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Mountain/Rock |
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Lat/Lon:
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38.71686°N / 0.27878°W |
Activities:
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Hiking |
Season:
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Spring, Summer, Fall, Winter |
Elevation:
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4524 ft / 1379 m |
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Overview
Barranco de la CanalGetting There
FROM ALICANTEDepending the starting point you choose:
Benasau
Take the A-7 highway and the N-340 to Alcoy, take the CV-70 to Benasau.
Guadalest
Take the A-7 highway and AP-7 highway to exit 65 (Benidorm), take the CV-70 to Benimantell and the CV-755 to Guadalest.
Castell de Castells
Take the A-7 highway and AP-7 highway to exit 65 (Benidorm), take the CV-70 to Polop, take the CV-715 to Tàrbena, take the CV-752 and CV-720 to Castell de Castells.
Quatretondeta
Take the A-7 highway and the N-340 to Alcoy, take the CV-70 to Benilloba, take the CV-710 to Gorga and finally take the CV-754 to Quatretondeta.
Fageca
Take the A-7 highway and the N-340 to Alcoy, take the CV-70 to Benilloba, take the CV-710 to Gorga, take the CV-754 to Quatretondeta and continue until Fageca.
Famorca
Take the A-7 highway and the N-340 to Alcoy, take the CV-70 to Benilloba, take the CV-710 to Gorga, take the CV-754 to Fageca and finally take the CV-720 to Famorca.
The Serrella Trail
It’s possible to cross the massif from Guadalest dam or Castell de Castells to Benasau. This route is quite hard, due the 27Km we have to walk, and the slope (+ 1700m / - 1200m). Despite that is a beautiful and interesting route. Very recommendable.The Guadalest Dam
The construction of this dam started during February/March, 1953 and finished in August, 1966. 70 workers and 166 millions of pesetas were necessary to store the valued water from the Guadalest river to supply the nearby villages.It’s a gravity dam with 74m high and 236m long on top. It has an area of about 86Ha where stores until 16 cubic hectometers.
Weather
The weather is typically Mediterranean-continental. Precipitations are abundant, especially in autumn. In winter, the snowfall and frost are regular. In summer, the sun and the high temperatures dominates almost all the days.If you need a prediction to 5 days, you can see this website
Climbing areas
There is an easy climbing area in Castell de Guadalest, near the dam.The routes are divided like that:
- From IV to V+ : 18 routes
- From 6a to 6c+ : 46 routes
More information is available in this website
Camping
Around the Serrella massif, there are several camp sites in different villages. I’ll try to annotate all of them:Callosa d’En Sarrià
- Fuentes del Algar: This camp site is close to the well known Algar waterfalls. We can enjoy the following services: Picnic area, bathrooms with domestic water and showers. We can find this area, in the CV-715 between Callosa d’En Sarrià and Bolulla.
More info: 965972129 (Algar waterfalls).
Castell de Castells
- El Castellet: This is probably the most interesting camp site to enjoy the Sierra Serrella, in fact, it’s a starting point for many routes (PR-V-149 “Castellet”, PR-V-150 “Morro Blau” & PR-V-151 “Els Arcs”)
In the camp site there is enough room for 100 places and it has picnic area, lightning, fountains, bathrooms with domestic hot water, bar and playground equipment.
Anyway there are 5 cabins (3x4 places, 1x8 places and 1x20 places) with different equipment. The services are the same aforementioned.
More info: 965376231 / 676490701 (Silvoturismo Mediterraneo,SL.)
Millena
- Font de Baix: Sorry, but I have no information about this camp site.
More info: 965511072
Tollos
- El Freginal: This area is located at the entrance of the village, in two terraces with some almond tree. We can use tables, fountains and bathrooms with domestic water. There is a hut inside the area.
More info: 965518052
Free camping is not allowed in Comunidad Valenciana