ed. desnivel Balcones de Liébana

Features ed. desnivel balcones de liébana

In many of the great mountain ranges there are valleys that, due to their unique orographic characteristics that isolate them, have their own idiosyncrasies that distinguish them from the rest. In the Cantabrian System, without a doubt, one of the most characteristic places and with the highest degree of its own identity is the set of valleys that form the Cantabrian region of Liébana, an immense hollow that is surrounded by a belt of high mountains, nexus of union between the Picos de Europa and the Cantabrian Mountains.

The Balcones de Liébana route consists of 17 stages, plus the possibility of taking a complementary route to get to know Tresviso. This great circular route has about 365 kilometers, 17,500 m of accumulated unevenness will be overcome, and in total we will use about 120 hours to travel it. Undoubtedly, a challenge that you can design according to your possibilities, going through it in parts or, why not, all at once. Each stage is presented with its corresponding map, profile and technical sheet, as well as a detailed description of the route. In addition, if the GPS is part of your team, we will indicate the geographical coordinates or way points of the most significant waypoints.

Get ready to enjoy a route that combines high and medium mountains, runs through centuries-old forests, between vineyards and countryside, through villages with unique popular architecture that ooze history through its four corners, as well as churches and monasteries that They are part of our national artistic heritage, but above all, it rises to unique watchtowers from which to contemplate the innumerable and paradisiacal corners of Lebaní.