Walk! La Palma
£12.99
3rd Edition with Charles Davis & Jan Kostura
WorderyGPS navigation files available - see GPX Downloads See Latest Update for Las Coladas de San Juan and Pico Birigoyo
-La Palma Guide Book Specification Contents
Walk! La Palma
£12.99
3rd Edition with Charles Davis & Jan Kostura
Wordery
GPS navigation files available - see GPX Downloads See Latest Update for
Las Coladas de San Juan and Pico Birigoyo
Specification: 144 page full colour paperback
guidebook. Page size 210mm by 120mm. Weight 240 grams. Map
sections from the La Palma Tour & Trail Super-Durable
Map at 1:40,000 scale. Colour photographs.
New 3rd edition published November 2015 including Tour & Trail
Map sections. Jan Kostura's three new walking routes are numbers 35, 36 & 37. isbn 978-178275-0215
Contents:
The
Author
Introduction
The Island. Aim & Scope. Climate / When to Go. Getting
there, getting about, getting a bed.
What’s in a name? The Walks. Equipment. Risks. Flora & Fauna. Eating
& Drinking.
Tourist Stuff. Santa Cruz de La Palma. Markets. Things To
Do.
Acknowledgements
Map Information
Location Maps.
Map Notes & Map
Legend.
Walking Information
Symbols Rating Guide & Notes.
Using GPS on La
Palma.
Walking
Equipment.
THE WALKS
SOUTH: SANTA CRUZ DE LA PALMA to
TAZACORTE
1 Monteverde: Pared Vieja – El
Pilar. 3 walker, 2 hours, 6.5 kilometres, ascents
& descents 275 metres 0 refreshments (circular)
2 Pista de los Lomos – Montaña de la Breña – San José. 3 walker, 3 hours 20 mins, 15.5 kilometres,
ascents 50 metres, descents 900 metres, 3 refreshments (linear,
one way)
3 Barranco de la Madera. 5 walker, 4 hours, 10 kilometres, ascents
& descents 700 metres, vertigo risk, 2 refreshments
(circular)
4 The Good, The High, The Low, & The Bad: Buenavista -
Malpais. 3 walker, 3¼ hours, 14 kilometres, ascents
250 metres, descents 400 metres, 3 refreshments (linear)
5 Fuentes de las
Breñas. 4 walker, 3 hours, 9 kilometres, ascents &
descents 500 metres, 4 refreshments (circular)
6 Cumbre
Nueva. 5 walker, 4¾ hours, 18 kilometres, ascents
& descents 675 metres, 0 refreshments (circular)
7 Cumbre Vieja: Pico
Birigoyo. 4 walker, 1¾ hours, 5 kilometres. ascents
& descents 350 metres, 0 refreshments (circular)
8 Cumbre Vieja: Ruta de los
Volcanos. 5 walker, 4½ hours, 19 kilometres, ascents
500 metres, descents 1250 metres, 5 refreshments (linear)
9 Cumbre Vieja: Volcán
Martín. 4 walker, 2 hours, 6.5 kilometres, ascents
& desents 375 metres, 0 refreshments (circular)
Under The Volcano (Short Walk)
10 The Southern Volcanoes. 4 walker, 1¾-2 hours, 11 kilometres, ascents
& descents 350 metres, vertigo, 2/5 refreshments (circular)
11 Coladas de San Juan. 4 walker, 2¾ hours, 7.5 kilometres, ascents
& descents 550 metres, 5 refreshments (circular)
NORTH-WEST: TIME TO EL TABLADO
12 Mirador del Time – Puerto
Tazacorte. 1 walker, 50 minutes, 3.5 kilometres, descents
600 metres, vertigo, 4 refreshments (linear)
13 Tinizara - El
Jesús. 2 walker, 2 hours 20 minutes, 9 kilometres,
ascents/descents 200 metres, 1 refreshments (linear)
14 Risco de las
Pareditas. 5 walker, 2¾ hours, 9 kilometres, ascents
& descents 600 metres, refreshments 0 (circular)
15 Cuevas de
Buracas. 4 walker, 2-2¼ hours, 4.5 kilometres, ascents
& descents 250 metres, 3 refreshments (circular)
16 Hoya Grande: El Pinar de
Garafía. 3 walker, 1¾ hours, 6.5 kilometres, ascents
& descents 150 metres, 2 refreshments (circular)
