GR221: Sóller - Tossals Verts - Son Cocó
Trail photos
Author
Trail stats
- Distance
- 18.89 mi
- Elevation gain
- 7,362 ft
- Technical difficulty
- Difficult
- Elevation loss
- 6,900 ft
- Max elevation
- 2,910 ft
- TrailRank
- 41
- Min elevation
- 87 ft
- Trail type
- One Way
- Time
- 9 hours 54 minutes
- Coordinates
- 10803
- Uploaded
- March 30, 2019
- Recorded
- March 2019
near Sóller, Baleares (España)
Viewed 1059 times, downloaded 12 times
Trail photos
Itinerary description
Read the full description here: https://futurartist.wordpress.com/2019/03/29/serra-tramuntana-day-2/
We knew this would be the hardest stage. Usually it goes between Sóller and the Tossals Verds refuge and that makes 20km. We did not know that yet, but we were about to walk 30km that day.
The first kilometers are fairly easy and lead us to Biniaraix. Another very pretty village in which we strolled in our morning freshness and joy. It was the last village we were to see before finishing the day’s hike.
We were silently a bit scared of the road ahead because of what we have read. We though the trail would be rough all the way, but up until Cúber reservoir, it actually had these stairs! Of course it was hard because we didn’t stop climbing for 11km but this trail made it much easier.
GR 221 is also called Dry Stone Route, and we have seen so many people hiking, running trails, preparing to climb…
After a wonderful lunch in Cúber – where we believe we have seen two black vultures! – we continued our hike which was about to suffer a big change in landscape (and in terrain…buh-bye little stairs!).
The colors became greener, and although the previous part was beautiful, we both agree this after luch hike was the prettiest part of the day.
The ground became more irregular and everything that goes up…goes down, so after arriving at 800m we – she flew, I patted the rocks – went all the way down to 180m.
There are two trails that will get you to Tossals Verds refuge. One is harder than the other – that is what I read – and one goes by Pas de Lis, which is sort of a 20m steeper climb where you have to grab to an iron chain not to fall. The internet calls it a sort of Via Ferrata, but my buddy is an expert in vias ferratas and that is not one.
We knew we would get to Tossals Verds refuge but since it was full when we made reservations, we booked a room in Allaró, which is the closest village.
We just did not know exactly how to get to Allaró. In the refuge we were told taxis did not come nearby because the roads were pretty bad. We called the taxis and it was true. They asked us to walk to a water bottle factory (another hour and a half) and then called them again. We did, but there we did not have network coverage, so we walked, asked for a lift, walked, and finally we were able to call a taxi which came from Inca, another city. These 5 kilometers where the hardest, but our taxi driver was funny and made us laugh:
-So where did you come from?
-Sóller.
-Where??
-Sóller.
-Sóller?!?! JODER, are your little heads NUTS?
We knew this would be the hardest stage. Usually it goes between Sóller and the Tossals Verds refuge and that makes 20km. We did not know that yet, but we were about to walk 30km that day.
The first kilometers are fairly easy and lead us to Biniaraix. Another very pretty village in which we strolled in our morning freshness and joy. It was the last village we were to see before finishing the day’s hike.
We were silently a bit scared of the road ahead because of what we have read. We though the trail would be rough all the way, but up until Cúber reservoir, it actually had these stairs! Of course it was hard because we didn’t stop climbing for 11km but this trail made it much easier.
GR 221 is also called Dry Stone Route, and we have seen so many people hiking, running trails, preparing to climb…
After a wonderful lunch in Cúber – where we believe we have seen two black vultures! – we continued our hike which was about to suffer a big change in landscape (and in terrain…buh-bye little stairs!).
The colors became greener, and although the previous part was beautiful, we both agree this after luch hike was the prettiest part of the day.
The ground became more irregular and everything that goes up…goes down, so after arriving at 800m we – she flew, I patted the rocks – went all the way down to 180m.
There are two trails that will get you to Tossals Verds refuge. One is harder than the other – that is what I read – and one goes by Pas de Lis, which is sort of a 20m steeper climb where you have to grab to an iron chain not to fall. The internet calls it a sort of Via Ferrata, but my buddy is an expert in vias ferratas and that is not one.
We knew we would get to Tossals Verds refuge but since it was full when we made reservations, we booked a room in Allaró, which is the closest village.
We just did not know exactly how to get to Allaró. In the refuge we were told taxis did not come nearby because the roads were pretty bad. We called the taxis and it was true. They asked us to walk to a water bottle factory (another hour and a half) and then called them again. We did, but there we did not have network coverage, so we walked, asked for a lift, walked, and finally we were able to call a taxi which came from Inca, another city. These 5 kilometers where the hardest, but our taxi driver was funny and made us laugh:
-So where did you come from?
-Sóller.
-Where??
-Sóller.
-Sóller?!?! JODER, are your little heads NUTS?
You can add a comment or review this trail
Comments