Peña Mea Route

El Barrocima - Peña Mea (Penamea)

The route begins in the upper area of Pel.luno, El Barrocima, from where we start our walk along a steep but not too difficult forest track that leads us to the farmhouse of La Vallina. We continue our way through beautiful meadows, passing by the El Truncu spring, located a short distance from La Col.lá de Pel.luno and the Cerreo meadows.

At this point we leave the track behind and start to walk along a narrow path, with a steeper slope and greater difficulty than the previous one. We follow the route overcoming, through numerous twists and turns, the slope of the last stretch, and we soon notice L'Arcón, popularly known as "Ojo de Buey" (Ox's Eye), near the Mayéu l'Ercu. This is a spectacular hole more than twenty metres in diameter, produced by the effect of karstic erosion on the limestone rock of the Peña Mea massif.

We continue climbing up to a hill that overlooks the neighbouring council of Llaviana. We turn right onto a path that takes us to the base of the Les Cueves channel, from where we continue the ascent following the indications on the path, to reach the summit of Peña Mea, at an altitude of 1,560 metres.

This route is not too difficult, but it can be complicated if it is done in snow.

ACCESS:
The route starts at El Barrocima, which can be reached by the AE-5 road from L.levinco.