Walk 3 August 2014 Cruz de Viznar, Huétor

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We had an easy walk planned for this weekend to the Sierra Huétor. The Parque Natural de   Huétor is on the far side of Granada, just off the A92 Guadix road. There are a lot of paths and trails to choose from, so this week, due to the expected high temperatures we chose one that was quite short and kept to the shade most of the time.
The walk starts by going straight up to the Cruz de Viznar on a rocky path. In the past I have always come down the path but going up was a lot easier. After a short scramble on the last few metres we all made it to the top. The views from up here are superb, we stayed a while admire the open vistas, and then returned to the forest for a walk to some civil war trenches. These have recently been restored and are a potent reminder of the utter senseless stupidity of war.
We stopped here for an early lunch and then called in at the visitor centre. The receptionist asked where we were from, and was quite surprised with the answer we gave her. There were 13 of us in the group, and we came from 7 different countries, what a multi-cultural group we are.
It was a very easy walk in spectacular countryside, the views were outstanding, the company great and the temperature was just right.    
We walked 7.71 km and climbed 373 metres.

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Kees said…
Small but beautiful and exciting! Good company as well..
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