- Address Somiedo Asturias Centre
- Distance Distance: 7,8 kms
- Difficulty Difficulty: High
- Code Code: PR10
- Altitude Altitude: 2.188 m.
- Unevenness Unevenness: 1.200 m.
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Climb
Climb:
4 h. 30 min.
One way
- Geographic situation Geographic situation: Cantabrian Mountain Range: Somiedo - La Babia
- Start point Start point: Santa María del Puerto
- Route type Route type: ascents
- Tour type Tour type: Hike
- Layout of the route Layout of the route: Download kml
PR10
AS-227 Road from Puente de San Martín-Puerto de Somiedo. 12 km from Pola de Somiedo.
The route begins at an elevation of 1,486 m in Santa María del Puerto, one of the few villages where the migrant herdsmen called vaqueiros de alzada still live. This social group is characterized by their way of life, cattle breeding and folklore, as well as for the practice of migrant herding or transhumance.
Pass through the village and take a cattle path to the left to once again bear left after a while. Cross the River Bayo, gently gaining height until reaching the Veiga Cimera Valley, where the river splits into two streams.
From there, continue along a path between broom to the top, where the terrain then becomes rockier with several ups and downs.
Continue the not-too-strenuous uphill hike which offers views of La Penouta Peak to the right.
A little higher up you will see El Cornón, the highest peak in Somiedo, passing through a gap called Boquete Amozarra at 1,853 m, with the outline of the peak acting as a guide.
You then get to Vega Mozarra, a plateau with juniper and blueberry bushes crossed by many trails. Cross the plateau on the left to then continue the climb uphill towards the right until reaching the summit.
The return trip is along the same path.
Santa María del Puerto - Somiedo
Santa María del Puerto - Cornón Peak 7
We start this route in Santa María del Puerto (Somiedo) at an altitude of 1,486 metres, one of the few villages where the "vaqueiros de alzada" still live, a social group that bases its way of life on mountain livestock farming and which has a very particular culture and folklore.
We cross the village and take a livestock track on the left and after a while we turn off again to the left. We cross the Bayo river and gently climb until we reach the Veiga Cimera valley, where the river forks into two streams.
From here we continue along a path through broom pines until we reach the upper part, where we start to climb up and down over rocky terrain.
We continue the ascent, which is not very steep, with a view to our right of La Penouta peak.
A little further up we can already make out the Cornón, the highest peak in Somiedo, passing through a narrowing called the Boquete Amozarra at 1853 metres, with the silhouette of the peak as our guide.
We reach the Vega Mozarra, a high plateau with juniper and blueberry bushes and crossed by many streams, we cross it on the left side and then continue our ascent to the right to the summit.
We return along the same path.
The village of Santa María del Puerto, which defines the demarcation between León -Territory of Babia- and Asturias -Somiedo-, is one of the few places where the migrant herdsmen called vaqueiros de alzada still live, a social group whose way of life is based on mountain livestock and who have a particular culture and folklore of their own.