The 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