La Pinareja is a mountain in
Spain
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.
Geography
The mountain is located in
El Espinar
El Espinar is a Spanish population centre and a municipality located 65 kilometres away northwest from Madrid city centre, in the northern slope of the Sistema Central mountain range. It belongs to the province of Segovia and to the autonomous Co ...
municipality (
Segovia Province
Segovia () is a province of central/northern Spain, in the southern part of the autonomous community of Castile and León. It is bordered by the province of Burgos in the north, Soria in the northeast, Guadalajara in the east, Madrid in the south, ...
), in the south-eastern part of the
autonomous community
The autonomous communities () are the first-level administrative divisions of Spain, created in accordance with the Spanish Constitution of 1978, with the aim of guaranteeing limited autonomy to the nationalities and regions that make up Sp ...
of
Castile and León
Castile and León is an Autonomous communities of Spain, autonomous community in northwestern Spain. Castile and León is the largest autonomous community in Spain by area, covering 94,222 km2. It is, however, sparsely populated, with a pop ...
. It's the highest peak of the mountain range called ''
La Mujer Muerta
La Mujer Muerta (English translation: “The Dead Woman”) is a subrange of the Sierra de Guadarrama, Sistema Central, located in Segovia Province, Spain.
The silhouette of the mountain range takes the shape of a reclining woman with when seen f ...
''. From its north face a large part of the Segovia's plain can be seen, while its eastern slopes look towards
Valsaín and Río Moros valleys.
Access to the summit
The summit can be accessed from
Cercedilla
Cercedilla () is a municipality in the Community of Madrid, in central Spain. It is located in the Sierra de Guadarrama. Background
It was the hometown of Francisco Fernández Ochoa (1950–2006), an alpine ski racer known for being the firs ...
through the mountain pass of ''Puerto de La Fuenfría'' (1796 m),
from Navas de Riofrío (1267 m) or from the village of Revenga (1132 m). During summer these ways can be easily followed, but in winter abundant snow and ice can require
crampon
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s and
ice axe
An ice axe is a multi-purpose hiking and climbing tool used by mountaineers in both the ascent and descent of routes that involve snow or ice covered (e.g. ice climbing or mixed climbing) conditions. Its use depends on the terrain: in its si ...
.
See also
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Sistema Central
The Central System, Spanish language, Spanish and , is one of the main systems of mountain ranges in the Iberian Peninsula. The 2,592 m high Pico Almanzor is its highest summit.
The Central System is located just north of the 40th parallel north, ...
References
External links
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Route to La Pinareja and others peaks of the area
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Sierra de Guadarrama
Mountains of Castile and León
Geography of the Province of Segovia
Two-thousanders of Spain