Cantabria by Bike

Mount Caballar from Puente Viesgo

Route 93

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

Map

Basic Data

Kilometers/Miles	41 / 25
Cumulative ascent: meters/feet	957 / 3129
Maximum height: meters/feet	661 / 2168
Total duration	4 hours
Time moving	3:15 hours
Beginning and end location	Puente Viesgo
Difficulty	Medium
Month	February 2009
Recommended period	All year round

Profile

Pictures

A model of the village of Penilla	The height of San Martín seen from Pando
The hard ascent to Mount Caballar	The track is very steep
Another picture of the ascent	We get good views of the valley of river Pas
The valley of Carriedo, with peak Castro Valnera behind	The bay of Santander as seen from Mount Caballar
We cross a pending bridge over the Pisueña river	The ascent to Pando from San Román

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Instructions

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