Cantabria by Bike

Ascent to Mount Cildá from Luena

Route 95

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

Map

Basic Data




Kilometers/Miles
36 / 22
Cumulative ascent: meters/feet
1218 / 3995
Maximum height: meters/feet
1062 / 3483
Duración total
5 hours
Time moving
4:02 hours
Beginning and end location
Entrambasmestas
Difficulty
Medium
Month
May de 2009
Recommended period
Spring, summer, Autum
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Profile

Pictures


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  The valley of Luena shows the intense green colour of the Spring

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  The track that goes up from Cazpurrión

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There are sections that are very steep
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We go into a very nice forest

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Upon exiting the forst we reach the village of Urdiales

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We continue the ascent from Padierno
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  The pass of El Pombo
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  A hard ascent by the ridge gets us to Mount Cildá

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We continue the ascent by the ridge

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  From Mount Cildá we can see the valley of river Besaya

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The descent has many stones
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  From Campo del Caballo we take a footpath that does down by
the left side of Calabozo creek

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Instructions

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