Sulayr Capileira - Trevélez Hard

This is the most accessible leg of the Sulayr long-distance walking Medium route, running between two of the most popular villages in the Medium Alpujarras. As you walk up from Capileira Key Facts you get some great views of the high Length 19 km mountains. The trail takes you up into the Time 6 hours open landscape of the high Sierra Nevada, Min/Max Altitude 1440 m /2215 m Accumulated height 1094 m asc / before eventually bringing you back down difference 999 m desc NB: Distances and timings to Trevélez, taking in a number of Spring, Summer, Season are one-way. beautiful waterfalls along the way. Autumn

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1. Follow the main road uphill out of main road going uphill and then take the 8. Follow the path up alongside a stream Capileira for just over 1km. path to the right (marked). for 150m then cross the bridge and turn 2. Turn left onto a path (signposted to 5. Follow the path through a forested area left straight afterwards. At the time of Trevélez). for about 1km. When you emerge into a writing, the path here was a little difficult 3. Follow the main path, going field, follow the ditch up for about 200m to follow because of forestry work, but steadily uphill. After about until you get to a Sulayr post. Bear sharp keep going, gradually bearing round to the 400m you will cross a dirt left after this and then follow the path right, looking out for Sulayr posts. road. After a further 250m round to the right. Cross a bridge and 9. About 400m after the bridge, you will you meet the road again - this keep going up until you meet the dirt road emerge onto the road at Hoya del Portillo. time turn right onto it. This is again. Turn right onto the dirt road, This is a car park used by walkers - the marked with red and white following the sign to Trevélez. road is closed to unauthorised vehicles Sulayr posts. 6. After following the road for about beyond this point. Turn right onto the 4. On this section there are some great 200m, take the path to the right road. views back to the Sierra Nevada, and after (marked). Follow this uphill for about 1km. 10. Follow the road for 1.4km and then walking along the road for about 700m 7. When you get to a junction with a dirt turn right onto a path (marked). Just you’ll get to a viewpoint where you can track, turn left onto the track. After a before this turn there is a spring where see down to Capileira and Bubión. After further 350m, take the path to the right you can refill this, continue a very short way on the (marked). water. © Trek Sierra Nevada, April 2011 • May not be altered or sold • www.treksierranevada.com 11. Follow the path for about 2km, turn right onto the path, following the about another 700m, then when you reach passing two beautiful waterfalls, until you GR-7 signs. an open area with views down the valley, get to a Parque Nacional sign. Take the 14. The path takes you quite steeply turn up to the left. path downhill here, turning quite sharply downhill, then crosses a river. About 250m 17. After about 700m you emerge again to the left (marked). after the river crossing, bear down to the onto the dirt road. Turn right onto the 12. After about 1.3km the path makes a right, then keep right at another fork road. After a further 600m you’ll see the sharp bend to the right, and about 150m shortly afterwards. Just after this there is GR-7 turn off again to the right, but the after this, take the path to the left a section where the path has fallen in, so Sulayr carries on along the road. (marked). you need to turn up to the left and then 18. After another 600m, on a hairpin bend 13. Follow the path for another 1.3km cross a field. You will rejoin the main path in the road, take the path down to the left until you get down to a dirt road. Turn left by a derelict Cortijo (farm). (marked). onto the road. Here the Sulayr route 15. Over the next section, the path is a 19. Follow the path winding down towards merges with the GR-7 path between little indistinct, so look out for red marks Trevélez for 300m, until you again meet Trevélez and Busquístar. Follow the road on rocks and cairns to guide you, always the GR-7 path. Turn left here towards for 300m. At this point the Sulayr heading steeply uphill. Trevélez, following the path downhill and theoretically diverges from the GR-7, About 400m after the across a bridge by a waterfall. When you carrying on along the road rather than derelict farm the path arrive at the village you’ll go through a turning off to the right. However, at the bears left and then does first group of houses. After this, turn left time of writing a landslide meant that a sharp turn to the right. onto the road and continue down into the the Sulayr route was impassable, so 16. Follow the path for main village.

Getting There By Car: From Granada, take the E- 902/A-44 towards Motril. Take exit 164 and take the A-348 towards Lanjarón. Carry on past Lanjarón and after about a further 8km turn left onto the A-4132, marked towards Trevélez (the turning is just after you enter Órgiva). Follow this road until

you get past Pampaneira, then turn up to the left following signs for Bubión and Capileira. By Bus: Capileira and Trevélez are served by Alsa services from Granada bus station (3 per day), which also stop at other Alpujarran towns, including Órgiva, Lanjarón and Busquístar. You can use the same buses to return to your starting

point at the end of the walk.