Fuenfría Pass – Cerro Minguete loop from Ferrocarril de Cotos

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Madrid

Guadarrama

Cercedilla

Fuenfría Pass – Cerro Minguete loop from Ferrocarril de Cotos

Moderate

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Fuenfría Pass – Cerro Minguete loop from Ferrocarril de Cotos

04:44

10.4km

770m

Mountaineering

Moderate mountaineering route. Good fitness required. Mostly accessible paths. Sure-footedness required. The starting point of the route is right next to a parking lot.

Last updated: September 2, 2026

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Parque Nacional de la Sierra de Guadarrama

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885 m

Puente del Descalzo on the Roman Road (Vía XXIV of Antoninus)

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The Descalzo Bridge is one of the best-known bridges on the Roman Road of Fuenfría, in Cercedilla. Although long attributed to its Roman origin, more recent research suggests that, although …

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1.57 km

Los Corralitos Meadow

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The stone paving of the medieval road disappears and the path reaches the Los Corralitos meadow, with tall, stiff pine trees decorating the meadow. In the center of the spot …

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3.47 km

Fuenfría Pass

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The port of Fuenfría is a mountain pass that crosses the Sierra de Guadarrama, joining the Spanish provinces of Segovia and Madrid.

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4.36 km

Cerro Minguete

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Mountain that is more than two thousand meters high and that is part of the Montes Carpetanos, with impressive views of the Sierra de Guadarrama as a whole.

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5.22 km

Montón de Trigo

Peak

7.84 km

Marichiva Pass

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The Marichiva pass is a traditional pass between the Fuenfría and Espinar valleys, it is marked with the red and white chevrons of the GR-10 long-distance trail on the popular …

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9.81 km

Majavilán Stream Spring

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This is undoubtedly the source with the richest water in the Fuenfría valley. Whenever I pass through here I drink as much as I can. Generally, there are people from …

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