CURVESCOUT / MOTORCYCLE RIDE
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: producer-declared routed record.
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244 km from Tronchón to Tronchón, about 5 h 47 of riding. The stops in between: Abrigo del Barranco Hondo, Cingle de Palanques- Abrigo A, Coveta de la Cornisa and Cingle de Palanques- Abrigo B. The stored terrain estimate reaches about 1,350 m; a measured road-elevation profile is not available.
The Guadalope river cuts a deep canyon through the limestone of the Maestrazgo in eastern Teruel, and the Abrigo del Arenal de la Fonseca lies in this wild country near the hamlet of Ladruñán, between the villages of Castellote and Cantavieja. It is one of the important rock-art shelters of Aragon, part of the UNESCO listing of Mediterranean prehistoric art, with Levantine paintings of animals and human figures in red pigment on the rock. The setting is spectacular: a narrow gorge with towering cliffs, the river flowing below, and pine and holm oak clinging to the slopes. Access involves a walk, and the paintings are protected by a fence.
Read the complete Abrigo del Arenal de la fonseca ó Abrigo d write-up.
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Abrigo del Arenal de la fonseca ó Abrigo d is where the day begins. Next is Abrigo del Barranco Hondo.
Castellote is one of those villages in the Teruel Maestrazgo that seems to have been built by people who wanted to be left alone. Its houses pile up beneath a great rock wall topped by the ruins of a castle associated with the Knights Templar, and the Guadalope river winds below on its way into the Santolea reservoir. The Abrigo del Barranco Hondo, a painted rock shelter in a deep ravine outside the village, is part of the extensive collection of Levantine rock art scattered through these mountains, with small figures in red ochre that have survived on the stone for millennia.
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Abrigo del Barranco Hondo comes up about 25 km into the recorded legs. Next is Cingle de Palanques- Abrigo A.
Els Ports is the high, empty country in the north of Castellón province, a land of stone-walled terraces, deep gorges, juniper and pine, and villages that cling to ridges above the river valleys. Palanques is one of the smallest of them, and above it, in a long cliff band known as the Cingle de Palanques, are shelters with prehistoric paintings, part of the UNESCO Rock Art of the Mediterranean Basin. The Levantine paintings here show human figures and animals in the expressive style typical of this coast's mountainous interior, and like most such sites, they are protected and usually visited with a local guide.
Read the complete Cingle de Palanques- Abrigo A write-up.
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about 65 km into the recorded legs you reach Cingle de Palanques- Abrigo A. Next is Coveta de la Cornisa.
Morella is one of the most dramatic towns in Spain: a walled medieval city wrapped around a conical hill, with a castle on the summit and its walls running unbroken around the base. It stands in the mountains of the Ports in the north of Castellón province, at around a thousand metres, and its silhouette, seen from the roads that climb toward it, is unforgettable. The Coveta de la Cornisa, the little cave of the ledge, lies in the hills about four kilometres away.
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Coveta de la Cornisa, about halfway. Next is Cingle de Palanques- Abrigo B.
Morella is one of the great walled towns of eastern Spain, a stack of grey stone houses wound round a conical hill in the high country where Castellón meets Teruel, and the whole thing is crowned by a castle that looks like it was carved from the summit. The medieval walls run for more than two kilometres, the main street is lined with arcades, and a Gothic basilica dedicated to Santa María holds a remarkable choir in the middle of the nave. Every six years the town holds a festival called the Sexenni, with processions and dancing in honour of the Virgin of Vallivana. Outside the festival years, the place keeps a quiet, mountain dignity, and the cheese, truffles and lamb are all good.
Read the complete Cingle de Palanques- Abrigo B write-up.
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Cingle de Palanques- Abrigo B sits at 74 km, about halfway. Next is back through Coveta de la Cornisa.
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back through Coveta de la Cornisa comes up about 152 km into the recorded legs. Next is back through Cingle de Palanques- Abrigo A.
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Read the complete Cingle de Palanques- Abrigo A write-up.
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about 179 km into the recorded legs you reach back through Cingle de Palanques- Abrigo A. Next is back through Abrigo del Barranco Hondo.
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back through Abrigo del Barranco Hondo, late in the day. Next is Abrigo del Arenal de la fonseca ó Abrigo d.
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Read the complete Abrigo del Arenal de la fonseca ó Abrigo d write-up.
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The route ends here after 244 km.
Abrigo del Arenal de la fonseca ó Abrigo d → Abrigo del Barranco Hondo is 25 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
Abrigo del Barranco Hondo → Cingle de Palanques- Abrigo A is 40 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
Cingle de Palanques- Abrigo A → Coveta de la Cornisa is 30 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
Coveta de la Cornisa → Cingle de Palanques- Abrigo B is 27 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
Cingle de Palanques- Abrigo B → back through Coveta de la Cornisa is 30 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
back through Coveta de la Cornisa → back through Cingle de Palanques- Abrigo A is 27 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
back through Cingle de Palanques- Abrigo A → back through Abrigo del Barranco Hondo is 40 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
back through Abrigo del Barranco Hondo → Abrigo del Arenal de la fonseca ó Abrigo d is 25 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.