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The little village of Imada is tucked away at the head of the rugged Barranco de Guarimar

Optional ascent to Imada

This is 5km (3 miles) shorter than the main route, but it climbs over 300m (985ft). Leave Benchijigua via Ruta 24, along a track that usually has a chain across. Follow it gently downhill and then as it levels out. Keep right at a junction then bend left across a streambed in a small valley full of palms. Watch for a narrow, well-trodden path off to the right, opposite an old house. The path runs level, turns a corner and descends a little, crossing a streambed. Climb past a couple of palms and turn round a corner to see one last caseta. Continue along the path, passing a few more palms in a little side-valley.

The path zigzags up a steep, scrubby, rocky slope, well engineered, but rough and narrow. Follow it faithfully to reach a rugged gap at 833m (2733ft), where the village of Imada is seen at the head of the Barranco de Guarimiar. Go straight across the gap as marked, turn right and contour above a few ruined houses. Cross a streambed in a valley at Lasadoy, zigzag up bare rock and turn a corner on red rock. Imada comes into view again.