a long time colleague, Peter, a keen the mountain and I were mulling over the head with the intention to make the route Bermiego "The Angliru-Villalpando, so I prepare by studying all we had to catch buses on one side and another and we got down to work.
I arrive by train at eight ten and as the bus to leave Quiros Central Station Oviedo at 9, I take to get me a good breakfast under his belt in Santa Clara Cafe opposite the station, had that line because the day was going to be very long and very long walk.
After breakfast and reading the newspaper arrived at about quarter to nine at the bus station where I can see far off Pedro well prepared with a backpack waiting for me at box office, ask which is the stop closest Bermiego we can stop and the girl kindly tells us that in the grinding wheel, before making a change at the junction that leads to Teberga.
At ten o'clock least ten arrived at La Muela, who is just at the junction where you take the turning left into Bermiego, with a sun and a day I do not think we have all year and many more, that temperature itself was typical of February marked the hour the bus zero, so we cherish and begin walking as an aperitif and at the very beginning we had cold maternal three miles through tough climb and asphalt, so to half and stopped to take off clothes and I began to see the first patches of snow on the road but not by chance we had what we would expect then.
After about fifty minutes or so of hard climb and then with a great Bermiego we sweat, we went to the bar, village shop (horrible), where Elena with his great kindness always put a couple of manga cafes Gotes residue to enter into heat more than we brought and after a little charro it and tell us how to wear the winter, we now prepare themselves for the long walk.
we approach the mighty oak that is where we can see indications of a couple of routes, from here we approach the upper quarter of the town, called the Llano which we reach in big rise quickly in this neighborhood can still see the remains of an ancient palace of the lords of Ladreda, with abundant snow and the track is gaining altitude in a steep slope to the right, soon we a small hill where we had very good views of the valley with the landscape quirosano completely snowed.
descend a few meters and the snow to the top of the leggings but with the chance to go stepping on some tracks of a group of early risers mountaineer us, what made us the way a lot easier, we now see a deviation to the right that leads directly to the Shrine of Mercy but we still straight on the road and walking the tracks and throw in the snow which is appreciated.
already quite difficult for the amount of snow we got to the deviation of the chapel, we try to go to the fountain next to it but the snow was so great that we could not or approaching, a few yards and then proceeded in a cabin next who beat her and the morning sun found the group of mountaineers that we were paving the way with their traces.
This group of mountaineers were none other than the veterans of San Bernardo Mountain Group of Turon and the head of them one of the greatest mountaineers in Asturias and the area he knows best and who wrote books on the neighborhoods Aramo el gran Ángel Fernández Ortega, Ángel fue galardonado en el año 1983 como el mejor montañero asturiano por la Federación Asturiana de Montañismo, divulgó y divulga este deporte desde hace muchos años, hoy en día escribe sobre montaña todos los viernes en La Nueva España, llevó a cabo la señalización de Grandes Recorridos (GR), también publicó un montón de libros de montaña entre los más conocidos, Las 100 montañas más guapas de Asturias, Al Angliru por los caminos del Aramo y Paisajes y paisanajes de Asturias entre otros.
Paramos con ellos a charrar un poco mientras ellos daban buena cuenta a un suculento vermú con toda clase de embutidos y quesos, as it should be, even drinking from a wineskin, but what caught my attention was the instrument that had to transport the jug, which he never had seen and made me laugh (see photo).
I ask the good angel that direction would be good from here to go to Angliru because the snow there was not cake roads or trails, when I see Angel take the hands to the head and tell me if we are crazy with the snow there they will turn right there, that we turned better with them than with what had fallen this week was not the thing for jokes and less to get to the Angliru, so we immediately removed of the head up to the Angliru and told us that as he saw we were not going to flip (two very big heads) that we could internalize although discouraged us not to take the racket was going to Pedrovella, but with the snow that had super- we would not see or the road or anything like that would cost us a lot further without the above pairs.
The beautiful and famous people Bermiego.
A Señoriño of the people who came down with great care to avoid slipping in the snow and ice by the bar-store bread.
Just start walking and pick it up quickly and we could see our feet Bermiego snow.
Shortly after passing through the upper town the amount of snow increased rapidly.
Shortly before arriving at the chapel of La Merced and the snow was so great that the chapel barely appreciated and snow here and we covered her leggings.
These are some of the components in the San Bernardo mountain of Turon, which gave us good advice as it not to be not as they had finished the thing.
The famous Angel Fernández Ortega, one of the greatest mountaineers of Asturias and part of the board of San Bernardo mountain group of Turon.
call this device so that echo with the knot of a root of a tree climber and these good people use it to transport without breaking the jug and later would share a drink of wine with them .
Well after a drink with them, make us some pictures together, we said goodbye to the famous group of veterans and we start our journey alone to Pedrovella, we now turn to a small group of huts in the distance we took turns to go as the opening track, which went before sinking to the top of the leggings which made us move very slowly.
After overcoming this group of cabins called Linares we approached a gate check for missing the cattle here are the latest sign of the path that reveals a bit in the snow, but from here and no signs or way or anything, that Angel was right to turn around but good as the day was splendid took it easy and more or less as I had already made years ago not There were major problems.
We come now to the source of Bumbio where we stopped for a rest and refreshment in this area I think to walk one hundred meters with what we sank it took us at least 20 minutes without exaggeration, at this point began a little despair did not know whether to continue or turn around and not see anything of the road and we had dropped two in some other pond sinking to the chest, is the lack of pictures in many areas since the third time that I decided I sank crap around and keep the camera.
After eating some fruit and decide to continue the adventure (with snowshoes would have been beautiful this route), we arrive at Pando pass of the Mortera (1.120m) maximum height of the entire route, proceeded with great difficulty falling northbound between a lovely little forest of Aleppo that the snow was beautiful, we crossed to reach the Buxana braña , crossed at a slow pace and lifting his knees to his shoulders to win the pass Buxana, if from this point we move a few meters to the west (left) could magnificent views of Serandi, San Martin and Proaza, but as for deviations were us, so we leave it for next time, we are gradually decreasing from said collar and in the distance we can observe other climbers in a cabin trying to do this route from Pedrovella to Bermiego, just in reverse than ours but they told us once we achieve that in the beef cattle given up by the amount of snow and returning Pedrovella.
From this point we can only go along the small path to go blurred gradually losing altitude and eventually come to the village of La Rebollada also completely snowed, and from this town by road and with a great dipping we address Pedroveya where we stopped for lunch in the sun next to the church and a yew that we wait a bit dry clothes. Once recovered
forces went back down the route of The Xanas to reach the recreational area of \u200b\u200bthe Mill Xanas where we washed a bit remove the mud and headed to the bar for a couple of cold beers before the bus arrives to take us back to Oviedo. In short a real ordeal but the day was worth it, so hopefully next month with less snow and we can make the route Bermiego-The-Villalpando-Morcín Angliru.
Pablo Lara.
Time: 5 hours in normal situation, us 7 hours.
Difficulty: Low In normal situation, we
HIGH
Just leave the group and trackless mountains and the thing began to unravel.
The way we were leaving behind.
And the road ahead waiting for us, luckily the sun and good weather with us at all times.
The famous hatch to keep out the cattle in halfway packed snow.
This is the last visible sign of the route from this point and no signs or anything all covered with snow.
The flock where both won there for the summer had completely disappeared As shown in the road.
More than once had to help the hands to walk.
According lost altitude seemed that the road was slightly greater.
And so far Pedroveya.
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