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Nice place to start a steep climb

Although cycling is not permitted up to the holm oak to avoid disturbing other visitors, the restricted section is very short and can be accessed on foot.

This small and discreet town, belonging to Secastilla, offers a good point to take a break, especially if you are coming from Secastilla and have just made the climb. From the road you can see its paddle tennis court. From Ubiergo it is very easy to get to La Puebla de Castro, Secastilla, or the top of Torreciudad, all with roads in good condition and not very busy.

Both the GR 17 and the GR 45 pass right in front of the impressive El Grado dam, offering a good view of this gigantic work of engineering.

Formigales is a small town belonging to the municipality of La Fueva. It is located in the Campanué mountain range and very close to the Formigales ravine. The town stands out for preserving a large stone mansion, the Palace of the Murs, a turreted house from the 15th century where the Baron de Formigales lived.

Grado Dam that stops all the water from the immense Grado I reservoir, a dam that runs from the town of Ligüerre to the town that gives the dam its name.

The road that takes you from Ubiergo to Grado passes the Santuario de Torreciudad, a sanctuary dedicated to the Virgen Maria, specifically to the devotion of Nuestra Señora de los Ángeles de Torreciudad. The construction, immense, can be seen from the other side of the Graus I swamp.

In this town, every January 20 a festival is celebrated around the fire known as the Bonfire of San Fabián. In it, the neighbors gather to burn the "bad winds" and carry out "the popular auction".