Walk Sunday 21 May 2017 Pico del Corzo

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This week we went to pico Corzo in the sierra Huétor natural park. This is one of my favorite areas in which to walk. If the truth be told it would be difficult to choose a favorite as there are so many. We had arranged to meet the Granada contingent at the start of the walk near to the Prado Negro exit on the A92. I was a bit surprised when we were coming off the autovia to find that our convoy of 4 cars had been reduced to 2, somewhere along the way we had lost 2 cars. Not a good start, I know that we do occasionally lose people on the walk but as long as the numbers are low the losses can be classed as acceptable but to lose 9 before we have even got boots on the ground is a bit much, questions would be asked. Eventually both cars turned up, the problem was Alan had gone into ‘limp mode’. Let's make this clear it was his car not Alan that was in ‘limp mode’.
With everyone present and accounted for our walk proceeded through forest and pasture to the summit of Pico del Corzo, not the highest hill in the area but it is in a commanding position and offers excellent views all round. There is limited seating available at the top and we had raced another group of 20 walkers from Pinos Puente to the summit. The superior fitness of our group ensured we were the first team to arrive. Which was  fortunate for us because it was very windy and we were able to seek shelter in the fire lookout post whilst the other team had to sit outside muffled up against the howling wind. The way back was easy along a 4X4 track through the forest.

We walked 13.7 km and climbed 416 metres

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