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Las
Contadoras, north from Málaga
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| Year |
1990
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| Scale |
1:10
000 and 1:15 000 Distance between contours: 10 m
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| Area |
9
km2
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| Altitude |
850 m
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| Cartographers |
Base
map: Olaf Helgesen, Norway. Field checking: Gendijus Jonauskas, Letonia
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| Place |
35
minutes north from Málaga
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| Terrain |
Very
steep. Low runability. Maximal hight on the map: 280 m
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| How fast is it possible to run? |
Difficult
to do better than 10 min/km at longer courses. The best time in 2002
at a course of 12 km and 1200 meters climb, was well over 10 minutes
per km. (2 hours 23 minutes)
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| Information about the area |
The area was between 1800 - 1900 the centre for the wine production in Málaga. At that time the wine from Málaga was famous all over the world. Around the year 1900 the grapes where atacked by paraites. The local producers never managed to recover from that stroke, and still today some very big old ruins remind the visitor of times of wealth in the past. The pine forest was planted about 60 years ago, in order to prevent the city of Málaga from inundations. It´s quite common to here wild boar, but they are very shy and seldom seen. |
| Restaurants |
Along
the windlig road towards the map there are a number of restaurants (VENTAS)
where you can eat or have a snack.
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| Additional information |
Beware
of spiny bushes, especially in the deep reentrants.
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