This selection of photographs follows on from the previous posts and documents a walk to the top of featuring Montana Roja in Playa Blanca, Lanzarote.
Montana Roja is a cone volcano with an almost perfect circular rim and crater. It is estimated to be 800,000 years old and 194 metres high. The route to the top is quite steep but well worth the climb for the views. The first image shows the highest point on the rim and what I believe to be some form of monument - although it has seen better days, whatever it is! In the distance is the island of Los Lobos off the coast at Corralejo, Fuerteventura:
The next three images show the path to the top:
Once at the top there is a path around the rim and walk across the crater. The first image shows two people walking from one side to the other which give an idea of the scale of the crater. In the base of the crater people have arranged rocks into the shape of names and messages some of which can just about be seen in the last image.
There are panoramic views of Playa Blanca from the top including the Los Ajaches mountains and in the far distance the Timinfaya National Park:
Lastly these are a selection of close up studies of the side of the volcano (obviously taken from the base of the volcano). I particularly liked some of the colours and rock textures:
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