16-05-2013
El Teleno/Pico Teleno is a Major 2185m P1086 in the Sierra
del Teleno at N42.34593 W6.39377. To get there involved driving up a high road
that at one point has a sign saying the height is 1957m (for the benefit of my
non-bagger readers: Ben Nevis is 1343m high; 1957-1343=614; in the UK anything
over 610m high is considered to be a mountain).
My starting point was at 1682m
from a bend in the road from San Cristobal de Valduez to Corporales at
N42.35017 W6.43172. There is an obvious path – that looks like a shallow ditch
– that runs straight up the hillside through deep heather. At the top it meets
a broad ridge, where there was a host of golden Narcissus asturiensis at 1872m
N42.35438 W6.42360. From here the track becomes less obvious and there are
several stretches of boulder hopping, made more ‘interesting’ by having a skim of
fresh snow on the smooth rocks. The ridge drops to a bealach at N42.35006
W6.40264 and then rises with more boulder hopping. Thankfully higher up the
boulders were covered with deep snow. The summit is marked by a cylindrical
trig point and a collection of nonsense religious trinkets.
As usual there was
no view from the summit. My descent route was the same as the ascent one and
was against the wind and almost continual hail.
Four hours, 8.9km, 760m ascent.
On my long drive to mid Spain I passed through a strange
deserted village Cubo de Benavente.
Overnight at a service area on the A6 near Arevalo, Avila.
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