17 Santo Domingo. 3 walker, 1 hour 50 minutes, 10 kilometres,
ascents 200 metres, descents 700 metres, 4 refreshments (linear)
18 Barranco
Fagundo. 5 walker, 2¾ hours, 6.5 kilometres, ascents
& descents 700 metres, vertigo, 5 refreshments (linear)
19 Caldera de Agua I. 3 walker, 3¾ hours, 8.2 kilometres, ascents
& descents 300 metres, 5 refreshments (circular)
20 Caldera de Agua II. 4 walker, 2 hours, 7 kilometres, ascents &
descents 400 metres, 5 refreshments (circular)
NORTH-EAST: EL TABLADO to SANTA
CRUZ DE LA PALMA
21 2 Short Walks in the North. (a)Barranco de los Hombres. 2 walker, 1¼ hours, 6 kilometres, ascents
& descents 200 metres, 5 refreshments (circular)
(b) Montaña de las
Varas. 2 walker, 1 hour 5 minutes, 4 kilometres,
ascents & descents 150 metres, 1 refreshments (circular)
22 Barlovento - Gallegos. 4 walker, 2½ hour, 6 kilometres, ascents 400
metres, 2 refreshments (linear)
23 Montaña del
Pozo. 3 walker, 2¾ hours, 9.5 kilometres, ascents
& descents 400 metres, 3 refreshments (circular)
24 Barlovento – Los Sauces via Mirador de la
Baranda. 4 walker, 3 hours 40 minutes, 11.5 kilometres,
ascents 400 metres, descents 650 metres, 4 refreshments
(linear)
25 Los
Tilos. 4 walker, 3¼-5 hours, 12 kilometres, ascents
100 metres, descents 850 metres, vertigo, 3 refreshments (linear)
26 Cubo de la
Galga. 3/4 walker, 2 hours 10 minutes - 3 hours, 7
kilometres, ascents & descents 400 metres, 3 refreshments
(circular)
CALDERA DE TABURIENTE
27 The Devil’s Wall. 2 walker, 2 hours, 7 kilometres, ascents &
descents 100 metres, vertigo, 0 refreshments (linear)
28 Roque
Palmero. 3 walker, 1 hour 40 minutes, 6 kilometres,
ascents & descents 300 metres, 0 refreshments (linear)
29 Pico de la Cruz - Pico de la
Nieve. 3 walker, 2 hours 40 minutes, 9 kilometres,
ascents & descents 200 metres, 0 refreshments (linear)
30 Pico de la
Nieve. 3 walker, 2 hours, 6 kilometres, ascents &
descents 300 metres, 0 refreshments (circular)
31 La Cumbrecita: Miradors de las Chozas & de los
Roques + Canal to Galería de Aridane (aka El
Puerto)
2 walker, 2 hours, 4.5 kilometres, ascents
& descents 160 metres, vertigo risk, 0 refreshments
(circular)
32 Pico
Bejenado. 4 walker, 3 hours 20 minutes, 11 kilometres,
ascents & descents 700 metres, 0 refreshments (linear)
33 Barranco de las Angustias & Cascada de los
Colores.
4 walker, 3¾ hours, 15 kilometres, ascents
& descents 250 metres, 0 refreshments (linear)
34 Los Brecitos – Playa de Taburiente – Cascada De
Fondada.
5 walker, 4¾ hours, 16 kilometres, ascents
& descents 780 metres vertigo risk, 0 refreshments (linear)
35 Santa Cruz - Mirador La Concepcion - Ruta de los Molinos.
3 walker, 3.25 hours, 10 kilometres, ascents & descents 430 metres, 5
refreshments (circular)
36 El Paso to San Pedro via the Cumbre Nueva
5 walker, 3.5 hours, 11 kilometres, ascents 630 metres, descents 1,100 metres, 4
refreshments (linear - one way)
37 Velhoco to Cumbre
5+ walker, 5.25 hours, 14 kilometres, Ascents & Descents 1,600 metres, 5
refreshments (circular)
GPS Waypoints Lists. Glossary.
Appendices:
Tourist Information. Maps & Books. Websites. Accommodation. Camping
Information.
Restaurants. Mountain Bike Itineraries, Tracks, &
Roads. Things To Do. Taxis.
Bus Timetables & waymarked routes that cross them.
Place Names Index
GPS navigation files available for La Palma
Put Tour & Trail on your Garmin. Custom Map
editions of our Tour & Trail Maps
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