Today’s stage was incredible. I will add some photos below. It starts off easily enough on a straight flat path walking through olive groves and passing by some fantastic rock formations. When you get to the Rio Jucár, the path does a right angle and becomes quite narrow. As the path narrows, we enter a wooded area where thousands of saplings grow chaotically, crying out for forest clearing so that at least some of them can survive. The path follows the steep slopes that border the river. It is an idyllic mountain walk.
When you arrive at the Barranco de Zangarrania, there is an abundance of vegetation, quite jungly. There are strawberry trees (Arbutus unedo), mastic (Pistacia lentiscus), rosemary, heather, gorse, kermes oak, some pines and olive trees scattered among old forgotten terraces. The area has become feral, has reverted to a wild state and is pleasantly undomesticated. The Barranco de la Zangarriana is not only known for its wild vegetation and spectacular setting on the Cortés II Reservoir (River Jucár), but also for its vertiginous cantilevered rappel (“abseiling”) of no less than 75 m. This is the endpoint of today’s stage.
You can check out the trail here:
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