Valley of Bustarviejo from the Sierra de La Cabrera.

Climbing and Scrambling

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A Picasso muse (obviously; her left to right alignment of nose, eye and mouth gives it away)!

A Picasso muse (obviously; her left to right align…

28 Jan 2012 6 1 361
Sierra de La Cabrera, granite. Canchos Largo y Gordo.
Sierra de La Cabrera granite on the ridge.

Sierra de La Cabrera granite on the ridge.

22 Jun 2012 8 2 215
The Embalse (reservoir) de Atazar can be seen as well as El Pico de La Miel on the right.
Mondalindo from El Cancho Largo

Mondalindo from El Cancho Largo

13 Oct 2012 24 12 567
La Sierra de La Cabrera in La Sierra de Guadarrama. Granite country in the foreground but Mondalindo isn't granite. Not sure what though. I must investigate.
Granite rock window

Granite rock window

25 May 2019 13 3 410
Sierra de La Cabrera, below the Torres de Cancho Largo.
My Mushroom Rock again, from a different angle

My Mushroom Rock again, from a different angle

08 Jun 2012 15 5 357
I'm fond of this rock, as you will have gathered by now. It even has its own album!
I may have posted this before, but maybe not. I took so many shots from here on that day back in 2011 that I can't be sure!

I may have posted this before, but maybe not. I to…

10 Dec 2011 45 40 550
Sierra de La Cabrera on a foggy day in December, 2011. Today would have been the same, blanket fog throughout central Spain with only the mountain peaks peeping through. I was tempted when I heard the forecast last night but I just had too much to do today, even though it was a public holiday!
Yes, my picnic table again!

Yes, my picnic table again!

15 May 2018 11 8 378
An old friend!
Sierra de La Cabrera

Sierra de La Cabrera

30 Jun 2012 23 13 431
Typical granite scenery of the area. Great walking and scrambling country.
La Sierra de La Cabrera, eastern end.

La Sierra de La Cabrera, eastern end.

25 May 2019 9 6 411
Taken from Cancho Gordo. The prominent peak, right centre, is Pico de La Miel. The white boulder to the left, is part of of Cancho de La Bola, home of vultures for thousands of years, hence its guano stained colour. Mind you, the rocks below it have shared in this bounty too!
Griffon vultures

Griffon vultures

25 May 2013 35 34 647
On Cancho de La Bola, looking across to Pico de La Miel which looks much closer that it actually is. Sierra de La Cabrera granite country.
Granite scenery, La Sierra de La Cabrera

Granite scenery, La Sierra de La Cabrera

25 May 2019 22 12 445
On the skyline, L to R, Siera de La Pedriza, Cuerda Larga, Bolo del Mundo, Peñalara, Mondolindo, Peña Negra, Rio Frio. In the foreground, Peña de Tejo.
H. A. N. W. E. everybody

H. A. N. W. E. everybody

24 Mar 2012 21 21 361
Bustarviejo Valley and Mondalindo from La Sierra de La Cabrera. A late winter scene.
Top climber at the overhanging crux, Cancho Largo. Sierra de La Cabrera

Top climber at the overhanging crux, Cancho Largo.…

19 Mar 2012 6 5 343
Adjacent photo is from just behind this rock and shows that I tried to get to the top but from the back route. I achieved it once (before I had a camera or cameraphone), but haven't found the scrambling route since.
Very close to the summit of Cancho Largo

Very close to the summit of Cancho Largo

22 Jun 2012 10 7 385
This is connected with the next photo, with the climber tackling this massive rock from the other side. I got to the top once, in November 2010 but I haven't been able to find the scrambling route I took and I had no camera or camera phone back then. Here, this was as far as I was happy to go, short of climbing the tree and jumping aross from the top!
Torre de Valdemanco

Torre de Valdemanco

24 Mar 2012 6 4 245
Sierra de La Cabrera on a bitterly cold winter's day (even if it was late March!). Some fun scrambling to be had round here!
Typical granite scenery

Typical granite scenery

20 Nov 2018 24 6 367
Sierra de La Cabrera
Cancho Largo

Cancho Largo

25 May 2019 12 6 370
The highest peak in the Sierra de La Cabrera. No climbers tackling this daunting face and even more daunting and enormous overhang today! No vultures soaring above either, even though I did wait ages. Never mind, eh!
Vulture and fog, below Cancho Largo, La Sierra de La Cabrera. H. A. N. W. E. everybody!

Vulture and fog, below Cancho Largo, La Sierra de…

10 Dec 2011 25 20 530
One of the very best days in these mountains. Peñalara, the highest peak in the Sierra de Guadarrama can be seen, snow covered, to the right on the horizon.
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