Cantabria by Bike

Mountain Bike Routes in Cantabria, Spain

GPS Tracks

By: Javier Tovar, Pedro Ceballos, and Michael González Harbour

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Introduction

In this page you can find mountain bike routes that we have enjoyed cycling in the beautiful mountains of Cantabria, in Spain. They are routes of mid difficulty that allow us to watch spectacular views of the landscapes that make us fall in love with this region. The routes are almost completely cyclable. Most of them go through mountain dirt roads, and some are on trails or even have some short cross country segments. Many also have an initial and final part on secondary roads.

All routes begin and end in the same place, so that we can get there by car, carying our bikes.

The routes can be viewed in 3D projected on satellite pictures thanks to the free Google Earth program. In addition to the tracks in Google Earth format, we also provide the GPS track files that you can download on your GPS receiver, maps of the routes, the altitude profiles, and pictures of the area. There is also a link to a page where you can view the track on satellite pictures or maps, using the services of Google Maps.

We hope you enjoy them as much as we do!

MTB Routes

Click on the name of a route to see it.

Number	Route	Kilometers	Cummulative ascent (m)	Date	Difficulty
01	Ruente, Monte AA, Collada de Carmona, and ascent to Zarceillo	36	995	Mar 2006 and Dec 2008	Medium
02	Fresneda, Los Tojos, Colsa, Balcón de La Cardosa	46	1196	Apr 2006	Medium
03	Corrobárceno, San Martín de Toranzo, Collado Gandarillas	44	831	Apr 2006	Low
04	Oyambre, Monte Corona, Cabezón de la Sal	31	491	Apr 2006	Low
05	Arenas de Iguña, Cueto Helguera, Anievas, Bostronizo, and church of San Román de Moroso	38	1073	May 2006	Low
06	Bárcena de Pie de Concha, Mediajo Frío, Lanchares, Alsa	42	1280	May 2006	High
07	Correpoco, Bárcena Mayor and ascent to Ropero peek	56	1116	Jun 2006	Medium
08	Puente El Arrudo, Cires, Venta de los Lobos, Collado de Hoz	39	1056	Jun 2006	Medium
09	Bárcena de Pie de Concha, Collado de Pagüenzo, Alsa	38	1162	Jun 2006	Medium
10	Celada-Marlantes, Somaloma, Aldea de Ebro, Cabaña de Hijedo	52	1338	Jul 2006	Medium
11	Santa María de Cayón, Esles, Pozos de Noja	36	1082	Jul 2006	Medium
12	Selores, Correpoco, Ermita del Moral, Viaña	38	946	Jul 2006	Medium
13	Valdeprado del Río (Km 5 of road S-614), Aldea de Ebro, Monte Hijedo, Ruerrero, La Serna	76	1288	Aug 2006	High
14	Piedras Luengas, Caloca, Altos de Pineda, Lores	56	1511	Aug 2006	High
15	Renedo de Cabuérniga, Prado Concejo de Tudanca, Zarceillo	44	1486	Sep 2006	High
16	Fresneda, Bárcena Mayor, Cruz de Fuentes, Ozcaba	58	1404	Sep 2006	Medium
16a	Correpoco, Cruz de Fuentes, Venta Vieja	46	1447	Nov 2007	Medium
17	Puente El Arrudo, Quintanilla, Río Tanea, Puentenansa	46	1253	Sep 2006	Medium
18	Saja, Ozcaba, Llano Castrillo, Rumaceo, Pass of Palombera	50	1443	Oct 2006 and Nov 2008	Medium
19	Saja, Tudanca, Embalse de la Cohilla, Sejos	67	2191	Oct 2006	Very High
18a	The Pass of Sejos and Descent through Devil's Canyon	39	1251	Ago 2008	Alta
20	Rubalcaba, Valdició, Calseca, Alto de Somo	48	1316	Oct 2006	High
21	Entrambasmestas, Coto Alisas, la Matanela, San Pedro del Romeral	41	964	Nov 2006	Low
22	Rubalcaba, Alto de Somo, Bustablado, Puerto de Alisas	57	1520	Nov 2006	High
23	La Revilla, Bustancillés, La Gándara, Aja, San Pedro	42	968	Dec 2006	Low
24	Puente el Arrudo, Río Tanea, Collado de la Carrizosa, San Sebastián de Garabandal	45	992	Dec 2006	Medium
25	Ruente, Ermita del Moral, Obios	52	1490	Jan 2007	Medium
26	La Cavada, Rucandio, Tetas de Liérganes	31	643	Jan 2007	Low
27	Ruente, Collado de Monte Aa, San Sebastián de Garabandal	50	1136	Feb 2007	Medium
28	Casas de Monte, Pozos de Noja	22	1030	Feb 2007	High
29	Puente Nansa, San Sebastián de Garabandal, Collado de Abellán	39	949	Feb 2007	Medium
30	Cabezón de la Sal, Monte Corona, Oyambre, San Vicente de la Barquera	48	907	Feb 2007	Low
31	Adal-Treto, Ampuero, Ermita de las Nieves	39	960	Mar 2007	Medium
32	Anero, San Bartolomé de los Montes	67	1588	Mar 2007	High
33	Arenas de Iguña, Silió, Braña La Redonda	26	849	Mar 2007	Medium
34	Roiz, Cave of El Soplao, Celis	36	1147	Apr 2007	Medium
