Hiking
Signposting of trails
These are some of the signs you will find when you take the routes we describe below.
(SL) LOCAL PATH:
Route SL-CC 35 Los Castaños
Centuries-old witnesses. Along with the oak tree, the chestnut tree has dominated these mountains since time immemorial. In the 16th century, the doctor and writer Luis de Toro would talk of the “infinite and numerous chestnut wood.” Diseases (ink disease) and the one-crop cultivation of the cherry brought an end to that abundance, of which there are very few examples today, but those that survived are spectacular and have been declared monumental trees.
From the highest zone of Casa del Castañar, the trail begins along a street that becomes a concrete road that ascends amid estates. It separates from the PR-CC 254 to enter the chestnut tree zone, where we can see the first centuries-old chestnut tree in∫ Condelobos. We continue ascending and pass through other spectacular but anonymous chestnut trees, until we arrive at a road amid oak trees and a forest clearing, where, already descending, we will leave the road at a themed panel for a narrow trail to the right next to the chestnut trees of Fuente de las Escobachas. A few feet further, we take another downhill road that leads us near to the town, already in a cherry tree zone as far as the first houses of Casas del Castañar, where the route ends.
Profiles
Technical sheet
Route: Circular
Start: Casas del Castañar
Finish: Casas del Castañar
Length: 2.8 miles
Estimated time: 1h 30min
Difficulty: Low
Height difference : 820 ft
Height difference : 820 ft
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