Cantabria by Bike

Mount Cerredo from Guriezo

Oriñón beach, with Mount Candina behind

Route 116

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

Map

Basic Data

Kilometers/Miles	26 / 16
Cumulative ascent: meters/feet	852 / 2794
Maximum height: meters/feet	585 / 1919
Total duration	3 and a half hours
Time moving	2:47
Beginning and end location	Rioseco (Guriezo)
Difficulty	Low
Month	March 2011
Recommended period	All year round

Profile

Pictures

The ascent by the trail of Mount Cerredo	Near the top
We climb the last few meters cycling on the grass	The terrain gets very rocky so we cannont continue cycling
We get close to a vantage point over the coast	We can see Castro Urdiales from the top
A vulture from the nearby colony of Oriñón	We begin the return
We take the trail that goes down to Cerdigo	From the trail we get nice views of the coast
As we approach the coast we pass through a grove of oaks	The coast near Islares

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Instructions

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