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Cerro Caraigres

Cerro Caraigres, Mountain summit in San José Province, Costa Rica.

Cerro Caraigres is a mountain massif on the Fila de Bustamante, on the border of the cantons of Acosta, Aserrí and León Cortés Castro in San José Province. It reaches 2,506 m and is built of folded sedimentary and volcanoclastic rocks forming a ridge with slopes up to 50 degrees. From the Pacific side its profile resembles a sleeping woman; from the Central Valley, a dragon.

The sources do not record a colonial naming event. The peak is also called Cerro Dragón, and its shape is read as a sleeping woman from the Pacific side and as a dragon from the Valle Central. It lies between the cantons of Acosta, Aserrí and León Cortés Castro in San José province.

The mountain's shape gives it two names: from the Pacific side it resembles a sleeping woman, while from the Central Valley it looks like a dragon, hence Cerro Dragón in the Bustamante range. Villages such as Gravilias, La Mesa, Ceiba Este, La Legua de los Naranjo and La Legua de los Camacho lie on its slopes in Acosta and Aserrí.

The summit lies between the cantons of Acosta, Aserrí and León Cortés Castro in San José Province, 24 km south of San José, and is reached from villages on its slopes such as Gravilias, La Mesa and La Legua de los Naranjo. Slopes reach up to 50 degrees, so plan for steep ground. On a clear day the Pacific coast and Cerro de la Muerte are visible from the top.

From the Pacific side the mountain's profile resembles a sleeping woman; from the Central Valley it looks like a dragon, which gave the peak its name. The summit lies on the Fila Bustamante, a ridge of folded sedimentary and volcanoclastic rock with slopes reaching 50 degrees.

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