Why this ride
It goes by way of Cortijo de la Rosa, Diosa madre, Abrigo de la fuente de montañoz I and back through Diosa madre. The stored terrain estimate reaches about 1,400 m; a measured road-elevation profile is not available.
CURVESCOUT / MOTORCYCLE RIDE
Cañada de la Cruz and Abrigo de la fuente de montañoz I
Plan this ride
- Recorded distance
- 409 km
- Riding-time estimate
- 7 h 04
- Journey
- Recorded itinerary
Distance and timing basis
Ordered leg totals agree within rounding. Stop distances are approximate sums of rounded legs. Stops, delays, approach and any separate return travel add time. Basis: planning record, not independently verified geometry.
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Distances and riding times are planning figures. Check local closures and conditions before you ride.
Waypoint introductions and full write-ups
1. Cañada de la Cruz
The Cañada de la Cruz is a high valley or drovers' pasture in the Segura mountains; cañada is the word for the traditional livestock routes and grazing grounds used by shepherds moving their flocks between summer and winter pastures, and this part of Spain has a long history of transhumance.
Read the complete Cañada de la Cruz write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
Cañada de la Cruz is where the day begins. Next is Cortijo de la Rosa.
2. Cortijo de la Rosa
A cortijo is a farm in the Andalusian style, a cluster of whitewashed buildings around a yard, and the one named for La Rosa stands in the mountains of the Sierra del Segura, where Albacete, Murcia and Jaén meet. The shelter nearby, one of the many in the Nerpio district, lies about twelve kilometres from the village of Nerpio and a good deal farther from anything else. It carries paintings of the old Levantine kind, protected by UNESCO as part of the Mediterranean rock art of Spain, and the ride links it with another site at Benizar, in the Moratalla district across the border in Murcia.
Read the complete Cortijo de la Rosa write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
Cortijo de la Rosa comes up about 81 km into the recorded legs. Next is Diosa madre.
3. Diosa madre
Some places on a map feel remote; this one actually is. The point named Diosa Madre, mother goddess, lies in the mountains of the Sierra de Segura, in the far southwest of Albacete province, roughly sixteen kilometres from Yeste and not far from the border with Jaén. The mountains themselves are the real experience.
Read the complete Diosa madre write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
about 144 km into the recorded legs you reach Diosa madre. Next is Abrigo de la fuente de montañoz I.
4. Abrigo de la fuente de montañoz I
Nerpio is about as far from anywhere as you can get in mainland Spain. The village sits in the southwestern corner of Albacete province, where Castilla-La Mancha meets Andalusia and Murcia, in the mountains of the Sierra de Segura, at the end of long, winding roads. It is known for its walnut trees, which line the valleys and give the village its pride, and for its rock art: the hills around are full of shelters with prehistoric paintings, and Nerpio is one of the most important centres for Levantine art in Spain. The Abrigo de la Fuente de Montañoz is one of these shelters, near a spring in the hills above the Taibilla river.
Read the complete Abrigo de la fuente de montañoz I write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
Abrigo de la fuente de montañoz I, about halfway. Next is back through Diosa madre.
5. back through Diosa madre
Return visit. Read the place description above.
Read the complete Diosa madre write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
back through Diosa madre sits at 273 km, about halfway. Next is back through Cortijo de la Rosa.
6. back through Cortijo de la Rosa
Return visit. Read the place description above.
Read the complete Cortijo de la Rosa write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
back through Cortijo de la Rosa comes up about 328 km into the recorded legs. Next is Cañada de la Cruz.
7. Cañada de la Cruz
Return visit. Read the place description above.
Read the complete Cañada de la Cruz write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
Cañada de la Cruz closes the day.
Leg by leg
Cañada de la Cruz to Cortijo de la Rosa
Cañada de la Cruz → Cortijo de la Rosa is 81 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
Cortijo de la Rosa to Diosa madre
Cortijo de la Rosa → Diosa madre is 63 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
Diosa madre to Abrigo de la fuente de montañoz I
Diosa madre → Abrigo de la fuente de montañoz I is 61 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
Abrigo de la fuente de montañoz I to back through Diosa madre
Abrigo de la fuente de montañoz I → back through Diosa madre is 61 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
back through Diosa madre to back through Cortijo de la Rosa
back through Diosa madre → back through Cortijo de la Rosa is 63 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
back through Cortijo de la Rosa to Cañada de la Cruz
back through Cortijo de la Rosa → Cañada de la Cruz is 81 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.