Ruta de cicloturismo. Senderos del carbón para MTB

The Coal Trails are an initiative to recover in a sustainable way the old passes and paths used by the miners to transport coal after its extraction. The routes are located in the council of Laviana, in the basin of the river Nalón.

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Address La Pola Llaviana/Pola de Laviana-El Condao

Distance Distance: 33 kms
Difficulty Difficulty: Very hard
Total ascent Total ascent: 1069 m
Maximum altitude Maximum altitude: 877 m
Minimum altitude Minimum altitude: 299 m
IBP index IBP index: 102

Route Greenway - Family
Route type Route type: MTB
Type of route Type of route: Circular
Return by Train Return by Train: No

Starting point Starting point: La Chalana
Ending point Ending point: La Chalana
Estimated duration Estimated duration: Half day

Route no. 7 called "Boroñes" is a beautiful route approaching the Sierra de Peñamayor and crossing the northern part of the council.

It shares the initial and final sections of route no. 6 "Alto Nalón", so it starts at the Aula Didáctica del Molín de La Chalana and follows the route of the canal that feeds the La Curuxera hydroelectric power station, largely along paths, tracks and local roads, visiting the villages of Ribota, Llorío and Soto before arriving at El Condao. From this point, the route begins to ascend along the local road until, shortly before reaching the parish cemetery, it turns off onto a track that approaches the end of the Peña Mayor mountain range and turns to reach the village of La Xerra.

From La Xerra, the route becomes more severe with the difference in altitude. We continue along a wide track that we take as soon as we leave the village and ascends winding through meadows and patches of woodland to reach the pass of the Cordal. At this point the views are impressive, and you can see all the important peaks of the central-eastern area.

Continuing along the route, we descend to the village of La Robellá and go around the mountain of the same name along a path that, after crossing a beautiful beech forest, reaches the Cuetu La Campa pass, at the foot of the Peñamayor range with its peak, Pico Trigueiro (1293 m), in the background.

From here we start to descend towards El Cordal, following a wide track that we leave at the end of the hill to take the path that leads to the village of La Ferrera and, from there, continuing along the path, which is sometimes winding and somewhat uneven, we reach El Condao without any major difficulty.

From El Condao we continue along the section common to route no. 6, passing through La Llera, Llorío and El Puente d'Arcu to finish at the starting point next to La Chalana Bridge.