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Hi all. Heading to finestrat tomorrow and fancy a go at the el realet ridge, but we will have only 1 car. From reading the logbook a few people seemed to have parked in an alternative spot with a bit of bushwhacking at the start and end. Any tips on parking locations gratefully appreciated. Thanks!

A few days ago we tried the bush-whacking approach, it wasn't quick or pleasant. My advice would be not to both trying to go off-piste, the terrain is pretty unforgiving.

Using one car though is fine and doesn't add too much time as the extra walking is downhill and mostly on a very quiet tarmac road.

Park at the finish point of the ridge and follow the lane directly back to the main road meet up with the start point parking. There is a short cut that misses out the regular approach walk but trying to explain it on here would take longer than the extra walk! There are numerous tracks that lead off the tarmac, many look like they may head for the ridge, they don't, they lead to dead ends. We tried them all.

The ridge is brilliant, we were back on it yesterday: https://www.mountain-journeys.co.uk/el-realet-ridge-costa-blanca-a-beautifu...

Hope you have a great time

Thanks very much. Looking forward to it 😃

Agree with previous poster. One car is fine. Did it last September and took 8 hours from leaving the car to returning back to the car. The bushwhacking at the end was distinctly unpleasant, but a superb day out overall. Think we used one of the parking spots given in the Rockfax guide, just off the main road.