Cantabria by Bike

Guriezo, Dam of El Juncal, Route of the Dolmens

Route 64

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

embalse del juncal
  The Ermita de las Nieves, at the top, is reflected on the water of the Dam of Juncal

Map

Basic Data


Kilometers/Miles
38 / 24
Cumulative ascent: meters/feet
1037 / 3401
Maximum height: meters/feet
743 / 2437
Duration
5 hours
Time moving
4:02
Beginning and end location
Guriezo
Difficulty
Medium
Month
January 2008 and January 2011
Recommended period
Dry season




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Pictures

Pictures of 2008

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  The path by the canal of Piruquito

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The water reservoir of Piruquito

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The valley of Guriezo

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  The Dam of El Juncal, almost dry because of the little rain fallen this winter
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The hermitage of las Nieves is reflected on the water of the Dam of el Juncal

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We cycle in the slippery canal of el Juncal
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The canal has several tunnels
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Coming out from one of the tunnels

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The path continues by the canal and goes into a beautiful forest
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The ridge of Peñas de Fuente Fría, in the area known as the
  "Route of the Dolmens"

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Looking at the valley of Carranza
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  One of the Galupa dolmens

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  Cycling in the ridge, towards the hermitage of las Nieves
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The hermitage of Las Nieves can be seen over the path


Pictures of 2011


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  The Ermita de las Nieves is reflected in a small pond

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The ascent has steep stretches
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The views of  Guriezo and mount Candina behind

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We cycle next to the canal of Juncal
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We ride inside the canal

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The canal is carved into a steep mountainside
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A menhir beside the track
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One of the dolmens near the Ermita de las Nieves

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Instructionsb

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