Why this ride
A 241 km round trip from Ulldecona - roughly 4 h 09 in the saddle. It goes by way of Cova dels Rossegadors o del Polvorin, La fenellosa and back through Cova dels Rossegadors o del Polvorin.
CURVESCOUT / MOTORCYCLE RIDE
Abric d'Ermites IX and La fenellosa
Plan this ride
- Recorded distance
- 241 km
- Riding-time estimate
- 4 h 09
- Journey
- Recorded itinerary
Distance and timing basis
Ordered leg totals agree within rounding. Stop distances are approximate sums of rounded legs. Stops, delays, approach and any separate return travel add time. Basis: planning record, not independently verified geometry.
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Distances and riding times are planning figures. Check local closures and conditions before you ride.
Waypoint introductions and full write-ups
1. Abric d'Ermites IX
At the southern edge of Catalonia, the mountains known as the Ports de Tortosa-Beseit rise from the plain like a wall, and they are among the wildest in the region. Rocky ridges, deep gorges and thick pine forest cover them, and they are the home of the Spanish ibex, a wild goat with long curved horns, which was nearly wiped out in the twentieth century and has made a comeback here. A lucky rider may see one on a crag. The shelter at Abric d'Ermites IX is on the lower slopes of the nearby Serra de Godall, about four and a half kilometres from Ulldecona, and carries painting in the Levantine tradition, protected by UNESCO as part of the rock art of the Mediterranean basin in Spain. The ride links it with Valmayor V.
Read the complete Abric d'Ermites IX write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
Abric d'Ermites IX is where the day begins. Next is Cova dels Rossegadors o del Polvorin.
2. Cova dels Rossegadors o del Polvorin
The Tinença de Benifassà is one of the emptiest corners of the Valencian Community, a group of tiny stone villages scattered across rugged limestone mountains in the far north of Castellón, right where Valencia, Catalonia and Aragón meet. The Cova dels Rossegadors, also called the Cova del Polvorí, lies on the edge of this country near Rossell, with Mas de Barberans and Canet lo Roig the other nearby villages.
Read the complete Cova dels Rossegadors o del Polvorin write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
Cova dels Rossegadors o del Polvorin comes up about 73 km into the recorded legs. Next is La fenellosa.
3. La fenellosa
People in Aragón like to call the Matarraña their Tuscany, and for once the comparison is not entirely marketing. It is a comarca of honey-coloured stone villages on hilltops, olive groves on terraces, almond trees and vineyards, with the limestone wall of the Ports de Beseit rising behind. La Fenellosa lies in this country, between Valderrobres, Fuentespalda and Mas de Barberans across the Catalan line, in the rough hills where the farmland gives way to the mountains.
Read the complete La fenellosa write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
about 121 km into the recorded legs you reach La fenellosa. Next is back through Cova dels Rossegadors o del Polvorin.
4. back through Cova dels Rossegadors o del Polvorin
Return visit. Read the place description above.
Read the complete Cova dels Rossegadors o del Polvorin write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
back through Cova dels Rossegadors o del Polvorin, late in the day. Next is Abric d'Ermites IX.
5. Abric d'Ermites IX
Return visit. Read the place description above.
Read the complete Abric d'Ermites IX write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
Back at Abric d'Ermites IX. That is the ride.
Leg by leg
Abric d'Ermites IX to Cova dels Rossegadors o del Polvorin
Abric d'Ermites IX → Cova dels Rossegadors o del Polvorin is 73 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
Cova dels Rossegadors o del Polvorin to La fenellosa
Cova dels Rossegadors o del Polvorin → La fenellosa is 47 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
La fenellosa to back through Cova dels Rossegadors o del Polvorin
La fenellosa → back through Cova dels Rossegadors o del Polvorin is 47 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
back through Cova dels Rossegadors o del Polvorin to Abric d'Ermites IX
back through Cova dels Rossegadors o del Polvorin → Abric d'Ermites IX is 73 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.