Six intrepid souls from the Thursday Rebels group decided to tackle the 1919 mtre high peak of Torrecillo, which is the highest peak in the Malaga region. Unfortunately my health no longer allows me to tackle this type of hike, and the excursion was lead by John Milborrow, and here is his report.
Well that is one tick off the bucket list. Topped out Torrecilla the highest peak in the Malaga province.
After driving to Area Recreativa De Quejigales you start with a short walk up a service road then you turn into La Canada del Cuerno a very scenic ravine which was full of spring flowers and start climbing zig zagging through a forest of Spanish pines (Pinosapo) for 3 kms gaining 400 meters to above the tree line, that took about 1 hour 30 mins. The next 3.5 kms this took 1 hour 20 mins and is a bit more gentle up and down passing many gnarly very ancient Gall Oaks, Dolines (caves) a restored Snow well and a shrine to the Virgin of the Snows. Then you are confronted by the final accent of the mountain 800 meters elevation in 800 meters, this took about an hour. Route finding is difficult on a 45 degree slope but the views from the top are fantastic, on a clear day you can see the Sierra Nevada’s (Granada) the African coast, Gibraltar and as far as the eye can see inland.
Time for lunch and lots of photos then it’s back the way we came, I was glad I had a walking pole on the gravelly scramble down, at the bottom there is the Fuente de los Pilones very handy for a refreshing splash. On the way back we noticed many other paths including the one from Yunquera which we may try if we do this all over again. Eventually we all got back to the cars, with no injuries yippee, but all feeling pretty tired after a tough walk of over 15 kms taking more than 7 hours including breaks but it was definitely worth the effort.
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