Barranco d’Almadic valley circuit returning via Barranco del Bou
Gentle ascent on good tracks and paths (a little awkward underfoot towards end of ascent), traverse back around the mountainside to join a Y/W marked track back to the village.
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The grade of this walk is S/B, which means
S – Strenuous: More than 600 metres ascent and/or more than 15km in length with steep, loose or heavily vegetated sections.
B – Less than half the route on rough ground.
| Nearest town | Benichembla |
| Directions to start |
From Parcent take the CV-720 to Benichembla. Go straight across the roundabout and park near the Bar Bon Aire. |
| Start point (Lat/Long) | 38.754095, -0.111895 Click here to view in Google Maps (in a new browser tab) |
| Length (km) | 11.00 |
| Ascent (metres) | 600 |
| Walking time (hours) | 3.00 |
| Total time (hours) | 4.50 |
| Recommendations or Restrictions |
Really good walk up until the head of the Almadic valley, just below the very top of the cliffs – superb views & an amazing path right up the cliff side.
The issue is that the path from the cliff top to meet up with the Y/W path back to Benigembla is extremely unclear, verging on practically non-existent. It does not appear to be well used so I could only see 1 cairn at the beginning & then nothing – presumably tumbled down from years of wind, etc. The other problem is that the ground is all white stones, low bushes & animal tracks so even following the GPX route I could not see where to go so ended up just walking straight up the hill from around the 6.5km mark (very easy – not steep, plenty of flat rock slabs & open areas to walk on & only very low bushes) & ended up on the Cocoll airstrip, where it was easy to follow the Y/W path down again.
One more minor point – the pdf directions really needs to be expanded for the section from the Font at 5.6km to the top of the cliff.