Cantabria by Bike

Mount Hijedo from Bimón

Route 87

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

Map

Basic Data

Kilometers/Miles	47 / 29
Cumulative ascent: meters/feet	964 / 3161
Maximum height: meters/feet	996 / 3266
Duration	4 hours and a quarter
Beginning and end location	Bimón
Difficulty	Medium
Month	October 2008
Recommended period	All year round

Profile

Pictures

The village of Arija behind a large oak tree	The forest is starting to show the autum colours
The reservoir of Ebro can be seen in the distance	We enter the forest of Mount Hijedo
The creek of Hijedo	We have to cross the creek eight times
The forest is gorgeous	We cycle on the track by the creek of la Breña
An impresive beech tree	The forest with its autum colours
The village of Cejancas	The track near the area of los Portillones
We cross a pass next to huge rocks	We approach the reservoir of Ebro near Arija

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Instructions

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