The Institute of Forests and Nature Conservation (IFCN), has updated the status of some of their walks, this includes routes that are now partially passable.
According to a press release, in the case of PR 2 Vereda do Urzal, the route is passable from Lombo do Urzal to km 6.2;
PR 17 Caminho do Pináculo and Folhadal, the route is passable between Encumeada and Bica da Cana.
The IFCN also informed that the sections of the PR 2 Vereda do Urzal pedestrian route between km 6.2 and Curral das Freiras (Fajã dos Cardos) and the PR 17 Caminho do Pináculo and Folhadal pedestrian route between Lombo do Mouro and Km 4.3 will remain closed.
In the statement, the IFCN made a point of warning “of the importance of respecting the barriers and signs installed on pedestrian routes, as the geological instability and the consequent high risk of falling stones, landslides and other materials that currently occur in the prohibited places, can jeopardise the safety and the very life of those who cross the barriers, as well as those who will have to provide help.”
Samantha Gannon
info at madeira-weekly.com
