On Sunday October 13, the club Totana hiker, took advantage of the excellent weather conditions which offers Mediterranean fall to develop a new activity walker, scheduled on your timetable.
This time the 32 participants moved to the neighboring town of Alhama de Murcia, and more specifically to the door of the municipal cemetery to climb the Sierra de Muela.
The start of the route ran along a forest track diagonally across the southern face of this mountain Murcia, to ascend its geodesic altitude 640 meters, 500 meters above the town alhameņa.
The views from the top were worth the pleasure and admiration of walkers: south Guadalentin whole valley, the mountains and the Algarrobo Carrascoy the background the blue Mediterranean Sea.
At this the Vega del Segura Alicante mountains to reach.
The northern lands dominated by Pliego, Mula and Bullas, and the shadow of the majestic West Espuņa that from the Sierra de la Muela exposes the valleys of the Sun and Leiva.
The route went to the Pine Grandfather; Martitimo Pino specimen over 300 years old that stands for its size and vegetation cover on the remaining vegetation in the Sierra de la Muela.
After returning to the highest point, walkers descended on the town of Alhama, a steep zigzag path that descends to the foot of the castle of the historic city of Murcia.
After almost 15 miles traveled and will climb 700 meters, we visited the Castillo de Alhama, where a professional guide gave a good account of ancient history, Islamic and Christian that surrounds this fort and its surroundings.
The next route Totana hiking club will take place on Sunday, October 27, will amount to the mythical Sagra mountain Granada, near the region of Murcia with its almost 2400 meters, stands as a perfect pyramid high above of the Sierras de Cazorla and Segura.
