Pico Tesorero y Horcados Rojos desde el Mirador de El Cable — Parque Nacional Picos de Europa

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Pico Tesorero y Horcados Rojos desde el Mirador de El Cable — Parque Nacional Picos de Europa

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Pico Tesorero y Horcados Rojos desde el Mirador de El Cable — Parque Nacional Picos de Europa

05:35

11.9km

830m

Hiking

Hard hike. Very good fitness required. Sure-footedness, sturdy shoes and alpine experience required.

Last updated: July 26, 2024

Tips

Includes a segment that may be dangerous

A part of this route comprises technical, difficult, or hazardous terrain. Specialist equipment and prior experience may be required.

After 4.70 km for 2.46 km

Waypoints

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68 m

El Cable Viewpoint

Highlight • Viewpoint

El Cable is the top station of the Fuente Dé cable car. The mechanical device is a kilometer and a half long, overcomes a drop of 750 meters in four minutes and leaves passengers at an altitude of 1,820 meters. The views are spectacular. In summer and while the mountain is snow-free, there is the possibility of walking up from the Fuente Dé car park through El Hachero, a dizzying path along an old mining road that ends at the balconies of El Cable. And there is also the option of the Canal de la Jendunda, which is a huge gutter on the left wall (west) of the great wall that forms the natural circus of the source of the Deva river. In winter these routes can be complicated by snow or ice and the best option is to use the cable car service to start the mountain crossing on the edge of the high Cantabrian mountains. In this case, check the schedules for the return.

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3.45 km

Horcados Rojos

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This is a steep area full of chasms with which we will have to take special care.

There is a descent through a crack, which is not complicated if done carefully. Better to do it without a backpack, although it can also be done with it. Once you pass it, you will see the high!

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5.00 km

Horcados Rojos Pass

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If you do not want to undertake the climb to the Horcados Rojos tower, this hill is a great end of the stage, with impressive views of the Picos de Europa massif, Naranjo de Bulnes (Pico Urriellu) included.

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5.93 km

Pico Tesorero

Highlight • Summit

Located in the middle of the central massif of the Picos de Europa, the views from its top towards the rest of the central and western massif are extensive. In addition, it has the particularity that at its top, the territories of Asturias, Cantabria and León come together.

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11.9 km

End point

Way Types & Surfaces

Way Types

7.08 km

2.46 km

2.32 km

Surfaces

7.81 km

2.32 km

1.74 km

Elevation

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Weather

Thursday 12 November

3°C

1°C

55 %

Additional weather tips

There’s a fairly high chance of rain. Consider packing a waterproof jacket.

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Comments

June 21, 2024,PICOS D'EUROPE - Fuente Dé - Collado Delos Horcados Rojos

We had a very exciting day when both Fuente Dé and everything above 2000m were bathed in sunshine - in between there were swirling clouds that quickly dissipated in front of the heated walls.
Others were less fortunate: even locals fear the sudden, thick fog (encainadas).

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