Cantabria by Bike

Ascent to the Peak of Obios from the Valley of Cieza

Route 51

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

Basic Data

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Kilometers/Miles	54 / 34
Cumulative ascent: meters/feet	1460 / 4789
Maximum height: meters/feet	1217 / 3992
Duration	4 and a half hours
Beginning and end location	Villayuso de Cieza
Difficulty	Medium
Month	October 2007
Recommended period	Spring, Summer, Autum

Profile

Pictures

A "sea" of fog covers the lower parts of the valley of Cieza	Climbing towards the peak of Tordías
The haze remarks the perspective of the Cantabrian mountains	The descent crossing the fields
Near the peak of Tordías	The cattle is still in the mountains. It will be moved down to the valleys soon
The colours of Autum are starting to appear.	The eremite of el Moral, with a mountain refuge on the side.

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Instructions

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