Cantabria by Bike

Ruente, Collado de Monte Aa, San Sebastián de Garabandal

Route 27

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

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Basic Data

Kilometers/Miles	50 / 31
Cumulative ascent: meters/feet	1136 / 3612
Maximum height	571 / 1928
Duration	4 and a half hours
Beginning and end location	Ruente
Difficulty	Medium
Month	January
Recommended period	All year round

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Pictures

Ascent to the pass of Monte Aa	We meet a group of bikers in the mountain pass
The ridge of Peña Sagra, with the village of Carmona in the valley	Descent to Carmona
The return, through the pass of Monte Aa	Another image of the return

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Instructions

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