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bar, accessed by a rock staircase with protection cable. The 2nd Guarramilla was located at elevation 2210 m and to the W of the 1st, to the left of the concrete track (as we go towards the TV antennas) and topped with a metal cross, although its highest point is a small rock promontory a few meters further to the E. The 3rd Guarramilla is the highest, it is located to the ESE of the 2nd and in its summit plain the TV antennas are located; it has a geodesic vertex of the IGN at 2262m according to Cayetano E. de S. (to the S of the TV installations). Finally the 4th Guarramilla is a small projection seen from the N, and a plain approaching from the 3rd, and to the NNE of this one; about 300 m from this last one, Cayetano said to be at 2246 m. On the summit plateau an old rain gauge has been "recycled" as an information panel of the surrounding summits. To the N and at the foot of this elevation we can see the cone where the Valdesquí alpine ski resort is located. With the progress and improvement of current measuring equipment, the elevations cited by Cayetano E. de Salamanca are those corresponding to 2179 m, 2227 m, 2258 m, and 2248 m of the 1st, 2nd, 3rd and 4th Guarramillas according to the IGN maps in their latest editions.
29: 357: 337: 232: 309: 203:), whose emissions began with an image of the globe and on it, in the center of Spain, appeared some rocket-shaped antennas that emitted semicircular waves, motivating that this name was given to the place where the television signal came from, whose toponym is Alto de Guarramillas. This stop is part of the Guarramas, a group of relief elements located in the surroundings of this mountain. " 348:(1880 m) and ascends the western slope of this mountain, until reaching the summit after approximately 40 minutes of walking. Halfway and at 2170 meters of altitude is Dos Castillas, a place where there is a bar-restaurant and is the head of a chairlift that leaves the Puerto de Navacerrada. It is open in winter and on weekends during the non-ski season, including the summer season. 301:(page 107), a person who was careful with the toponymy of the mountains, described the situation of the four Guarramillas: ".... the Guarramillas, a group of four summits about which there is an evident toponymic confusion, since some of them are called Guarramas, although this name does not exist (already in the 14th century Alfonso XI called them " 364:
At its summit there are antennas, whose function was to broadcast the radio and television signal and send it to the two plateaus. In 2010, the Spanish Government decided to close the powerful television repeater of Navacerrada due to the analogical blackout, leaving it exclusively for the FM radio
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The same author placed them from W to E, coinciding the 1st Guarramilla with the elevation 2181 m, is the most rocky and is located in it a sculpture of the Virgen de las Nieves, and the station / upper bar of the chairlift of the Puerto de Navacerrada; its highest point is attached and behind the
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and arrived after almost 169 km with four scoring difficulties, one third category, two first category and the summit of the Bola del Mundo of special category, at 2250 m. The winner of this stage and therefore the first winner at the top of the Bola del Mundo was
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The origin of the name is recent, since it appeared with the installation of the television and radio signal repeater antennas in 1959. At the time of the installation of these repeater antennas there was only one television channel in Spain
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in the shape of a rocket to protect them from the ice. They are visible from several kilometers around and constitute the greatest peculiarity of this mountain, which is easily accessible from the
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The route starts at the Navacerrada pass, climbs to the Alto de las Guarramillas, begins the descent at the source of the Manzanares River and, after a long descent, reaches
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ski resort is located on its western slopes. Near its summit, at an altitude of 2000 meters and on its southeastern slope, is the
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broadcasting of RNE 1 Madrid (104.9 MHz) RNE-CLAS (98.8 MHz), RNE Radio 3 (95.8 MHz) and Onda Madrid (106.0 MHz).
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The quickest access to the summit is by a hard concrete forest track, which starts at
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Southwest side of the Bola del Mundo as seen from the viewpoint of Las Canchas.
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The Bola del Mundo was climbed again in the penultimate stage of the
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team, but then the UCI annulled his victory for an alleged case of
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mountain range. Very close to the summit, on the east side, is the
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mountain range and is located in the central area of the
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The Bola del Mundo is the westernmost mountain of the
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Elevation
Prominence
Coordinates
40°47′06″N 3°58′48″W / 40.78500°N 3.98000°W / 40.78500; -3.98000
Parent range
Sistema Central
Easiest route
Puerto de Navacerrada
mountain
Sierra de Guadarrama
Sistema Central
Iberian Peninsula
Community of Madrid
province of Segovia
Spain
Cuerda Larga
Ventisquero de la Condesa
Manzanares river
TVE 1
mountain range where the mountain is located
Manzanares el Real

Peñalara massif
Cuerda Larga
Sierra de Guadarrama
La Maliciosa
valley of La Barranca
Navacerrada pass
valleys of Valsaín

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