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ITINERÀNNIA, NETWORK OF TRAILS
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“Itinerànnia” is a network of trails, with over 2,500 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. The network offers many different hikes depending on the time or difficulty and your interests 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 Emprdà counties.
RIPOLLÈS
THE SIGNS All the trails of the network are marked regularly over the paths with horizontal painted yellow signs.
PATH'S MARKS (3 x 10 cm)
TURN LEFT/RIGHT
WRONG PATH
The marks are placed approximately every 300 metres painted on tree's bark, stones or using and other medium already deployed in the area. In the cross roads you will find signposts indicating the nearest four villages in each direction with time information. (a maximum of 6 hours) If the same village or town appears more than once on different signs of the same signpost, you will need to read the description below the town. If there is no description below the place name then you are looking at the shortest route to the town or village. If the indication says “Per...” (I.e via) it means that this is a longer alternative route to get to the same place. Each signpost has a small plaque that shows the name of the place where it is located, the altitude and the UTM coordinates. You will find information boards with a map of the county's trails in every village or city integrating the network.
+INFO: www.itinerannia.net www.elripolles.com In the Ripollès county you will find 18 touch screens located in different towns containing tourist information. Aquesta actuació està subvencionada pel Servei d’Ocupació de Catalunya en el marc del Projecte “Treball a les 4 Comarques” i cofinançada pel Fons Social Europeu.
HIKING AMONG ANCIENT PARISHES IN GOMBRÈN, CAMPDEVÀNOL AND LES LLOSSES Medium
5h. 45 min.
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HIKING AMONG ANCIENT PARISHES IN GOMBRÈN, CAMPDEVÀNOL AND LES LLOSSES
ITINERÀNNIA NETWORK ROUTE ROAD-TRAIL RIVER TOURIST SERVICES (see website) VERTICAL SIGNPOSTS OF THE NETWORK
SPECIFIC INFORMATION Time: 5h. 45 min. Total distance: 14 km Highest altitude: 1.386m above sea level (Coll de Faig General) Lowest altitude: 860m above sea level (Pont del Camí Ral) Accumulative slope ascent: 645m Accumulative slope descent: 645m Difficulty: Medium (Considering the accumulative slope and the distance)
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JUST TO PERSUADE YOU: A very popular route in the old days used mainly by farmers and shepherds in an inhospitable terrain. Are worth to highlight the old parish churches of Sant Quintí de Puigrodon (Campdevànol) and Sant Martí de Puigbó (Gombrèn), the chapel of Sant Marc d'Estiula located in a rugged area which belonged to the old parish church of Sant Feliu d'Estiula (Les Llosses) and the ruins of the Puigbó castle.
The route begins at the Roser square in Gombrèn, right in front of the church of “Sant Pere”. Follow the main road towards Campdevànol until you find the R53 sign Camí Ral just at the end of the village. Go down through the old trail that linked Campdevànol with the summer pasture fields in the Montgrony mountain range. The trail deepens leading you to a bridge over the river Merdàs. After crossing the river the trail becomes a little path amid the fields ending up in a wide track that you must follow to your left. You will pass by the farmhouses of “Can Macari” and “Cal Daldic”. Once you arrive at the R52 sign Caliquet you must leave the track to climb the terraces up until you will find a little path going deeper into a forest. The terraces and huts are an evidence that once all these mountains, nowadays covered by vegetation, had been cultivated. You will arrive at the “Vilamitjana” farmhouse, located on a hill. Follow the orange marks on a wide track going uphill. When you arrive at a big curve leave the track to take a little path climbing up to “Sant Quintí de Puigrodon”, a twelfth century church, nowadays severely damaged and covered by ivy. Pass by the “Can Bac” farmhouse and further ahead you will find the R48 sign Sant Quintí de Puigrodon. Climb up through the forest, first following a wide track and then a little path keeping an eye on the marks that will lead you to the “Coll del Vent” pass. From here follow a track to the “Sant Marc” farmhouse passing behind it and head towards the forest in a steep climb until you arrive on top of the “Sant Marc” hill. Once again, the orange marks will indicate the route. From here, the path becomes flatter and more gratifying. A few meters after the summit you will pass by a natural viewpoint offering spectacular views over the northern mountains of the Berguedà county and over the southern part of the Montgrony mountain range. Just below you can see the “Puigbó” farmhouse, one of the targets of this route. Follow the yellow marked path trekking through the “Sant Marc” range on its sunny side until you will find a track leading to open fields. At this point you have to follow the blue marks that will take you up to the “Coll de Faig General” pass. Cross into the northern slopes of the range and head towards a hill where you will find the R49 sign Coll de Faig General. Descend through the shady side following the old livestock trail that linked the village of Alpens with the pasture fields of “Pla d'Anyella” up in the higher Pyrenees. A little further down you will arrive at the R50 sign Carena de les Girades from where you will rapidly descend to the “Puigbó” farmhouse where you can see the ruins of the Puigbó castle and its “Sant Martí” church surrounded by ivy. Head towards Cortal while following an old trail through the terraces. You will pass by “La Canal” farmhouse and a little further ahead you will arrive at a curve from where you have to follow a pathway entering into a forest. It runs along a couple of abandoned houses and leads to the small neighbourhood of Cortal, R56 sign. From here just follow down the paved road that links the neighbourhood with Gombrèn. You will enter the village by its sports area, R55 sign Camí del Cortal. One last climb will lead you to the main road and close to the Roser square, beginning and end of the route.
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