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Refugio de la Salamanca – Cabeza Líjar Summit loop from Puerto de Guadarrama o Alto del León

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Refugio de la Salamanca – Cabeza Líjar Summit loop from Puerto de Guadarrama o Alto del León

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Refugio de la Salamanca – Cabeza Líjar Summit loop from Puerto de Guadarrama o Alto del León

03:09

19.0km

870m

Running

Hard run. Very good fitness required. Sure-footedness, sturdy shoes and alpine experience required. The starting point of the route is right next to a parking lot.

Last updated: April 7, 2026

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Parque Natural de la Sierra de Guadarrama Norte

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97 m

Alto del León Monument (Puerto de Guadarrama)

Highlight • Mountain Pass

The port of Guadarrama, which culminates in the Alto del León, is a Spanish mountain pass, which serves to cross the Sierra de Guadarrama (belonging to the Central system), connecting the province of Segovia and the Community of Madrid.

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1.94 km

Bunker on Gamonosa Hill

Highlight • Historical Site

It is a bunker from the Civil War. The location is incredible and its state of conservation is quite good. You can still enter through the trapdoor and descend the …

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8.27 km

Cueva Valiente Shelter

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Cueva Valiente Trail PR-AV 48 One of the most popular routes in the Sierra de Guadarrama.

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8.38 km

Cueva Valiente (1,903 m)

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The path reaches the hill where the old Gargantilla hill track climbs to the left and begins the final stretch of the climb to the top of Cueva Valiente (1,903 …

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11.1 km

Collado del Hornillo

Highlight • Mountain Pass

Route not suitable for beginners.

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12.7 km

Refugio de la Salamanca

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Refugio de la Salamanca (next to the Hill of the same name at 1785 meters)

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13.6 km

Collado de la Cierva o de la Mina

Mountain Pass

14.2 km

Cabeza Líjar Summit

Highlight • Summit

Cabeza Sanding the origins of Hiking Mountaineering in Gudillos.

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14.5 km

Cabeza Lijar

Highlight • Summit

16.4 km

Ruins

19.0 km

End point

Parking

Way Types & Surfaces

Way Types

12.4 km

3.98 km

2.54 km

< 100 m

Surfaces

8.42 km

3.89 km

3.74 km

2.34 km

434 m

107 m

Elevation

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Highest point (1,880 m)

Lowest point (1,410 m)

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Saturday 4 July

33°C

17°C

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Refugio de la Salamanca – Cabeza Líjar Summit loop from Puerto de Guadarrama o Alto del León

Alto del León Monument (Puerto de Guadarrama)

Bunker on Gamonosa Hill

Cueva Valiente Shelter

Cueva Valiente (1,903 m)

Collado del Hornillo

Refugio de la Salamanca

Cabeza Líjar Summit

Cabeza Lijar

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