35	Arenas de Iguña, Silió, Collado de Pombo, Monte Cildá	32	1048	Apr 2007	Medium
36	Bezana, Peña Cabarga	45	915	Apr 2007	Medium
37	Suesa, cliffs of Langre, Güemes	34	549	May 2007	Low
38	Salces, pass of Rumaceo, Ropero peak	47	1292	Jun 2007	High
38a	Salces, Barranco de las Hachas, Ozcaba, Cruz de Fuentes	44	1260	Oct 2008	High
39	Tour of the Sierra of Hornijo	47	1159	Jun 2007	Medium
40	Tama, Tudes, Height of Juan Solano, Piasca	36	1177	Jun 2007	High
41	Mataporquera, Valdeolea	35	610	Jul 2007	Low
42	La Gurueba, La Matanela, Wind Farm of La Peñuca, Bustaleguín	44	1353	Jul 2007	High
43	Fontibre, Pass of Somahoz, Gulatrapa	46	945	Jul 2007	Medium
44	Bárcena de Pie de Concha, Collado de Pagüenzo, Reinosa, Embalse de Alsa	53	1479	Jul 2007	High
45	La Hermida, Bejes, Jito de Escarandi,Vegas de Ándara	44	1925	Aug 2007	High
46	Los Llanos, Pido, Invernales de Igüedri, Peña de Oviedo, Mogrovejo	30	1240	Aug 2007	High
47	Polaciones, Peña Sagra, Lamedo	37	1755	Aug 2007	High
47a	Ascent to Cueto Cucón from Polaciones	28	1326	Oct 2007	High
48	Tour of the Eastern Massif of Picos de Europa, from Tama	67	2392	Sep 2007	Very High
49	Ascent to Braña de los Tejos from Quintanilla Lamasón	35	1338	Sep 2007	High
50	The pass of las Llaves from Puente El Arrudo	48	1598	Oct 2007	High
51	Ascent to the Peak of Obios from the Valley of Cieza	54	1460	Oct 2007	Medium
52	Virgen de la Peña, Collado de Cieza, Alto del Toral	39	1376	Oct 2007	High
53	Vega de Liébana, Barrio, Altos de Riofrío, Cucayo	40	1539	Nov 2007	High
54	Caviedes, Cueva del Soplao, Bielva	40	1161	Nov 2007	Medium
55	Santiurde de Toranzo, Guzparras, Hayedo de Rasillo	35	1158	Nov 2007	Medium
56	Barros, Braña de la Silla del Oso, Ibio	40	1495	Dec 2007	High
57	Carrejo, Bustriguado, Caviedes	37	1000	Dec 2007	Low
58	Entrambasmestas, Guzparras, Vega de Pas, Pandillo	49	1235	Dec 2007	Medium
58a	Entrambasmestas, Guzparras, Pass of La Braguía, Pandacebo	42	1196	Apr 2008	Medium
59	Coast of Santander, Liencres, La Picota	46	926	Dec 2007	Low
60	Bezana, La Picota de Liencres, Pozón de la Dolores	40	973	Dec 2007	Low
61	Ascent to Peak La Gándara from Treceño	42	1623	Jan 2008	High
62	Cades, Sierra de la Collada, Merodio y Peña Cornosa	31	1145	Jan 2008	Medium
63	Ascent to Peak Coterotejo from Selaya and Abionzo	34	1167	Jan 2008	Medium
64	Guriezo, Dam of El Juncal, Route of the Dolmens	38	1037	Jan 2008	Medium
65	Viveda, Beach of Santa Justa, Calderón Harbour, Santillana del Mar	39	913	Feb 2008	Low
66	Llerana, Carcabal, Solana, Height of la Tejada	26	1161	Feb 2008	Medium
67	Tarriba, Mount Tejas, Valley of Anievas, Peak La Garmia	41	1345	Feb 2008	High
68	Carmona, Pass of Ozalba, Sertal Peak	40	1317	Feb 2008	Medium
69	Bárcena de Pie de Concha, Pujayo, Obios Peak	23	1025	Mar 2008	Medium
70	Soto-Iruz, Castillo Pedroso, Pass of Trascampo	37	996	Apr 2008	Medium
71	Tour of the Valley of Campoo	33	632	Apr 2008	Low
72	Los 10000 del Soplao	164	4794	May 2008	Extreme
73	Unquera, Alevia, Sierra of Cuera	35	1021	Jun 2008	Medium
74	Carasa, La Alcomba, Matienzo	54	1469	Jun 2008	Medium
75	Bárcena de Pie de Concha, Lantueno, San Miguel de Aguayo, Jano Peak	37	1312	Jun 2008	Medium
75a	Ascent to Peak Jano from the Camino Real	23	1059	Jul 2008	High
76	Comillas, La Hayuela, Cóbreces	36	926	Jun 2008	Low
77	Sierra of Dobra from Puente Viesgo	29	1111	Jul 2008	Medium
78	La Braña de los Tejos from Liébana	31	1529	Jul 2008	High
79	Hermitage of la Virgen de la Luz, from Tama	34	1372	Jul 2008	High
80	The Sierra of Peña Labra from Izara	50	1385	Aug 2008	High
81	The valleys of Crespo and Arreba from Renedo de Bricia	46	1269	Aug 2008	Medium
82	San Roque de Riomiera, Height of La Tejada, Height of El Caracol	29	1087	Sep 2008	High
83	Resconorio, Peñas Ojastras and Peñas de Bajera	43	1482	Sep 2008	High
84	Ascent to Mount Troncos from Puente Nansa	28	1092	Sep 2008	Medium
85	Ascent to Tresmares Peak from Riaño	34	1329	Sep 2008	High
86	Las Brañas de Carraceo and Valfría from Fresneda	28	937	Oct 2008	Medium
87	Mount Hijedo from Bimón	47	964	Oct 2008	Medium
88	Valleys of Zamanzas and Manzanedo and Pesquera de Ebro	49	977	Nov 2008	Low
89	Coast of Soto de la Marina and Cuchía from Bezana	54	972	Nov 2008	Low
90	Falls of Asón, from Arredondo	24	623	Dec 2008	Low
91	Coast of San Vicente de la Barquera, Prellezo, Luey	44	1078	Dec 2008	Medium

