Picos de Europa 2016

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

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