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Picos de Europa

Day 11 - Monday 5th September 2016

Two Valleys

Distance Time Elevation in meters

Km		 Elapsed
Hrs-Mins		 Moving
Hrs-Mins		 Gain Loss Min Max
17.12 5H03   519 674 1,216 1,858

   

   
 

 

 

Location of the walk

 

The starting point for this walk was the village of Llanaves de la Reina, but we had to position a car at the finish at Portilla de la Reina first.

 

 

Start of the walk at Llanaves de la Reina, parallel to the watercourse Arroyo del Naranco

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The valley, with the Sierra del Orpiñas behind. The hut, Refugio del Tajahierro,
is owned by Santander Mountaineering Club

 

 

 

(Photo: J Knight)

We were heading for the col in the centre of this photo

 

Interesting rock structure

 

 

Final stretch to the col, Portillo del Boquerón, at 1,578 m

 

Looking back towards the col

 

 

 

Approaching the road at Portilla de la Reina

A short walk up the road to Portilla de la Reina village

We parked the car opposite the albergue in Portilla de la Reina