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Just after a distinctive outcrop of granite on the right, cross a water channel, with glimpses of San Martín in the valley below. Come to a strange but distinctive area of giant rounded granite boulders, possibly tumbled from the sierra on the left and eroded over centuries. The path bends left to go through the middle of the boulders and then bends left again. This part of the sierra has a wild, primitive aura but is pretty in spring with colourful flowering bushes.

Reach a stream with stepping-stones, after which it becomes hard to pick the way and the path disappears. Veer left; the path appears again and climbs towards the jagged outcrops once more. This is an isolated and solitary place although cattle may be chewing contentedly on the higher slopes.

The path, now very rocky, crosses more water channels. (If walking after a lot of rain, it may be boggy in places.) The ground becomes grassier with boulders strewn around randomly. The path becomes a tiny dirt line with a few granite slabs; it comes and goes but keep Pico Jálama slightly to your right to be sure of staying in the correct direction.