Cantabria by Bike

Los Llanos, Pido, Winter Sheds of Igüedri, Peak of Oviedo, Mogrovejo

Route 46

By: Javier Tovar, Pedro Ceballos, and Michael González Harbour

Basic Data

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Kilometers/Miles	30 / 18
Cumulative ascent: meters/feet	1240 / 4067
Maximum height: meters/feet	1458 / 4782
Duration	4 hours and three quarters
Beginning and end location	Los Llanos
Difficulty	High
Month	August 2007
Recommended period	Summer

Profile

Pictures

The route of the Reconquest, in its section from Cosgaya to Pido, goes through a forest of oak and beech at the mountainside of the Coriscao peak.	The hard ascent from Espinama to the winter sheds of Igüedri
One of the winter sheds of Igüedri with the Valdecoro peak behind	The track going into Áliva
The winter sheds of Igüedri	The Peak of Oviedo
Close to the peak of Oviedo we find stone circles that belong to a neolithic necropolis that is 5000 years old	The tower of Mogrovejo (XIII century) framed by the Picos de Europa

Downloads

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Instructions

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