Pico de la Miel – Castro Valnera Summit loop from Lunada Park

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Pico de la Miel – Castro Valnera Summit loop from Lunada Park

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Pico de la Miel – Castro Valnera Summit loop from Lunada Park

05:33

11.9km

850m

Hiking

Hard hike. Very good fitness required. Sure-footedness, sturdy shoes and alpine experience required. The starting point of the route is right next to a parking lot.

Last updated: July 19, 2026

Tips

Includes segments that may be dangerous

Parts of this route comprise highly technical, difficult, or hazardous terrain. Specialist equipment and prior experience is required.

After 139 m for 426 m

After 999 m for 333 m

After 1.49 km for 445 m

After 2.19 km for 821 m

After 3.36 km for 1.30 km

After 5.13 km for 78 m

After 5.38 km for 2.27 km

After 7.84 km for 22 m

After 9.10 km for 591 m

Waypoints

Start point

Parking

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1.35 km

Alto de las Corvas Summit (Van Mailbox and Sculpture)

Highlight • Summit

1.91 km

Pico de la Miel

Highlight • Summit

One of the first peaks with beautiful views if you are doing the Lunada to Castro Valnera trail. Here you will have the first panoramic views, go carefully and firmly because the path is narrow.

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2.75 km

Alto La Piluca

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Hill located between the Pico de la Miel and Castro Valnera, with great views of the two Peaks.

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3.31 km

Castro Valnera

Highlight • Summit

Very dangerous when the fog goes down, better to turn around because it goes down very fast. the views are spectacular

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4.40 km

Castro Valnera Summit

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Castro Valnera is a beautiful, formidable mountain with its 1,718 meters. It is the highest in the eastern sector of the Cantabrian mountain range.

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5.36 km

Collado de la Canal

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It is a beautiful place and well worth it.

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11.9 km

End point

Parking

Way Types & Surfaces

Way Types

6.28 km

5.21 km

439 m

< 100 m

Surfaces

5.26 km

4.84 km

1.64 km

184 m

< 100 m

Elevation

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Highest point (1,670 m)

Lowest point (1,110 m)

Weather

Tuesday 13 October

23°C

11°C

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Comments

September 14, 2024,Alto de Las Corvas, Castro Valnera

Not a very long route but with a good gradient
If you follow this track, study it carefully, on the way back from Alto de Las Corvas I was fooling around a bit and there is part of the track that is totally unnecessary
The landscape from Castro Valnera is totally impressive
The paths are not very comfortable to walk …

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July 31, 2022,Castro Valnera desde Lunada y vuelta por el Bernacho

Note: We left the Portillo de Lunada with little hope of being able to reach Castro due to the thick fog, but the forecasts were good so we started the march thinking that soon the fog would dissipate and we could continue without any problem, but morale dropped a little after climbing the Alto Las Corvas and followed by the …

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