Jou de los Cabrones Hut
- Mountain shelter
- Bed places: 20
- Cabrales Eastern Asturias
- Address: ■ 33554 - Jou de los Cabrones. Macizo Central (Urrieles)
- Phone: 650 780 381 | 985 925 200
- Site: Visit
- Closed: 01/11 a 30/04
Info
It is located at an altitude of some 2,040 m., nestled in a hole (jou) called Jou de los Cabrones, a name derived 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 Himalayas of the chasms because of the many that are more than 1,000 m. deep, including the Torca del Cerro, the deepest in Spain at more than 1,600 m. and the second deepest in the world, and the most difficult chasm in the world.
When the guard is not present, the refuge has 20 places, a fountain 50 m away, table, benches, fire extinguisher and mattresses.