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ITINERÀNNIA, NETWORK OF TRAILS “Itinerànnia” is a network of trails, with over 2500 kilometres between the neighbouring regions of “Ripollès”, “Garrotxa” and “Alt Empordà”. A network of hiking trails is like a road map, but with footpaths, allowing the hiker to get from any one point to another. It retrieves the old historic roads between the villages to reach many small places.
01 MONTAGUT I OIX
Garrotxa
The network offers many different hikes depending on the time or difficulty and you interest over nature, architecture or culture. Each route that we propose is just a little taste of an extensive network of trails that you can walk to discover the Ripollès, Garrotxa and Alt Empordà counties.
THE SIGNS all the trails of the network are marked regularly over the paths with horizontal painted yellow signs.
PATH’S MARKS (3X10cm)
TURN LEFT / RIGHT
WRONG PATH
+INFO: www.itinerannia.net www.turismegarrotxa.com
Moderate
The marks are placed approximately every 300 metres painted on tree trunks, stones or using and other mediums already deployed in the area. The vertical signs is located at crossroads. The basic network signalling (banners with red tip) indicate the 4 nearest population in each direction and time needed. The banners of the itineraries of the municipalities, as the one you have in your hands, have a green tip shows the name and direction of the route. Each signpost has a small plaque hat shows the name of the place where it is located, the altitude, the UTM coordinates.
You will find information boards with a map of the county’s trails in every village or city integrating the network.
LA DEVESA AND CAXURMA CAVES
Ajuntament de Montagut i Oix www.montagut-oix.cat
4h 15min
LA DEVESA AND CAXURMA CAVES
Start at signpost G49 Montagut and head for ‘La Mare de Déu de la Devesa i Baumes de Caxurma’. Pass by the swimming pool and then after a while pick up a bike lane. Continue along this bike lane, past signpost MiO8 Carretera de Montagut and on to the first houses of the residential area of La Cometa. Pass through the houses following the yellow Itinerànnia waymarking until you come out to the N-260A road; here, turn right until you reach the turning to the hamlet of Els Angles. Take this road, pass under the main road and the A-26 dual carriageway and continue as far as a ford over the river Fluvià. Continue straight on and after a little while you will come to signpost MiO1 Camí de la Devesa: turn and pick up a dirt track that heads into a splendid mixed oak forest. Continue along this track until where, at the first bend, you should take a footpath that begins to snake uphill, slowly gaining height. The deciduous oaks begin to give way to the holm oaks as you approach the small church of La Mare de Déu de la Devesa. Once at the church, turn right along a forest track until it starts to climb, at which point you should turn right along a path that heads into a thick forest. Continue on through a mixed forest of oaks and pines until you begin to come across a number of large rocks: at this point you have to be careful not to miss the
ROUTE SPECIFIC INFORMATION
caves (baumes) as they are hidden away to your right, well camouflaged between the oaks and rocks.
Time: 4h 15min Distance: 12,8kms Max. height: 572m Min. height: 220m Difficulty: Moderate
Editorial Alpina
Start to drop until you come to signpost MiO2 Torrent de ITINERÀNNIA NETWORK ROUTE ROAD-TRAIL RIVER TOURIST SERVICES (See website) VERTICAL SIGNPOSTS OF THE NETWORK
ACCUMULATIVE SLOPE
Total climb: 474m Total descent: 474m
Altitude (m)
572
Santaló, where you should turn right following the yellow Itinerànnia waymarking. Pass over the dual carriageway tunnels and pick up a service track until you are indicated to drop down to the left towards Castellfollit de la Roca. After a while you come to signpost MiO3 Les Hortes: turn right and follow the path alongside the allotments that gradually approaches the river Fluvià. Continue under
Baumes de Caxurma are a series of natural caves formed in the sedimentary rocks that lie to the south of the basalt cliffs of Castellfollit de la Roca. The largest cave is around 400 m in length.
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the dual carriageway viaduct until you reach signpost MiO1 Camí de la Devesa again. From here, just retrace your steps back up to La Cometa and on to Montagut.