Fuenfría Pass. Route for MTB, gravel or ebike

📍 Meeting point: Cercedilla Renfe train station

⏰ Schedule: 09:00 h

🗺️ Route: Cercedilla → Las Dehesas → Mirador de los Poetas → Puerto de la Fuenfría → Collado de Marichiva → Collado del Rey → return via the same route

🌲 GENERAL DESCRIPTION

Route starting and ending at the Cercedilla Renfe train station. We will ascend to Las Dehesas to take the historic Carretera de la República (Republic Road), a wide forest track built in the 1930s that was never completed and which today constitutes one of the most emblematic routes in the Sierra de Guadarrama.

During the climb we will pass by the Mirador de los Poetas, a natural balcony dedicated to great writers such as Antonio Machado, Luis Rosales and Vicente Aleixandre, from which you can enjoy magnificent views of the Cercedilla valley and the surrounding mountains.

We will continue to the Fuenfría Pass (1,796 m), a historic route used since Roman times to connect both sides of the mountain range, surrounded by a spectacular mountain pine forest. From there we will continue towards the Marichiva Pass and the King's Pass, where we will begin our return along the same route.

This is a mountain route with a predominance of forest tracks and some sections of trail, ideal for enjoying the scenery and one of the most representative natural environments of the Sierra de Guadarrama.

🌄 TYPE OF TERRAIN

🌲 Forest tracks in good condition

🌳 Shaded areas along much of the ascent

🚗 There is virtually no traffic except on the stretch from Cercedilla to Las Dehesas, which is 3 km of low-traffic road.

⚙️ DIFFICULTY

🟢 Physics: Average

🟢 Technique: Low-Medium

📏 Distance: ~39 km

⛰️ Positive elevation gain: ~700 m

🔄 REGROUPS

The Pastures

Poets' Lookout

Fuenfría Port

Collado del Rey

🛡️ SAFETY AND RULES

🪖 Helmet required

💧 Sufficient water and food

🚱 There are sources of untreated water along the route, but it is not guaranteed that they will have water.

🔧 Basic tool and spare parts kit

📱 GPS with downloaded track

🚴 Free pace with regrouping at designated points

⚠️ INDIVIDUAL RESPONSIBILITY

-Each participant is responsible for their own safety, compliance with traffic regulations, and assessing whether the route is suitable for their physical and technical level.

-The person organizing the outing acts solely as the creator of the event, without professional status or assumption of responsibility for incidents or accidents during the activity.

Track

https://loc.wiki/t/41720111?h=gp2yjwe2zv&wa=sd&la=es (Collado del Rey from Las Dehesas with JJB)