Las Majadas - Tragacete

21/08/2010

We set off from Las Majadas (Cuenca) heading north towards Hosquillo. Just before the Las Majadas campsite, we turned right onto a forest track in very good condition (except for some sections damaged by 4x4 vehicles) that ends at the Tragacete-Vega del Codorno road. We chose to descend to Tragacete to eat there (a bad choice, since Vega del Codorno would have been better for returning). This first stretch is about 37 km.

After lunch, we decided to return via road, so we climbed the road we had descended before lunch until just before Vega del Codorno, where we took the left turn to 'Las Majadas'. There we started on a charming mountain road that began with a long and fun descent down to the Escabas river. The problem was that everything we had descended to reach the lowest point, the river, we now had to climb back up. The climb, although very shaded, was endless until we reached a junction 8.5 km from Las Majadas, where the profile eased a bit, but water was running low. In total, the return by road was 36 km but with more accumulated elevation than the forest track in the morning.

When the last of us arrived at Las Majadas, we had some beers to recover from the effort.

Participants were Brunet, Adri, Miguel, Sapo, and Calle.