Walk 11 June 2017 Picacacho Alto

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In an effort to try and stay cool, on what was forecast to be one of the hottest days of the year so far, we had a walk planned to Picacaho Alto, a 1771 metre high hill behind Dilar. Now we aren’t daft, we weren’t going to climb to the top in that heat. Instead we only went up to 1670 metres, saving over 100 metres of climbing, and this route also gives you a superb traverse along the hillside.
The walk starts off from the carpark down by the river and it was already 23 degrees at 9.30 in the morning. For the next 2 ½ hours the only way was up, but it was noticeable that the higher we climbed the fresher the air got. By the time we reached the traverse the temperature was superb, well worth the effort and sweat of getting there This was a 2 sandwich walk, the first one we had whilst on the traverse with superb views over Travenque, the second one we had in the forest after we had lost some altitude.
The way back follows a barranco down to the river, the crossing of which has always required taking your boots off and wading across. Funnily enough about 20 years ago someone had erected a bridge a little way downstream, but they hid it out of the way and neglected to inform me, or anyone else, about it. You can’t see it and there are no signs to it. So all this time we have been getting our feet wet when we could have used the bridge.
In fact we did get our feet wet, but this was voluntary, sitting and paddling in the river,  it was a great way to cool down. From here it was only a short walk by the side of the river back to the carpark and the bar where we took refreshment before heading home.

A good walk enjoyed by all.

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