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Mojonavalle Forest – Canencia Pass loop from Puerto de Canencia

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Mojonavalle Forest – Canencia Pass loop from Puerto de Canencia

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Mojonavalle Forest – Canencia Pass loop from Puerto de Canencia

03:37

11.2km

370m

Hiking

Moderate hike. Good fitness required. Mostly accessible paths. Sure-footedness required. The starting point of the route is right next to a parking lot.

Last updated: June 11, 2026

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Parking

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409 m

Mojonavalle Forest

Highlight • Forest

The Casa del Hornillo has been linked to the exploitation of forest resources and the transit of cattle in the ports of La Morcuera and Canencia. The shelter facilities were until recently the temporary refuge of the crews that worked doing forest work in the forests of the Sierra de la Morcuera. The building is built on a hillside on the side of Mount Mojonavalle and offers fantastic panoramic views of the Canencia valley and part of the Lozoya river basin before surrounding the medieval walls of the town of Buitrago. The forest masses that cover the geographies of the Canencia Valley form a dense and homogeneous blanket of Scots pine forest, a tree mainly used for the extraction of high-quality wood that can reach thirty meters in height. The Scots pine has been one of the most used conifers in the reforestation carried out in the Pyrenees, Central System, Maestrazgo and Iberian System. One of the characteristics that best identifies the specimens of this pine is that the bark comes off in the upper part of the trunk in sheets of orange color. In the gardens of the Casa del Hornillo there are also holly, birch and several specimens of Douglas fir or Oregon pine, characteristic for their dense and dark branches. Douglas-fir inhabits naturally on the Pacific coast of North America, between British Columbia and California, and is considered the most important forest species in the western United States, where it accounts for 60 percent of the total forest stands. forest, competing in size and corpulence with the sequoias, the great giants of the plant kingdom. In the Iberian Peninsula, small repopulations have been carried out in some mountains in the north and northeast. In the Sierra de Guadarrama there are plantations in the port of Canencia and in the surroundings of Miraflores de la Sierra.

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1.34 km

Nature Center or Albergue del Hornillo

Highlight • Structure

1.41 km

Fuente del Hornillo Campground

Highlight • Rest Area

picnic area

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5.55 km

View of Cuerda Larga from the North

Highlight • Viewpoint

beautiful views of the entire long rope, with the Najarra in the foreground

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5.57 km

Pedriguera

Highlight • Summit

Pico Pedriguera (1867 m) is an excellent viewpoint, where you can reach both from Puerto de la Morcuera and from Puerto de Canencia in an excursion of a few hours. Although the climb is quite demanding, the effort is worth it, for the wonderful views of Peñalara, Najarra and Cuerda Larga. On the other side, you can see Buitrago with its reservoir and in the background, the Sierra de Ayllón and the Lobo peak.

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9.57 km

Hornillo Spring

Highlight • Natural Monument

Next to the Nature Center currently in disuse.

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11.0 km

Canencia Pass

Highlight • Mountain Pass

It is a key pass in the Sierra de Guadarrama, with magnificent pine forests and mountain pastures. It has a good parking lot with firm ground, fountains and you can do hiking, mountain biking, gravel and road bike tours.

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11.2 km

End point

Parking

Way Types & Surfaces

Way Types

7.86 km

2.63 km

658 m

< 100 m

Surfaces

7.88 km

2.42 km

843 m

< 100 m

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Highest point (1,850 m)

Lowest point (1,510 m)

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Mojonavalle Forest – Canencia Pass loop from Puerto de Canencia

Mojonavalle Forest

Nature Center or Albergue del Hornillo

Fuente del Hornillo Campground

View of Cuerda Larga from the North

Pedriguera

Hornillo Spring

Canencia Pass

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