1. LA PEDRIZA
ENJOYING THE MOUNTAIN

2. Aerial view of “La Pedriza”

3. HIKERS: Isabel, Luis and Lluis

4. EXPLAIN GOAL
 1) Knowledge of history , orography, climate, flora and fauna of the
PEDRIZA
 2) Walking excursion
 3) Know the bars in the trail
 4) Report photo

5. Knowledge of history - 1
 La Cueva de la Mora is one famous place of La Pedriza, a legend
says that an arabian princess was kidnapped and hidden in that
place. Centuries ago La Pedriza had difficult access and was a
refuge for bandits as Pablo Santos and Luis Candelas.

6. Knowledge of history - 2
 Portrait of Felipe IV on horseback
painted by Velazquez. According
to the geologist Juan Carbonell
landscape mountain displayed La
Pedriza and the slope of the Vines,
seen from El Escorial.

7. Orography
 La Pedriza is formed by two valleys
in the Guadarrama Sierra. It is
oriented to the South. Both are
closed by the highest mountains of
Guadarrama with more than 2000
meters, in the North East La
Maliciosa and Guarramillas
between them the river
Manzanares originates, Cabezas
de Hierro in the North and La
Najarra in the East. The most
known peak is El Yelmo a
enormous stone of Granite.

8. VEGETATION OF LA PEDRIZA
 It has a vegetation of
Mediterranean forest and
mountains.
 In the lower area there are a few
trees near streams .
 It see a lot of rocky area .
 The most abundant species are:
rock rose, holly , broom , rosemary
and thyme.
 The highest area has little forest
and large rocks.
 The most abundant trees are :
pine , holly , maple , brown, oak
and yew

9. La Pedriza Animals
 The most popular animal is the
vulture and you can find goats
and snakes in the summer.

10. CLIMATE OF LA PEDRIZA
 The climate is Mediterranean
adapted to the continent.
From 1400 meters it rains heavily.
The temperature ranges between
25 ° C in summer -8 ° C in winter.
Also usually it snows.
In general the climate of La
Pedriza is quite humid, high winds
and frequent storms
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11. Bars in trail
 Montañero in Canto Cochino
 Jara de la Pedriza
 Yelmo in Charca Verde
 Before starting the tour we stopped
at the bar Montañero
(mountaineer) to eat tortilla de
patatas for breakfast

12. Walking excursion
 Isabel taking a photograph
 Rafi and Lluis ready to start the
tour
 We started the tour in Canto
Cochino, walked for three hours
along the river with beautiful views
and abundant vegetation to the
village Manzanares el Real, there
we took the the car to return to
Madrid

13. REPORT PHOTO

14. THE END
LA PEDRIZA