Cal Menut — Gresolet
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Trail stats
- Distance
- 16.03 mi
- Elevation gain
- 2,336 ft
- Technical difficulty
- Moderate
- Elevation loss
- 2,267 ft
- Max elevation
- 4,845 ft
- TrailRank
- 31
- Min elevation
- 3,187 ft
- Trail type
- One Way
- Moving time
- 4 hours 24 minutes
- Time
- one day 52 minutes
- Coordinates
- 4306
- Uploaded
- June 12, 2023
- Recorded
- June 2023
near Figols, Catalunya (España)
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Itinerary description
Cal Menut — Refugi de Gresolet
Great tracks for riding, no terribly steep elevation. Good terrain and incredible views. A few long sections on asphalt which I walk beside my horse, especially going downhill.
Started at Cal Menut which is a rural guest house where there are horses, very kind people, and the most beautiful view of the valley below.
Pass through the village of Vallcebre where we stop at the local store for food supplies.
Ascend up a gravel track, well marked. Soon you will see Pedraforca and rock faces in every direction—it’s magnificent.
Riding into the park, there are lots of mountain streams to water the horse.
Unfortunately, there is no place to keep a horse at the Refugi, and no one ever arrived to open the doors for us (even though they passed us as we were coming up and I told them we were arriving).
A big thunderstorm rolled in and we had to take shelter at the church at the top of the hill. Since it’s a national park, wild camping is not allowed. So we stayed just long enough to rest and left early the next morning. It turned out to be better than keeping the horse below, as there are tons of cows that free range. At the church we used the courtyard and I used some electric tape (no electricity) to keep the cows out.
The water is not sanitary at the church for human consumption, but good for the horse.
If you can avoid going to the Refugi de Gresolet, I recommend finding a different place! They wanted to charge 10€ for the horse, even though they have no space, paddock, or food to offer. And in the end, they never showed up and left us stranded in a thunderstorm. We were happy to move on.
Great tracks for riding, no terribly steep elevation. Good terrain and incredible views. A few long sections on asphalt which I walk beside my horse, especially going downhill.
Started at Cal Menut which is a rural guest house where there are horses, very kind people, and the most beautiful view of the valley below.
Pass through the village of Vallcebre where we stop at the local store for food supplies.
Ascend up a gravel track, well marked. Soon you will see Pedraforca and rock faces in every direction—it’s magnificent.
Riding into the park, there are lots of mountain streams to water the horse.
Unfortunately, there is no place to keep a horse at the Refugi, and no one ever arrived to open the doors for us (even though they passed us as we were coming up and I told them we were arriving).
A big thunderstorm rolled in and we had to take shelter at the church at the top of the hill. Since it’s a national park, wild camping is not allowed. So we stayed just long enough to rest and left early the next morning. It turned out to be better than keeping the horse below, as there are tons of cows that free range. At the church we used the courtyard and I used some electric tape (no electricity) to keep the cows out.
The water is not sanitary at the church for human consumption, but good for the horse.
If you can avoid going to the Refugi de Gresolet, I recommend finding a different place! They wanted to charge 10€ for the horse, even though they have no space, paddock, or food to offer. And in the end, they never showed up and left us stranded in a thunderstorm. We were happy to move on.
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