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damgaard - Mar 23, 2014 3:32 am Date Climbed: Mar 15, 2014
TrailheadUsed the parking lot as starting place for a hike to the top of Teide via the Pico Viejo. Started 7:30 in the morning and was all alone as the rose over Roques de Garcia. Very nice.
flow - Jun 5, 2011 2:13 pm Date Climbed: May 30, 2011
Roques de Garcia, 2.198mParking Monana Blanca 2.350m - Pico del Teide 3.718m - Pico Viejo 3.135m - Roques de Garcia 2.198m - Parador 2.150m
Shaylee - Jan 21, 2010 11:42 pm Date Climbed: Dec 18, 2009
Roques de GarcíaDecember 18 2009.
Kessler - Jan 21, 2010 11:34 pm Date Climbed: Dec 18, 2009
Roques de GarcíaDecember 18 2009.
Scott - Jan 6, 2010 10:56 pm Date Climbed: Dec 18, 2009
Roques de Garcíaoriginal plan was to climb El Teide, but it was very windy (the cable car station was reporting 120 km/75 mph winds!), so we (Kessler, Shaylee, Kimberly and I) decided to try the Roques de García instead. It was a nice and scenic hike with some great rock formations and good views of El Teide. On the way back, Kessler and I found a route up to the top of one of the rocks. It was exposed so I told him to wait for me below, but every time I climbed higher, he would follow. After topping out on the rock we returned and finished the loop hike.
ChristianRodriguez - Dec 22, 2009 2:36 pm Date Climbed: Dec 20, 2009
Easy path but niceGreat views to Teide volcano, and an excellent combination of routes Roques El García+Pico Viejo+Pico Teide. Just Roques El García is a bit dissapointing cause LOTS of people everywhere. Many many turists (horrible)
pablo - Feb 1, 2008 4:30 am Date Climbed: Jan 2, 2008
hikers loopExcellent thing to do in the beginning of the year. beautiful and magic loop at dusk (takes 1h to 1h30 with pictures), we enjoyed building a cairn
tlogan - Nov 18, 2006 12:29 am Date Climbed: Nov 4, 2006
hikers loopA stange summit log to sign being as there was no real climbing involved except running up a few hills. Enjoyed the rocks though and getting away from the crowds... quite the spectacular volcanic landscape.