CURVESCOUT / MOTORCYCLE RIDE
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The Pyrenean traverse from Aragón to Catalonia. 187 km from Bonansa to Toses, about 3 h 19 of riding. The stored terrain estimate reaches about 1,800 m; a measured road-elevation profile is not available. It was put together for the scenery rather than the shortest line.
The N-260 is the long road that strings the Spanish Pyrenees together from west to east, and the stretch around Bonansa is one of its quieter and more satisfying sections. Here it crosses from the valley of the Isábena and the Ésera side of Aragon toward the Noguera Ribagorzana, which marks the border with Catalonia at El Pont de Suert. The road climbs over a pass at around 1,400 metres in a series of tight bends through pine and oak forest, then drops toward the river with views across a jumble of wooded ridges to the high peaks of the central Pyrenees.
Read the complete Near Bonansa write-up.
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Ruta del Cares · N-260 point 1 sits at 0 km, early in the day. Next is Ruta del Cares · N-260 point 2.
South of Sort, the Noguera Pallaresa river cuts through a wall of limestone in the Collegats gorge, and the N-260 follows it. It is one of the most dramatic places in the Catalan Pyrenees: vertical cliffs, overhanging rock, and a river that is famous for whitewater rafting. The modern road runs through tunnels, but the old road, which hugs the cliffs and passes under overhangs, is still visible and in parts can be explored on foot. One face of rock, where water seeps down the cliff and leaves streaks of grey and silver mineral, is known as l'Argenteria, the silverware, and it is the spot where riders on the old road always stopped.
Read the complete Near Sort write-up.
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Ruta del Cares · N-260 point 2 comes up 54 km in. Next is Ruta del Cares · N-260 point 3.
The Collada de Toses, at around 1,800 metres, is the pass that links the valleys of the Ripollès with the high plain of the Cerdanya, and it is one of the classic motorcycle roads of Catalonia. The N-260 climbs from Ribes de Freser in a long series of bends, some wide and fast, some tight and blind, through pine forest and then onto open grassy slopes with views back down the valleys and across to the snowy peaks of the eastern Pyrenees. At the top, you look out over the Cerdanya, a broad, flat valley that is almost unique in the Pyrenees, with Puigcerdà and the French border on the far side.
Read the complete Near Toses write-up.
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187 km in you reach Ruta del Cares · N-260 point 3.