Peak of Corronco 12/08/2015

Today we did a long hiking trip near the El Pont de Suert, the climb to the peak of Corronco. We started in the chapel of Sant Salvador d'Irgo de Tor. I visited this chapel in a previous bike trip, this time instead of being the ending it's the starting point. We reach the chapel around 7.30 a.m as we want to avoid the sun as much as possible and start the climb.

The path is decent but we decide to take some steeper shortcuts, it's harder to climb but faster. After 40 minutes we reach de mountain ridge. There are no trees, no clouds ... no shadows, during all the hiking trip the sun is hitting us. Even though we are "well" equipped with 3 liters of water per person we run out water at the half of the way back. So if anybody wants to do this trip it's importat to have that mind, there are no fountains, water or shadows.

The path is practicaly inexistent but as there is low grass and "cow paths" so the walk is easy but steep. At the end of the horizon we can see the peak, it's a bit frustating to see how far away it is but there are nice view which make everything easier.

Peak of corronco

After 4 hours of walking, with some stops for resting and eating some snacks, we reach the top (2543 m of altitude). There we eat our well deserved sandwich. After eating and taking some photos we start going back home which is much faster but not as satisfying. As all way back is downhill the walking puts a lot of strees in the knees.

After 7 hours 34 minutes we are back in the chapel. We have walked 14.9 km and gained an accumulated altitude of around 1200 meters.

Alta Ribagorça Sant Salvador d'irgo 07/08/2015

The blog was firstly intended for biking and hiking trips. After some entries here is the first biking entry. My initial intention was to post the track of all the trips however the GPS in my mobile simple sucks, so in lots of cases I'm not able to take the track.

The route I did today is quite short and I have done it several times. You start in El Pont de Suert a town in the deepest part of the valley and start climbing. After 4.4 km and around 30 minutes you reach Gotarta, small town, no downhill, only mountain to climb. After some more kilometers we reach the heighest part where the chapel of Sant Salvador d'Irgo de Tor is. At this point we are at 1402 meters above sea level and we have spectacular views. As we started in 850 we have climbed 552 meters in around 8 km and 55 minutes . The route downhill is nothing special, the bad condition of the road forces us to stay at moderate speed. In around 10 minutes or less we are back home.

There is not much information of the chapel. The first mentions date back on the XVII century. The building is simple without any decorations and the entry is closed to visitors.