a0225 - Tavertet - Moli Bernat waterfall - Morro del Abella
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Trail stats
- Distance
- 7.5 mi
- Elevation gain
- 4,012 ft
- Technical difficulty
- Moderate
- Elevation loss
- 4,012 ft
- Max elevation
- 2,879 ft
- TrailRank
- 56
- Min elevation
- 1,469 ft
- Trail type
- Loop
- Coordinates
- 460
- Uploaded
- November 1, 2022
near Tavertet, Catalunya (España)
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Itinerary description
This is not a route for anyone that has difficulty with vertical ascents via a 4m ladder or suffers from vertigo. It is possible to do it with dogs but you will need 6m of rope and a dog harness or multiple people to manhandle the dog up the ladder. If your dog is the size of a pony then it is probably not viable!
The paths are not marked on the map and the GPS might give misleading readouts due to being in the shadow of satellite coverage along the cliff paths and in the valley so I will provide a detailed description of the route below.
Note that it is easier to get lost doing this route in reverse.
Waypoints
Car park
2,803 ft
Payment Parking 1 Euro per day
Fountain
2,854 ft
Water fountain
Religious site
Bridge
Intersection
2,364 ft
Optional: Turn left onto path to top of waterfall
An optional part of this route is to first turn right because this path takes us up to the top of the waterfall and a stone bridge over the river. This is habitually a dry river but does provide good views down the valley. Return back to the T-junction and follow a very narrow path going down into a forest. The left path is the continuation of the route after about 5 minutes along this path note where it makes a turn to the right and climbs up the cliff through the forest in a zig zag fashion. This is not the right way and leads to an impassable dead end higher up in the cliff face. Backtrack and you will see that the path actually continues straight on through the forest ducking down to pass low branches.
Ruins
Mountain pass
Risk
Waypoint
Cave
2,144 ft
Optional: Les Pixarelles Cave
You will see a tree with rope that provides a hand rail of sorts for an ascending path going up into the cova de pixarelles cave. This is an optional deviation of about 10 metres up into the cave but is worth the effort. Take care if you chose to ascend to the cave as the path is steep and slippery in parts.
Panorama
1,887 ft
Morro del Abella viewpoint
Morro de L’Abuela narrow rock headland. Take care along here as there are high falls all around but spectacular views of the Panta de Seu Reservoir and on the right another large waterfall called Salt de Trabous. This is the most spectacular viewpoint along this route and a fantastic place for photos.
Waterfall
2,058 ft
Salt de Trabous waterfall
Intersection
1,994 ft
Take descending path into forest
River
1,469 ft
River Bala crossing
After the river crossing pay close attention here because it is easy to get a little lost. You are looking for a short steep forested path that goes up to a gravel road. All other paths lead nowhere so you may have to back track a little if you take the wrong path
Intersection
1,593 ft
Take the ascending unmarked path on the left
Intersection
2,305 ft
Turn left and take ascending path up to gravel road
Intersection
2,494 ft
Turn right at gravel road
Provisioning
2,692 ft
La Cantina de Virupa
Intersection
2,652 ft
Turn right for more clif top views or continue straight on the gravel road if your too tired.
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