Montseny Pyrinees odyssey day 2

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Distance: 39.16 mi
Elevation gain: 5,292 ft
Technical difficulty: Difficult
Elevation loss: 4,685 ft
Max elevation: 4,705 ft
TrailRank: 36
Min elevation: 1,615 ft
Trail type: One Way

Moving time: 6 hours 2 minutes
Time: 11 hours 26 minutes
Coordinates: 8834
Uploaded: July 8, 2018
Recorded: July 2018

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near Vilalleons, Catalunya (España)

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Itinerary description

2nd leg of the journey starts out easy, on some quiet country roads, with very little traffic, passing through quiet little towns.
After the town of Roda de Ter things start to get a little more primitive. Make sure you're stocked up on water at this point, especially if it's hot, because next comes a long stretch of secluded riding, without very much cover from the sun, or water sources in sight. The route varies between country road, dirt-track and deep forest trail, and the climb gets more and more intense, with a quick stop in the village of Vidra for more water, until finally crossing to the other side of the mountain close to Baga Amunt. Some parts of this climb were made much harder by the rain.
The descent on the other side was steep but mostly uneventful, except for one farmhouse with a lot of really loud dogs. Dirt track gives way to narrow paved road, and eventually the town of Vallfogona de Ripolles appears across the valley.

Waypoints

Rocky

Skirting fields

Climbing wall

Partly natural features, partly man-made. When I passed through on the way back, some people were climbing here.

River

People were parked here with their caravans and trailers, some were fishing

Forest trail

River crossing

Lunch spot. Drying clothes + tarp

Going that way

Waterfall

Doesn't show up very well in the photo. I doubt there's water running her always, but when I passed it was giving off a nice drizzle.

Tricky trail

Fountain in Vidrá

Huge and scary, but ultimately peaceful bull

It was standing in the middle of the trail, just looking at me. I didn't snap the picture until I was well past it, which is why it looks small.

Wet view

At this point the thunderstorms had begun, and large sections of the dirt trails in this forest had turned into a muddy mess. Still, the view is lovely.

Camp site

As I was nearing the town of Vallfogona de Ripolles, after which the route would start climbing again, I decided to set up camp in this nice field.

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