Costa Blanca Mountain Walkers

 - Wednesday 4th April: El Pantanet Circuit

A group of 22 joined this walk, they had to come more southward than usual.

We had to share cars because there is not much parking space at the start of the walk. After the heavy rains, the track to the starting point reminded us of the tracks in Cazorla Natural Park.

The walk is a constant uphill and downhill, including three hills. A small group of sensible people decided to leave out these three hills. They were waiting for the others to catch up at El Pantal Rock, They found a nice, sheltered spot in the sunshine and with lovely views. It’s a beautiful area, covered with pine-trees and it´s very quiet. It´s surprising that such a quiet and green area can be found just behind the N-332 and the motorway.

There was one little imperfection on this nice day. The estimated time, ascent and distance were not correct. But thanks to the people who have a GPS we found out that the distance was 13 km and a bit, the ascent was 725 m, which is considerably more than the 450m in the programme and the time was 5 hrs and 10 minutes. Sorry folks!

As usual we had a well deserved drink in the bar after this lovely walk. It will surely be in the next programme.