Mirador of ordesa and punta actua

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To get to walk start go 300m past torla and turn right downhill by sign for camping. Go over the humpback bridge and 50m later park by dirt rd

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Follow signs for Santa Anna chapel fast leaving dirt road and onto footpath going hard uphill

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Lovely old stone footpath goes up through the woods

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Path is obvious but there are also yellow and white markers

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Reach dirt rd after twenty min. Cross straight over back onto forest footpath

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U will cross the road like this several times. This road is strictly closed to non park authorised vehicles

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At 1500m and hr 15 from start reach the small stone church on a plateau with lightly terraced grazing fields. Views down to tiny torla way below. Chapel normally locked. Perfect spot for a pause

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Out into sun now follow the path along the ridge on left side of dirt road going still gently up

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The slope is no steeper than before but there's much more sun exposure which makes it a bit tougher

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At 1700m and 39 min from chapel reach Rd again which U follow uphill for twenty metres before returning to footpath. Great view over torla 700m below and first views up Buruelijo valley

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Follow signs for Mirador del molar

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Into a tightly shades pine forest

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At 1880m hit road again and go left up road

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Follow road gently up for ten min. At 1955m and right where Rd makes sharp bend right veer on to footpath marked with cairn that goes straight ahead through pine forest for last haul to first viewpoint

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Path becomes faint but just keep heading in a general north direction toward edge of canyon. Can't get lost and only few hundred metres

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By Nat park sign by edge of ridge turn left along clear footpath for 30m to mirador

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View from mirador. Worth going hundred metres west for view toward base of canyon. Keep away from very dangerous drop off

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Mirador molar

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This alarming looking peak is your next goal! Rtn to Rd and follow it east

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No real set path for climb to mirador del Rey but easiest is veer off road and start climbing from west side of peak just where trees start. Go up till you run out of up!

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20 min climb to mirador de Rey and it ain't called that for nothing. It's not even vertical but actually on an overhang

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After oggling kings mirador follow trail along edge of ridge eat to punta actua

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Another view point

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Drop to a little dip where a path goes down to faya pelay. Be warned this is dangerously steep in good condition. In ice or rain it's deadly.

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For climb to summit follow path sticks to ridge not one on canyon side. Five min steep to summit

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Summit!!!

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For the descent the easiest option is to drop down off summit to dirt road and stick with that all the way to first viewpoint of day. The gentle road descent is a pleasure

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At the point where Rd bends by mirador del molar return to the forest track and descend the way you came