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 Picos de Europa

PR-PNPE 23 - Ruta Horcados Rojos

30th August 2016

 

Distance Time Elevation in meters

Km		 Elapsed
Hrs-Mins		 Moving
Hrs-Mins		 Gain Loss Min Max
12.55 5H22   639 639 1,738 2,377

   

   
 

 

Location Map

Fuente De

El Cable

Cable Car Upper Station

 

The idea of connecting a high-mountain area in the heart of Picos de Europa with Fuente Dé was firstly developed by José Antonio Odriozola, former president of the ''Federación Española de Montañism (Spanish Mountaineering Federation), whose family was from Comarca of Liébana. The line was designed by engineer José Calavera Ruiz and architect Ángel Hernández Morales. Its construction started in November 1962 and the opening ceremony was held on August 21, 1966.

The line covers a 753-metre (2,470 ft) vertical drop. Its bottom station is located at 1,090-metre (3,576 ft) and the upper one at 1,850-metre (6,070 ft). Cabins transport capacity is of 20 people and the trip, which does not have intermediate stops, lasts 3'40". The line has a single span and two independent sections with one cabin each, that can be operated separately. Cables length is 1,450-metre (4,757 ft) and the speed of cabins is usually 10-metre (33 ft)/s Fuente Dé ropeway is the longest single-span aerial lift of Europe.
(Wikipedia)

 

 

 

Cable Car Upper Station at 1,850m

Group photo with Peña Remoña 2,242m in the background

Goat, with Peña Olvidada 2,406m in the background

The trail goes off at 90 degrees at Horcadina de Covarrobles, sign posted PR-PNPE23.
The reddish-brown peak top right is Torre de Horcados Rojos. The depression is Hoyo Sin Tierra.

 

 

Looking back along the trail towards Horcadina de Covarrobles

Refugio Cabaña Veronica just visible on the ridge, top center

Refugio Cabaña Veronica

Inside the tiny Cabaña Veronica refuge

 

Looking across to Picos de Santa Ana 2,546m, with the Cabaña Veronica solar panels in the foreground.

Climbing up to Collado Horcados Rojos

View towards Naranjo de Bulnes from Horcados Rojos

Horcados Rojos makes a great spot for lunch. Peñes Urrieles and Pico Tesorero in the background

The last part of the climb, to the peak Torre de los Horcados Rojos

 

The way back down to Horcadina de Covarrobles and the cabe car