Mountain Biking in the Alpujarras: Mecina-Busquistar-Ferreirola loop
After leaving the house follow the road to where it forks by the hotel. Turn left up the mountain side (3 km) to where it joins the main road (GR421). Turn right toward Pitres. Stay on this road for a further 8 km passing through the lower reaches of Pitres and Portugos and onto Busquistar. Approximately 1 km before you reach Busquistar you will come across a dirt and gravel jeep track on your right hand side (signposted with yellow and white markings). This is a wide but steep track with a loose surface and sharp bends which drops down the mountain side for 1000m. Approximately 100m from the bottom of this track it is crossed, on a bend, by the Busquistar-Ferreirola track. Turn right onto this track (signposted as above). Although initially quite wide and even this track quickly narrows, becoming rocky, as it traverses the mountain for 3 km before decending through woods for the last km into Ferreirola. This is a fast, exciting and in places exposed and treacherous track, with hair pin bends and rocky obstacles. On reaching Ferreirola you can either take the track to Fondales and then the road back up to Mecinilla, or stick to the Mecina-Ferreirola road.
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