The route today was to exactly the same area as last week with a couple of differences. Firstly when we reached the somewhat strenuous climb to the cross tracks we took the SL route to the Pico Jabalcuza, it could hardly be called a path, it was a question of following the mud stained rocks to the summit. We passed through some very tough and sharp vegetation but the reward for reaching the summit was well worth it. The views were possibly the best that we have seen to date, only slightly marred by some haze. This is the longest and the quietest that I have know a group to be in one place, I believe that everyone was awestruck. We had a view of Malaga Airport some 638 mts below us, and watching the planes taking off and landing from that height was special. Not only was there the views over Malaga City, the Airport, the Port, but the Gauadalhorce Valley, and the coastal towns of Torromolinos and Benalmadena.
The next part of our hike was ra-tracing last weeks steps to the Mirador los Lobo and from there down into the disused quarry where we left the main track that we took last week and onto the path along the valley of the Arroyo Blanquillo. This was a far nicer route than road past the working quarry. This path then met the main Quarry access road and our hike finished with the bland walk through the expanding urbanisation and back to the cars.
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