Date: 19/02/2011 Distance traveled: 17.4 km
Duration : 3 hours 30 minutes moving
Minimum altitude: 663 meters
Maximum altitude: 1380 meters
uphill Total ascent: 1050 meters
Difficulty: Medium-high due to both the steep slopes that must be overcome along the way as the technical difficulty crossing a few quarries and follow the route.
Hikers: Bidari, Ester, Fran, Sergio, Dani, José Luis, Alex, Josico, Eva, Celes, Salva, J. Ballast, Raul
Finally the big day arrived, I was waiting from late last year. Concrete mind since the last route of 2010 (rising to Garbí by the channel) with Bidari, who told me Gatobalibre mates were planning a route by the Friars of Quatretondeta for the new section of the Casiaventurilla "blogger challenge hikers" . A nice initiative of this group that we want to gradually get to know all the bloggers who are part of this scene walks. He knew the area and find out a little after this saw I realized the great route to come. But a series of events conduct prevented the route to the scheduled date in January and tube up to twice postpone until today. It is difficult to gather as many people and so many different groups, and that this route we have put together the components of the blogs Casiaventurilla , Bidari , Gatovalibre , Per per dalt i Baix , A skyride , Valencianos Hikers who videotaped the path for your website, and Trotasendas us a total of 14 components or more nor less. But finally came the day after pick up Dani's blog and per dalt Per Baix "in Betxí at about 6:30 am, we drove the 4 representatives of the province of Castellón to Quatretondeta (north of Alicante) where we stayed with the rest of the group at 9:00. It's a long way to almost 2 hours of travel, but we point to the event as the rest of the group. It is the moment of reunion with colleagues and friends already know from other routes and presentations with people who did not know, as the components of Casiaventurilla blog. The great path ahead and the great company with which we share this portend an unforgettable day tour.
But finally going to cut and route description:
Quatretondeta We take the car to approach 500 meters and save the piece of asphalt that separates us from the slopes of this impressive mountain that rises before us.
photo start of the path where I've drawn a red line that represents the path that we will make to the top of the peak Serrella .
parked the car a short distance from the oak of the aunt Sofia to finally start walking, we took many hours by car and I have a mad desire to start caminar.La comfortable path begins with a climb up the forest trail we started to make conversation and get to know new people, the atmosphere is very good and this makes quick pass this stretch of track.
picture in which the bottom and is marked with a red line Plá the top of the house and go down the ravine on the end of the route .
Carrasca of Aunt Sofia, 250 years
We are getting closer to the Friars
Quatretondeta Friars of
The track leads to the beautiful source of cord flanked by a curious old almond tree, this is where the trail begins.
With the start of the trail also begins the hardest part and vertical travel, we expected a hard climb to just over the Friars. We have also left behind the fields and pine forest begins.
Slowly we are approaching the base of the immense masses of stone that rise before us.
reaching these immense masses of stone came to a crossroads on the left is the path that Plá lower house and will be where we'll go to end of travel. And on the right, where we, the trail goes to the Friars.
Looking back we have this beautiful view of Quatretondeta, Alcoy and its mountains
Here begins one of the most beautiful parts of the route in which through a chilling quarry pass under the Friars
At this point and in such difficult conditions to embed the dominant trees are the oaks. In this area there is a plant micro-reserves as in the north side of the mountains and especially for shady areas that create the Friars, grow some plants and trees are difficult or impossible to see in most of our forests. These plants and trees are authentic relics of the Ice Age that occurred thousands of years and here under the sun and dry winds have made sobrevivir.Por that are easy to see here trees like maple, ash, the Mastic Cornicabra the Rowan or even a copy of Valley and Acebo.También plants like thyme sour rock, Linaria, the Rocky Campanula, low graminia (Trisetum velutinum), cock rock, the Centaurea rock or rock tea have here one of the last bastions where you can survive. I have to admit I was surprised by the varied vegetation of these mountains, abundant and of great ecological value.
Friars already upon us, a huge stone needles impressive some 50 meters in height as well Dani says on his blog remember more While the statues of Easter Island.
The path bends and To our delight spectacular rises between these stone giants.
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Despite the harshness of the trail, walking among the Friars makes this section very quickly pass
Vista ago, we Friars
and begins a tough climb
That leaves us with views as spectacular as the west of the province of Alicante
We arrived at a shelter in the rock where we take a break and some good photos
As this background we can see the natural park of holm red font. I am new to this land and my more experienced colleagues to walk through Alicante and Alex Bidari or instruct me along the way in geography Alicante around us.
continue with the tough climb that much less has the last word
We cross a vertical quarry is that we will put hands on the floor
But at last we reached a high of "penya creus" more than 1300 meters where the hard climb is over and we are at lunch, a deserved and relaxing lunch where we discussed the route. The spirits make an appearance and still happy but the environment.
