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PR-CV 177.3 LA MAZORRA

Promoter: Ayuntamiento de Utiel

Certification status: Conditioned quality control

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There is no proof of quality control on the record of this trail in the last years. For this reason, it is unknown whether it complies with the optimal signage and maintenance conditions for hikers to take the trail following these signs exclusively.
Hikers have to take into consideration that the information about the signage and maintenance of the trails for which the promoter entity is responsible might not be up to date anymore, since it refers to its state on the date of its approval. Furthermore, mountain sports entail risks associated with the activity itself and the environment where they take place, for which any person is fully liable. For this reason, hikes need to be planned properly and adequate training, equipment and sensible use of the trails are required.

Along the PR-CV 177.3 trail you can enjoy the numerous pine trees on the Barranco del Choto track. The Marisancho triangulation station offers beautiful and extensive views of the high plateau, on the Marisancho pass. You will also pass by the Iberian site of La Mazorra: you can see the remains of the base of the wall of more than 100 metres. Excavations have found pieces from the First Iron Age and the Iberian and Roman periods. Before reaching the top of the Iberian settlement, you can see a group of semi-ruined houses, which still have an old oven. From the peak of La Mazorra you can see the hill of La Mazorra, with extensive views of the Negrete mountain range, including the Marisancho, Negrete, Remedio and Cabezuelas peaks.

Trail:
Loop
Technical data:
Length:
14,30 km
Estimated walking time:
04:45:00
Elevation gain:
560 m
Elevation loss:
560 m
MIDE ratings:
Level of natural risks:
3
Navigation on the trail:
2
Hiking difficulty:
2
Fitness level needed:
3

More information on Montaña Segura

Difficulty rating according to FEDME:
Unknown
Starting point:
Casas de Medina. Carretera CV-390. Utiel  
Useful information:
Date of certification:
08-03-2001
Date of the act of registration in the Public Register:
22-05-2007
Date of the last Quality Control:
july de 2024
Reference municipality:
Utiel
District:
Requena-Utiel
Province:
Valencia/València
Cartography IGN MTN25:
0694-1

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Ayuntamiento de Utiel
Protected Natural Spaces:

We advise you to look up the regulations and/or authorisations for using the trails in these conservation areas on the website of the Conselleria de Medio Ambiente, Agua, Infraestructuras y Territorio

  • Sierra del Negrete (SIC - Site of Community Interest)
  • Sierra del Negrete (SAC - Special Area of Conservation)
Key points of the route:

Casas de Medina (old rural house) - Fuente del Hontanar (spring) - Corral del Negrete (corral) (connection PR-CV 177.1) - Marisancho - Camino de Marisancho (path) (connection GR 238) - Corral del Brenalejo (corral) - Rambla de la Bercutilla (wadi) (connection GR 238) - La Mazorra - Cerro de la Mazorra (peak)

Route description (only available in Spanish)

Desde Casas de Medina caminaremos un tramo por la CV-390 y seguidamente tomaremos un desvío hacia la urbanización con tramos de senda y tramos asfaltados por sus calles en proyecto. Abandonaremos el asfalto por una senda hasta enlazar con el camino de la fuente del Hontanar. Pasaremos por el área recreativa del Hontanar y la fuente del mismo nombre. Seguiremos paralelos al barranco del Hontanar y nos desviaremos por una senda con fuerte ascenso hasta alcanzar la pista del cortafuegos del barranco del Choto y continuar por esta hasta Marisancho. Poco después, abandonaremos la pista para iniciar nuestro descenso coincidiendo con el GR 238 y pasando por antiguos corrales y campos de cultivo, paralelos a la rambla Vercutilla. Mas adelante abandonamos la rambla y tomaremos el camino de la Vercutilla para desviarnos por una senda dirección a la Mazorra pasando junto a campos de cultivo. Llegaremos junto a unas casas donde tomamos una senda con fuerte ascenso hasta el yacimiento ibérico de la Mazorra. A partir de aquí seguimos nuestro descenso por senda hasta encontrarnos de nuevo con las calles de Casas de Medina ya al final del sendero.

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