23/03/2013
una buena excursón:
Pozo Umbria-Pino Santo Teror-Sagrado Corazon-San Isidro
Red signed, It starts nearby the monument of the Agricultor at the lower end of San Mateo. Behind an carpenters
shop downwards to the "Chorillo" quarter, passed a small bridge zou go the street righthand downwards to the
bottom of the valley. There is a crossing, where you go lefthand upwards, at the following bifurcation righthand.
Then reach the reservoir "Toronjo". If the doors are closed there is beside a small gap for people and small
livestock. Passed it, go righthand 20m downwards, turn lefthand. After the first turn, change lefthand
downwards. The street ends at the pumping station of the "pozo umbria"which provides the "Tropical"brewery.
Go in the bottom of the valley righthand downwards, at the left slope you will see the white concrete of the
waste-water tube of "Lomo Carbonero". Go on it upwards till you reach the street between houses. Turn left an
go the main road upwards to an phone, in front of them go righthand besides an shop. The street crosses first an
barranco, later another road, and after 2 km at lefthan, leave it upwards by an concrete paved street. At the top
you cross the streets, following righthand firstly softly ascending, later downwards to "Faro" (shops, restaurant).
Here you go lefthand an path downwards, which sometimes joins the street too. At "Cuesta Falcon" you leave it
righthand by an smaller street, which ends at an field: but beside of it, there goes an path downwards to the
bottom of the valley, passing an solitary house there. Go upwards the slope in front of it, you reach the quarter
"Los Alamos" of Teror. (All streets straight on will reach the center). The return route starts here going the street
lefthand till in an turn, passed an bridge, go straight on "Corazon Jesus" upwards. It ends at an place in front of
the church (bus stop). Pass it and in the crossing behind the church go righthand. The street passing an shop goes
the slope in front of upwards. At an bifurcation, go lefthand till the end of the street. Leftside of an house starts
the path to "San Isidro". It reaches the main road in front of the junction with the street "Madrelagua". But you
follow the mainroad upwards till reaching an spring (bus stop). Here starts an paved path upwards, which
changes in street soon. At an chain, go the path lefthand. It reaches the street of Arinez beside an house with
pines. Go upwards to the turn, at leftside you see the buildings of the Ariñez dam. Here starts a small step
downwards. Encircling the reservoir by an path, you reach "Cruz Herrero". Go lefthand, at an bifurcation at
200m righthand the street "Yedra". In the first turn of it go straight on the path downwards. At the first houses it
becames street. Follow it downwards till a stone-masons shop leftside. Cross it following an path, which reaches
behind the church of Utiaca (bus stop, restaurant, store) the main road. Cross it following an minor street 400m.
Than, between houses, goes a path righthand downwards, which will, converted as non paved street, join another
besides an waste-container. Follow it lefthand 20m, then turn right upwards. In the first turn go the path straight
on upwards. Passed an retaining wall it reaches the main road. Follow it upwards lefthand. Just passed an turn,
go lefthand the second one of two streets downwards. Changing in path, it goes pallel to the mainroad to San
Mateo. Behind the Lourdes Chapel(for visiting it ask at the town hall) it reaches the Lourdes Street.
(tomado de la Guía de senderos de las medianías de Gran Canaria)
