible and its state of conservation is quite good. You can still enter through the trapdoor and descend the …

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3.51 km

Cabeza Líjar Summit

Highlight • Summit

Cabeza Sanding the origins of Hiking Mountaineering in Gudillos.

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4.45 km

Refugio de la Salamanca

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Refugio de la Salamanca (next to the Hill of the same name at 1785 meters)

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6.50 km

Quarry

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9.18 km

Ruins

11.7 km

End point

Parking

Way Types & Surfaces

Way Types

5.73 km

4.98 km

983 m

Surfaces

5.54 km

5.40 km

750 m

Elevation

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Weather

Monday 19 October

12°C

6°C

11 %

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Max wind speed: 13.0 km/h

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Comments

April 30, 2022,Alto del León 🦁 - Cabeza Lijar ⛰

Hiking Route, from Alto del León (Puerto Guadarrama) to the top of Cabeza Lijar.
Ida by path of the crest of the mountain and return by track, to the Alto del León.
Medium - Low difficulty route with spectacular views of the slopes of Madrid and Segovia.

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February 4, 2023,SEND 04022023 Alto del León - Cabeza Lijar y vuelta.

group of three Very cool route, good physical shape is necessary and for this time, good footwear and be very careful with ice and rocks. Spectacular scenery and several vestiges of the civil war. Very cold, especially at the beginning.

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