Once again we were treated to some magnificent views and fabulous weather. This was a route that we had never done before and I found it on one of the walking sites on the web, so you never know what to expect, but we are rarely disappointed.
The route starts about 3km from Zalea and looks fairly innocuous but proved to be far from it.
We went off the planned route, by accident, but as it happened it was possibly better, this brought us to the junction at the top of the climb. I then followed the route that had been shown but this turned out to be a bit of rough climb and we abandoned it after a very short climb. It was then back to junction and up the fire break to the Fire Lookout post, where we were afforded the most magnificent 360 deg views. The Barranco Blanco Fire Lookout was visible in the far distance so they have the area well covered. We found the track away from the Lookout Post only for it to be one of the arms of the junction. This is what the Thursday walks are all about, it's easier to go wrong and recover with a small group that with 30 odd.
The tracks on the whole walk were in very good condition and whilst some of the climbs were a little steep, but not excessively so, it is definitely a route to be added to the itinerary.
For some great photos from this walk please follow this link or visit the Page.
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