PNT 30 Los Valles Trail

PNT 30 Los Valles is a 3.06-mile point-to-point walk from Mirador de las Minas de San José to Cañada de Las Pilas, below the Las Cañadas caldera wall. It starts in old pumice workings, then drops through the small valleys of Los Valles toward the Siete Cañadas trail. It gives you a close look at the park’s pumice workings and smaller valleys, if you’ve arranged how to get back from the far end.

The route loses about 350 m overall, with roughly 100 m of climbing mixed in. The first stretch crosses ground where pumice was mined for decades; after that, the path descends across volcanic slopes and Canary high-mountain scrub. It’s listed as an easy hike, but loose stones, uneven ground and steep sections mean it’s not a casual paved walk.

The trail passes old broom-firewood loading places, a reminder that these slopes were used and worked long before they became part of a national park.

Start at the Mirador de las Minas de San José viewpoint beside TF-21. Parking spaces are available there, but no services are listed nearby, so bring what you need for the walk. The finish at Cañada de Las Pilas is accessible on foot from PNT 04 (Siete Cañadas) and GR TF 131, not by road; arrange a pickup or a separate return route before you start. Allow about two hours; take longer if you want to stop or need to pick your way carefully over the rough footing at this altitude.