High Mountain Area
The high summits of Valle del Jerte are the natural prolongation of the Central System in north east Extremadura. Thanks to their inaccessibility, they proudly conserve their wild nature, with human activity barely perceptible.
High Mountain Routes - High Mountain Area
Tornavacas Port - Guijo de Santa Bárbara
This route, as its names indicates, passes through Extremadura’s highest altitude crests. Starting at Tornavacas Port, Valle del Jerte and ending in the city of Guijo de Santa Bárbara, Valle de la Vera. Most of the route goes through the lands of Castilla León and Extremadura.The route starts along a comfortable dirt track that gets hard, since it ascends the steep slope of the Cuesta de Sillares on a monotonous uphill trail amid cytisus until we come to a stone wall that is the dividing line with Ávila, which we will follow as far as Mojón Alto, with its view of El Barco cirque, its lake at the bottom and rock face of La Covacha in front. We will ascend to Castilfrío to walk along the crest of the La Angostura cirque. We reach El Estecillo via the narrow line of the Cuerda Mala. From there, we take the track heading south via Barrerón del Escobalejo as far as the Our Lady of Las Nieves Shelter-Chapel and from here descend as far as Guijo de Santa Bárbara.
Technical sheet
Route: Linear
Itinerary: ornavacas Port (4,183 ft) - Collado Herido (4,875 ft) - Collado del Carbiel (6,437 ft) - Mojón Alto (7,100 ft) - Castilfrío (7,625 ft) – Las Azagayas - Cordal de Cuerda Mala - Estecillo (7,513 ft) - Barrerón del Escobalejo - Our Lady of Las Nieves Shelter-Chapel (4,948 ft) - Guijo de Santa Bárbara.
Length: 14.3 miles
Estimated time: 9h
Height difference : 64,593 ft
Height difference : 54,167 ft