CURVESCOUT / MOTORCYCLE RIDE
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516 km from Broto to Broto, about 7 h 59 of riding. It goes by way of Cueva de Pacencia, Abrigo de Los Gitanos and back through Cueva de Pacencia. The stored terrain estimate reaches about 1,950 m; a measured road-elevation profile is not available. It was put together for the scenery rather than the shortest line.
Monte Perdido, the lost mountain, at 3,355 metres, is the highest limestone massif in Europe and the centrepiece of a cross-border World Heritage site shared by Spain and France. On the Spanish side, it gives its name to the Ordesa y Monte Perdido National Park, with deep canyons radiating out from the summit; on the French side, it looks down on the great cirques of Gavarnie and Troumouse.
Read the complete Pyrénées - Mont Perdu write-up.
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Pyrénées - Mont Perdu is where the day begins. Next is Cueva de Pacencia.
The Sierra de Guara is the first big wrinkle of the Pyrenees north of Huesca, a block of limestone sliced into deep canyons by rivers like the Vero, the Alcanadre and the Mascún, and the Cueva de Pacencia sits in that broken country. The shelters along the Vero hold prehistoric paintings in several styles, from the lively Levantine hunters to much more abstract schematic signs, and they are part of the UNESCO Rock Art of the Mediterranean Basin. The area is managed as the Río Vero Cultural Park, with an interpretation centre in Colungo and guided visits to the best-preserved shelters, which is the sensible way to see them.
Read the complete Cueva de Pacencia write-up.
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Cueva de Pacencia comes up 70 km in. Next is Abrigo de Los Gitanos.
The road north-west out of Huesca toward Pamplona runs along the foot of a dramatic wall of rock. To the north are the Pre-Pyrenean sierras, and studded along them are some of Aragón's most striking sights: the Castle of Loarre, a superbly preserved Romanesque fortress on a spur, and the Mallos de Riglos, huge red conglomerate towers rising straight out of the hillside. The rock shelter known as the Abrigo de los Gitanos lies in this country, between Ayerbe, Loarre and Luesia.
Read the complete Abrigo de Los Gitanos write-up.
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141 km in you reach Abrigo de Los Gitanos. Next is back through Cueva de Pacencia.
Return visit. Read the place description above.
Read the complete Cueva de Pacencia write-up.
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back through Cueva de Pacencia, late in the day. Next is Pyrénées - Mont Perdu.
Return visit. Read the place description above.
Read the complete Pyrénées - Mont Perdu write-up.
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Back at Pyrénées - Mont Perdu. That is the ride.
Pyrénées - Mont Perdu → Cueva de Pacencia is 61 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
Cueva de Pacencia → Abrigo de Los Gitanos is 80 km of getting across. Ride it tidily and keep the enthusiasm for what comes after.
Abrigo de Los Gitanos → back through Cueva de Pacencia is 80 km of getting across. Ride it tidily and keep the enthusiasm for what comes after.
back through Cueva de Pacencia → Pyrénées - Mont Perdu is 61 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.