Ferrata Fuente del Chorrico (Tous)
Very simple ferrata that is worth it for the surroundings
| Name | Ferrata Fuente del Chorrico |
| Province | Alicante |
| Nearest town | Tous |
| Difficulty | K1 (Easy) |
| Best season | All year around. No restrictions. In summer recommended in the morning at 1 hour by the heat |
| Escape point | No |
| State of the Ferrata | Good (2019) |
| Crashes | No |
| Bridges | No |
| Zip Lines | No |
| Rappel | No |
| Other facilities | No |
| Approach time | 25 minutes |
| Ascent time | 20 minutes |
| Return time | 40 minutes |
| Total route (approach + ferrata + return) | 2.50 kilometers from the trailer parking or 3.50 kilometers from the car park |
| Total height equipped section | 60 meters |
| Total activity level (ferrata + approach + return) | 100 meters |
| Observations | Trailer parking on Google maps comes out with water. |
Approach by car :
We have to go to the town of Tous, leave it on the right and continue along the CV-5412, the road has many curves and in about 3 km it is ascending and then descends to the reservoir. Do not go to the dam, at the crossroads continue straight. Already in the final section the road is more broken until we reach the car park.
Approach to the beginning of the ferrata :
From the car parking, we have to go down the road to the parking of Trailers (which is at water level). From here several paths leave, by footsteps of goats and people, but we have to skirt the swamp, taking as a reference a lamppost, we go to this one. In the path of access to the ferrata we will find some sign of PR (white and yellow) somewhat burned by the sun, the path in general is not very marked, sometimes it is lost a little, once we reach the post, we will find another reference that It is a ceramic pipe that goes through the PR, it continues along the swamp and enters us towards the source of the Chorrico, we must not leave the path until we reach the source of the Chorrico, at the bottom of the ravine, the ferrata is seen in front, but the easiest access road is from the source of the Chorrico (area where there is a pool and small stream), we cross to the other side (without having to go up and down the channel). From the stream, we follow a path with milestones that take us to the return of the ferrata and a few meters at the beginning of the ferrata.
Description of the Ferrata :
It is a short and vertical ferrata, with very beautiful views of the surroundings. It has a vertical section to the middle of the wall about 25 meters, where there is a small horizontal section and again another vertical section of another 25 meters that leaves us at the top of the mountain.
Return :
Once the ferrata is finished, we take the path on the right, (source direction of Chorrico) about 50 meters, we find the path down again to the left, with a couple of milestones, and it is equipped with staples to lower the More vertical sections, we follow the same until we reach a handrail that leaves us at the beginning of the ferrata, we retrace the access road.
We have to go to the town of Tous, leave it on the right and continue along the CV-5412, the road has many curves and in about 3 km it is ascending and then descends to the reservoir. Do not go to the dam, at the crossroads continue straight. Already in the final section the road is more broken until we reach the car park.
Approach to the beginning of the ferrata :
From the car parking, we have to go down the road to the parking of Trailers (which is at water level). From here several paths leave, by footsteps of goats and people, but we have to skirt the swamp, taking as a reference a lamppost, we go to this one. In the path of access to the ferrata we will find some sign of PR (white and yellow) somewhat burned by the sun, the path in general is not very marked, sometimes it is lost a little, once we reach the post, we will find another reference that It is a ceramic pipe that goes through the PR, it continues along the swamp and enters us towards the source of the Chorrico, we must not leave the path until we reach the source of the Chorrico, at the bottom of the ravine, the ferrata is seen in front, but the easiest access road is from the source of the Chorrico (area where there is a pool and small stream), we cross to the other side (without having to go up and down the channel). From the stream, we follow a path with milestones that take us to the return of the ferrata and a few meters at the beginning of the ferrata.
Description of the Ferrata :
It is a short and vertical ferrata, with very beautiful views of the surroundings. It has a vertical section to the middle of the wall about 25 meters, where there is a small horizontal section and again another vertical section of another 25 meters that leaves us at the top of the mountain.
Return :
Once the ferrata is finished, we take the path on the right, (source direction of Chorrico) about 50 meters, we find the path down again to the left, with a couple of milestones, and it is equipped with staples to lower the More vertical sections, we follow the same until we reach a handrail that leaves us at the beginning of the ferrata, we retrace the access road.