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The north face of the mountains in winter always has a haunting appeal because snow and ice can present unpredictable challenges. They are aspects of uncertainty and adventure. Some "north faces" have their own names and symbolize the grandeur of their ranges. In the Guadarrama Mountains, there are three

The Cornón is the highest peak in the Somiedo Natural Park, a beautiful cluster of valleys and mountains full of popular culture, traditions, landscapes and beautiful peaks between Asturias and León, in the wildest and most legendary heart of the Cantabrian Mountains, the cradle of the ancestral transhumant

The paintings in the natural shelters of Fresnedo were discovered in 1968 and contain an interesting sample of schematic cave art from the end of the Bronze Age and the beginning of the Iron Age. In total, more than 50 figures and numerous indefinable marks have been catalogued. Access to some shelters

The Canfranc Valley is an abysmal gap dug by the frozen tongues of the old Pyrenean glaciers and later shaped by the torrents of the Aragon River, creating a scenario of colossal geography. The peaks emerge from the villages of the valley a thousand positive metres, and almost vertical, towards the skies

“For centuries crouched / protected by the northern winds / guarded by the people passing by / protected by the vineyards”, with these affectionate and endearing verses the poet presents the Galician Ribeira Sacra on the banks of the Sil River, where the land emerges from the merciless water in search

The Tozal de Guara (2,077 m) is the highest point of the Sierra y Cañones de Guara Natural Park, in the Huesca Pre-Pyrenees, a penthouse at two thousand metres above sea level with fantastic views of the central and western Pyrenees. The north face is an impressive natural break, the wall falls vertically

The eastern massifs of the Sierra de Gredos mark a sharp separation between the basins of the Tiétar and Alberche rivers. They are frontier peaks in an imposing wall of granite cliffs dominated by the environmental whims of nature long ago, since the old trades disappeared and the inhabitants of the

The Pinajarro is a worthy summit at the western end of the Sierra de Béjar, sometimes considered the last link in the Sierra de Gredos before succumbing to the corridor of the valley of the river Alagón. In any case, it is a formidable peak, a superb framework of granite cliffs and wild scree over the

In the Ayllón mountain range, the first reliefs that exceed two thousand metres in altitude appear in the eastern sector of the Central System. It is the birth of a great mountain range with primitive slate mountains, quartzite and wild shoots of brittle gneisses and solitary rocky ridges above the southernmost

In the valleys of the central Cantabrian Mountains there are few options for finding cycling routes without excessive slopes or infernal ramps, they are dizzying mountains, surely due to their geological youth or simply due to the whim of nature, the fact is that the Cantabrian wall is as fascinating

The fertile plain of the Tajuña River valley has long been the main source of produce and handicrafts for the inhabitants of the city of Madrid. Before the 19th century, the means of transporting goods were horses and carts along the royal roads and cattle trails. In 1886, the Arganda Train was opened

The enormous masses of Picón de Jérez (3,088 m), Puntal de Juntillas (3,143 m) and Cerro Pelado (3,182 m) form an imposing massif in the northeastern sector of Sierra Nevada, a giant block of old Penibetic slabs above the deep depressions of the Marquesado de Zenete and Hoya de Guadix, places with extreme

Gravel in stages is a way of travelling by bike with light luggage. Every season it has more followers among fans of cycle tourism and bikepacking. It is a sporty and healthy way of getting to know landscapes and discovering territories in remote places or from the doorstep of your home. The cycle trip

The end of summer is a good time to face the long mountain crossings necessary to cover the magnificent magnitudes of the gorges of the Central Massif of Gredos in a fast and dynamic way. The days are long and the torrents have just enough flow to cross the channels in any place. The lagoons and waterfalls

The Marxuquera mountain range, on the Valencian coast, is a mountain of chasms, caves and karstic creations. The Morret d’Aldaia massif closes the northern sector of the mountain range above the beautiful valley of Barx and the hamlet of La Drova, containing a number of cavities of notable sporting