Map of the routes

To see a route you can click on the number that appears in the map. The color indicates the physical difficulty. The duration of each route is the total duration, including stops.

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Weather forecast

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Current situation

Forecasts

Instructions

Google Earth can be downloaded for free from http://earth.google.com/, and requires high-speed Internet connection (DSL o similar). After installing, you can open the "KMZ" files thatyou will find for each route. The program has controls to tilt the point of view and get a 3D display of the track.

The GPS tracks are offered in the popular formats PLT, of OziExplorer, and GPX, which is an interchange format readable from many programs.With them it is possible to open the route in a GPS route management application. Most GPS receivers have their own management program. Two popular GPS programs are:

GPS TrackMaker. Free program that lets you manage the routes, display them on a digital map, or transfer them to a GPS receiver. It can be found at: http://www.gpstm.com/
OziExplorer. Similar to the previous one, but not free. You can find it at: http://www.oziexplorer.com/

The Datum used in the GPS tracks is WGS84. Remember that there may be significant differences, up to 300 meters, if you use an incorrect datum. Spanish cartography usually comes with the European Datum.

For the maps shown in each route we have used maps of Cantabria of scale 1:100.000 from the Government of Cantabria, and the official road map of Cantabria, which are accessible for free in: http://www.gobcantabria.es/portal/page?_pageid=80,2822683&_dad=interportal&_schema=INTERPORTAL and in http://www.carreterasdecantabria.es/Mapa/ElMapa.html , respectively. However, to plan the routes it is advisable to use maps of scale 1:50.000 or 1:25.000, wich are available in libraries. The 1:50.000 maps are less up to date, but can be found in the Instituto Geográfico Nacional.

A very useful resource to plan your routes is the Sigpac viewer, by the Ministery of Agriculture of the Spanish Government. It has topographic maps of Spain at 1:25000 scale, as well as high-resolution aereal pictures that are usually up to date.

To generate the Google Maps files we have used the converter available in GPS Visualizer.

Disclaimer

We have tried to ensure that the information in this page is correct, and we publish it with the intention that it is useful. However, it has to be used under your own responsability. We cannot be responsible of the consecuences of using this information, or of any errors that it may contain.

The information in this page can be copied and distributed only for non-profit purposes, and citing the source.

Contact Information

For any question or comment on this page you can send an e-mail to Michael González Harbour: contacto@cantabriaenbici.es

©Copyright 2006-2008 by Javier Tovar, Pedro Ceballos, and Michael González Harbour