Looking south we see our next target, the top of Serrella from 1359 meters altura.He drawn a red line with the tour will continue there.
We get back on track, move a little along the ridge where we had lunch with Plá house in the background.
We turn immediately right down to the beautiful forest that we have the right to find a track that crosses the pine forest and that goes to the summit which has named this stretch sierra.Este not checked so I recommend the GPS. In the picture you can see the bottom the top
This track will lead to a junction with another track we take a new turn right. We left the track soon to get on the right path that we rise to the top of Serrella magnificent views await us there.
We reached the top and we do in the trig this nice photo of the group.
And now it enjoy the view in this picture we see the highest mountain in the province of Alicante, the Aitana with some snow still on top.
In this picture we can see the spectacular background Bernia saw and some of the Guadalest reservoir.
I have to admit I was surprised that the mountain is the province of Alicante, and had warned me but from up here I can see exactly what the geography is steep and the amount of peaks is up. Not be the last time you come through this magnificent province.
In this picture I marked our next goal Plá the top of the house, highest peak of the mountain.
Time to go and to do the same path back to the track and continue along the track we had come to the junction.
Once we cross the track leaving the track left had brought us far above from the Friars. As you can see Salva takes every break to do an interview.
We have to continue for a long time for this track down, pass by a pool of water and as you can see the views are still fantastic.
Gradually we move into the house Plá
already upon us and we come form us realize the tough climb ahead. We dropped a lot and now it soar.
We reached the path that will rise up to the Pla of the house and face it with good spirits, I have wanted to start uploading.
begins the assault on the last climb of the day and if anyone thought that the worst of the route had passed was wrong
As you can see the slope along which the D is quite vertical but gradually each paced go up everyone.
Until we reach the Altiplano there before the summit, something I call the house Plá
Walking this alti-plane gives you the feeling of making a mountain pasture, because the landscape around us. Here the vegetation is limited to a tree, shrub and ground floors and color contrast of rock with the green plants that grow best they can here is beautiful.
Plá We arrived at the snowfield of the house just before the summit.
This snowfield is very profound and impressed by the amount of snow that could reach store here in his day.
The fridge is just below the summit, we set out and face the final leg of the climb to Pla of the house.
Done look back on the way up and see this beautiful view of the refrigerator and the landscape that we north towards Castellón.
We reached the top of this mountain of 138th meters 
And of course the views are if anything even better than the Serrella, in this photo looking at this we saw the bottom Bernia
In this photo looking southeast we see the beautiful valley Guadalest is the dam of the Puig Campana sticking to the bottom of the image.
In this picture I marked with a red line Serrella the top of the bottom and the forest trail where we came. The sight of what we have come is amazing.
This image is oriented to the north, look for the mountains of Valencia and Castellón but the mist the plug.
We return to refrigerator to eat and rest in a lively conversation. After this relaxed meal got off of this beautiful mountain is not where we had gone but a quarry that runs down the east side of the mountain to go around the south side and return to the track that brought us here.
This quarry is somewhat dangerous stretches where it is easy to slip and go to the floor so you have to lower it carefully
We left the quarry and the path around the mountain llanea south. In this mountain also grow upright stone masses that remind me of the friars.
In this picture we have almost returned to the path where we had gone up and looking back I leave this giant rock.
Collado de Borrel the palette indicates the path where you have previously uploaded to the house Plá
Soon we reached the forest track and turn to follow up the red font which you can see in the picture. An ideal place to take a break, we are just 4 km from Quatretondeta.
We follow path, a path that goes through a beautiful ravine.
This trip is not wasted and to the end we are delighted with images as beautiful as this
Vista back to the ravine where we have spent on the image
We went to the Friars which See you again at the bottom of the image, we are very close to the junction with the path that takes us back to the source of the cord.
Over here we've been
we already back into the source of the cord, where they drink and discuss the route as walkers Volley Valencianos interview for the program remains to be interviewed. I'm looking forward to seeing the video montage that will be doing the route on your website
Final route we reached the starting point and I leave with this image of this fantastic I saw made a very good taste and has set the bar very high for the next time you come to Alicante which I hope before too long. But before returning home each make the traditional stop at the village pub where he discussed the intricacies of the day, the stories of past and future proposed routes. But as the Matrix Agent Smith in "everything has a beginning has an end" and it's time to say goodbye to this great group of colleagues and friends we have met and certainly magnify and elevate the the simplest altars and modest route can be made. No doubt over this great route highlight the company with which I have done.
