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Wise Pilgrim APPThe Alto de la Pedraja marks the highest point of the Montes de Oca crossing. Picnic tables at the top offer a rest. The forest continues on both sides.
Along the climb you'll pass a monument to a group of men from Burgos whose bodies were dumped here after their execution during the Spanish Civil War. These roadside memorials appear periodically across northern Spain — quiet reminders of a conflict whose scars are still raw.
The descent from the alto continues through forest toward San Juan de Ortega. The path intersects with ATV trails at several points — follow the yellow arrows carefully. Like the river valleys of Navarra, this dense woodland was once a favorite haunt of bandits preying on pilgrims.
