Pinsapo de las Escaleretas, Spanish fir natural monument in Parauta, Málaga Province, Spain

The Pinsapo de las Escaleretas is a Spanish fir (Abies pinsapo) in the Sierra de las Nieves national park, in the municipality of Parauta, Málaga. It reaches 26 m in height, its trunk measures up to 5 m in diameter and its crown covers 200 m². It is listed in the Andalusian catalogue of singular trees and is drying out with age.

The Pinsapo de las Escaleretas is an Abies pinsapo Boiss. estimated at 350 to 550 years old, 26 m tall, with a trunk up to 5 m in diameter and a crown of 200 m². On 23 November 2001 the Junta de Andalucía declared it a natural monument of Andalusia, and it is listed in the Catálogo de Árboles Singulares de Andalucía. Despite care, the tree is drying out because of its age.

The tree is listed in Andalusia's Catalogue of Singular Trees and was declared a natural monument by the Junta de Andalucía on 23 November 2001. Its name comes from the Escaleretas, the spot in the Sierra de las Nieves where it grows, above the path toward Istán and Tolox. Visitors reach it on foot along the final stretch of that forest track.

Access is from the Ronda–San Pedro Alcántara road, on the track toward Los Quejigales; 1 km before it, turn right onto the forest track to Istán and Tolox, and after about 2 km a sign on the right marks the path to the tree. The final stretch is on foot only. From the tree there is a view of the south face of Torrecilla (1,919 m).

The tree stands within the Sierra de las Nieves national park, in the municipality of Parauta, and from its foot opens a view of the south face of Torrecilla peak (1,919 m), the highest summit of the range, and of the whole valley draining toward Istán. It is listed in the Andalusian Catalogue of Singular Trees.