Cantabria by Bike

Ascent to Tresmares Peak from Riaño

Route 85

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

Map

Basic Data




Kilometers/Miles
34 / 21
Cumulative ascent: meters/feet
1329 / 4359
Maximum height: meters/feet
2178 / 7143
Duration
4 hours
Beginning and end location
Riaño
Difficulty
High
Month
September 2008
Recommended period
Summer, start of autum
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Profile

Pictures


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  The valley of Campoo, in the fresh air of the morning

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  The track goes into a small forest

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The ascent becomes rather hard
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The stony track forces us to walk pushing the bike

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  The last section of the ascent to the ski station is cross country

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  The ski station of Brañavieja
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The ascent to La Fuente del Chivo, by a paved road
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  At the lookout of Fuente del Chivo we get spectacular views of
the valley of Polaciones and the massif of Peña Sagra

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The ski tracks through which we will descend later

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  We get wonderful views of the Cantabrian range
from the Tresmares peak

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Peña Labra, as seen from the Tresmares peak,
with the Palentine Mountains behind
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The descent by the ski tracks is very enyoing

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