Jou de los Cabrones Hut

The Jou de los Cabrones hut is not only the highest of all the refuges in Asturias, but also the most difficult to reach in Spain.

Its approaches from any place you try to get there are all difficult, and in any of them you will always find a place where you will have to use your hands.

It is located in a hole (jou) called Jou de los Cabrones, a name that derives from the large billy goats that existed in the Picos de Europa in times gone by, known as "mueños", which have now disappeared.

The surrounding area is surrounded by high peaks and beautiful ascents of all kinds of difficulty: Cuetos del Trave, Albos, Dobresengos, Pico y Agujas de los Cabrones, Torre de Cerredo (maximum height of the Cantabrian system), la Bermeja, la Párdida, el Neverón de Urriellu....

The area is also full of deep chasms for potholing. This place is known as the Himalaya de las Simas (the Himalayas of caves) because of the many caves that are more than 1,000 metres deep.

Among them, the Torca del Cerro is the deepest in Spain with more than 1600 m depth and the second deepest in the world. Moreover, this chasm is the most difficult in the world.

How to get there?

By road to Arenas de Cabrales and from there to Poncebos or Sotres (depending on the route). The hidden refuge of Cabrones can be reached either from the Urriellu Refuge, crossing the Corona El Rasu (between the Albos and the Neverón), or from the village of Bulnes, ascending to the Amuesa sheepfold and progressing along the Traves to the valley.

Email of the refuge: sergiobada@hotmail.com