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Map for the route (ED50)
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How to get there: Drive
to the roundabout on the northeast side of Ojedo, where begins the
C-184. From the corner of the restaurant Asador de Lena begins a narrow
asphalt road with the sign for "La Narezona, Cahecho, GR-71". The route
starts here. (Roadmap)
Distance: 3h/12km
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The narrow asphalt road (280 m) leads to the upper part of Ojedo,
where it divides in three (7min) (340 m). Take the middle road, which
turns into a concrete road almost immediately. You walk through the
Casillas (14min) (400 m) - a small group of houses - and continue along
a track. From now on, the route has white-red waymarks. When the track
bends right (19min) (425 m), be careful, not to take the track to the
left. The track is lined by old chestnut trees, the tallest of which,
measuring 13 meters round, is called
La Narezona.
Follow the main track,
ignoring a track that branches off right (34min) (560 m). After passing
the cottages of Jilguero, you reach a crest (41min) (675 m) with a nice
view over the villages of Ojedo and
Potes to the peaks of
Picos de
Europa. Looking southwest, you see the
Peña Prieta and Curavacas. In the north, the
valley is bordered by
Peña Ventosa. Continue to the right,
along the track that stays at the same level, not the track that goes
uphill.
The track starts to ascend gently in a pine forest passing a
house
and then the Ermitage of San Tirso
(56min) (755 m). The views to the
eastern massif of Picos de Europa, from Cumbre Abenas to Agero are
beautiful. Behind the Pass of Camara, you see the higest peak of
Cantabria, the Peña Vieja, which belongs to the central massif. The
lower slopes of the mountains are dotted with the villages of Cillorigo.
Once you reach the Pass of Taba (1h) (780 m), the track bends right.
Ignore the track leading uphill to the right, and keep on the
track that
goes first gently downhill. You ascend to another pass, where you go
straight ahead, without paying attention to tracks branching off to both
sides (1h16min) (830 m). Higher up, you see the village of
Caheco on
your right.
Return from Caheco (1h34min) (860 m)
the same way back to the beginning of the route (3h).
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