La Maliciosa It isn't the highest neither the hardest but for me it is the most beatiful mountain in Madrid. In Spanish the name means something like "The Malicious" and it is because of its south face seems to be very rough. You can choose between three diffenets ways to get the top. The easy one (North) the long-hard one (South East) and the meddium-hard (South West) (in this way there are also two options). When I said that this mountain is beatiful is because on the South West you start to walk in a nice forest with a river and suddlently the sight change to a rocky path without trees... until you get to the botton of "Peñotillo" after that there is a hard and steepy path to the top of the mountain. In winter this last track (the steepy one) is very funny for winter tools (crampons and ice-axes) it ins't really difficult so is very good for beginners. Close to this area there are serveral routes for more experiented mountanieers so more difficults ice clmbing routes. Also you can go there for classic climbing rock. I was climbing rock there ones, a route called "El Espolón Rosa" and I remember it very good because the second track was spectacular. I guess the next day I'll still be writing about "La Maliciosa".