Cúber - Puig de l’Ofre - Orient
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Trail stats
- Distance
- 8.67 mi
- Elevation gain
- 1,358 ft
- Technical difficulty
- Moderate
- Elevation loss
- 2,274 ft
- Max elevation
- 3,488 ft
- TrailRank
- 32
- Min elevation
- 1,484 ft
- Trail type
- One Way
- Moving time
- 2 hours 42 minutes
- Time
- 3 hours 44 minutes
- Coordinates
- 2325
- Uploaded
- July 30, 2022
- Recorded
- July 2022
near Fornalutx, Baleares (España)
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Itinerary description
Cúber 2 busstop - Embassament de Cúber - Coll de l’Ofre - Puig de l’Ofre (1090 m) - Comassema - Orient
Skip the detour from Coll de l’Ofre (approx. 1 km)
Cúber:
Cúber reservoir is located in a natural depression. The Cúber reservoir has an area of 59.3 ha and a maximum capacity of 4.6 hm3. Originally designed to produce electricity, it was converted to supply the city of Palma with drinking water. It also receives water from the nearby Gorg Blau reservoir, which is at a slightly lower altitude. The water is initially pumped, but then gravity makes it run down an open channel over 5 km long.
Orient:
The village lies in the municipality of Bunyola at an altitude of 460 m, in the middle of a karst depression, and is surrounded by mountains: to the north by the Serra d'Alfàbia range and the Puig de l'Ofre peak, by the Penyal d'Honor summit to the southeast, as well as by the slopes of the Talaia de Cals Reis and the Puig d'Alaró heights of the Tramuntana range. The settlement in the Orient valley goes back to the talayotic age and the first written reference that exists of the place name is dated 1233, when it is mentioned as "Aurient". The parish church, dedicated to Saint George, is to be found in the centre of the village, among narrow little streets and stone houses built on the site of a former chapel which was in existence as long ago as the 14th century. In the outskirts, the estate buildings of the Cals Reis and Son Terrassa are of particular interest.
Skip the detour from Coll de l’Ofre (approx. 1 km)
Cúber:
Cúber reservoir is located in a natural depression. The Cúber reservoir has an area of 59.3 ha and a maximum capacity of 4.6 hm3. Originally designed to produce electricity, it was converted to supply the city of Palma with drinking water. It also receives water from the nearby Gorg Blau reservoir, which is at a slightly lower altitude. The water is initially pumped, but then gravity makes it run down an open channel over 5 km long.
Orient:
The village lies in the municipality of Bunyola at an altitude of 460 m, in the middle of a karst depression, and is surrounded by mountains: to the north by the Serra d'Alfàbia range and the Puig de l'Ofre peak, by the Penyal d'Honor summit to the southeast, as well as by the slopes of the Talaia de Cals Reis and the Puig d'Alaró heights of the Tramuntana range. The settlement in the Orient valley goes back to the talayotic age and the first written reference that exists of the place name is dated 1233, when it is mentioned as "Aurient". The parish church, dedicated to Saint George, is to be found in the centre of the village, among narrow little streets and stone houses built on the site of a former chapel which was in existence as long ago as the 14th century. In the outskirts, the estate buildings of the Cals Reis and Son Terrassa are of particular interest.
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