Mountains! Snow!

What a great day! We climbed to the top of Cerro Gordo, and a glorious panorama of mountains and snow appeared in front of us, visible for the first time since we arrived. No wonder this national park is named Sierra de las Nieves! Torrecilla, at 6296 feet (1928 m) the highest peak in the park, dominates the skyline. No matter which direction we looked, we saw more peaks.

This route, the PR-A 275, is full of surprises. It has a bridge to cross the river, very useful in times of high water; the track is wide and well-graded without any sign of mud in spite of three weeks of rain; and the variations in the colors of the rocks are visible all the way from the bottom to the top.

Last night I was able to figure out enough of how to use PeakFinder that we were able to identify the peaks around us today. We did get a good laugh out of my misidentification of the unit of measurement being used, though. Since we are in Spain, I initially assumed the numbers were given in meters. But when that translated to Torrecilla being more than 20,000 feet high, I realized the measurements must be in feet. 6296 feet high is a little more reasonable than 6296 m!

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