Punta de la Gavarrera
A rewarding mountaineering day with a horseshoe route with different start and finish points over high mountains. Initially there are good paths, but for the second half of the walk the going is very rough and where there are paths there are many scratchy bushes. The views, the scenery and the remote country make this a very worthwhile outing.
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The grade of this walk is MS/C/X, which means
MS – Moderately Strenuous: Up to 600 metres ascent and/or no more than 15 km in length with some rough going taken at a reasonable pace.
C – More than half the route on rough ground.
X – Experienced walkers route: the route requires considerable stamina and/or significant scrambling skills on rough, steep or exposed sections.
Nearest town | La Senia |
Directions to start |
Take the Carrer de Tarragon through the town to the north. At the northern end there is a small roundabout at which you turn half R onto Cami de Cementeri a Pallerols. At a Y jnc follow around to the R on the Cami de la Bassa Omedes and ascend a small rise. At a complex jnc turn half L onto the Cami de Pallerols. This runs down hill and crosses a number of “fierce” concrete drains which run across the road. Follow this road as it rises up the mountain on zig-zags. At the top of the hill it continues a little way on the LHS of the ridge to arrive at a large public shleter/BBQ area. The Ermita de Pallerols is a 50m further on the rough track. The route descends to a different point – Hotel Moli Abad on the CV105 to the north of La Senia. You will need a car here to prevent a long and arduous climb back to your start point. |
Start point (Lat/Long) | 40.677839, 0.283306 Click here to view in Google Maps (in a new browser tab) |
Length (km) | 12.40 |
Ascent (metres) | 460 |
Walking time (hours) | 4.00 |
Total time (hours) | 5.50 |
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