Cantabria by Bike

Ascent to Braña de los Tejos from Quintanilla Lamasón

Route 49

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


Map

Basic Data



Kilometers/Miles
35 / 22
Cumulative ascent: meters/feet
1338 / 4389
Maximum height: meters/feet
1410 / 4624
Duration
4 and a half hours
Beginning and end location
Quintanilla Lamasón
Difficulty
High
Month
September 2007
Recommended period
Summer

Profile

Pictures


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We get magnificent views of the Lamasón valley
during the ascent towards Venta de los Lobos

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The massif of  Peña Sagra is covered in the fog originated
by the evaporation of the rain that fell the previous day

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  The muddy  track near Venta de los Lobos
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  We cycle by the side of Peña Sagra

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A cow lies by a pond in the pass of Pasaneu.
In the background, the Cantabrian sea, covered with fog

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The beautiful yew trees of Braña de los Tejos
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A yew in front of  the high rocky mountains
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The yew trees have their trunks formed as a union of several branches

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The diameter of this yew, probably of near a thousand years old,
is over two meters
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  The peak of La Ventosa in front of the Eastern Massif of the Picos de Europa

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