Serra d'En Celler is a mountain range of the
Valencian Community
The Valencian Community is an Autonomous communities of Spain, autonomous community of Spain. It is the fourth most populous Spanish Autonomous communities of Spain, autonomous community after Andalusia, Catalonia and the Community of Madrid wit ...
,
Spain
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. Its main peaks are 1,281 m high
Tossal de la Nevera and
Tossal d'Orenga (1,144 m).
Tossal d'Orenga
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Geography
The heights of the Serra d'En Celler range are frequently covered with snow
Snow consists of individual ice crystals that grow while suspended in the atmosphere—usually within clouds—and then fall, accumulating on the ground where they undergo further changes.
It consists of frozen crystalline water througho ...
every winter and ''Tossal de la Nevera'', its highest peak, is named after an ice pit ''(nevera)'', where snow was gathered for local use in former times.
This mountain range is located within the Ares del Maestrat and Catí
Catí is a municipality in the ''comarca'' of Alt Maestrat, Castellón, Valencia, Spain.
The municipality of Catí limits with the following municipal terms: Ares del Maestrat, Morella, Chert, Tírig, La Salzadella, Sant Mateu and Albocà ...
municipal terms, in a relatively uninhabited area. The easiest route to reach it is from Catí
Catí is a municipality in the ''comarca'' of Alt Maestrat, Castellón, Valencia, Spain.
The municipality of Catí limits with the following municipal terms: Ares del Maestrat, Morella, Chert, Tírig, La Salzadella, Sant Mateu and Albocà ...
or Albocàsser. Tossal d'Orenga is a popular mountain among those who do paragliding
Paragliding is the recreational and competitive adventure sport of flying paragliders: lightweight, free-flying, foot-launched glider aircraft with no rigid primary structure. The pilot sits in a harness or in a cocoon-like 'pod' suspended be ...
in the region.
See also
*Alt Maestrat
Alt Maestrat (; ) is a Comarques of the Valencian Community, comarca in the Provinces of Spain, province of Castellón (province), Castellón, Valencian Community, Spain.
Municipalities
The ''comarca'' of Alt Maestrat is composed of nine muni ...
*Mountains of the Valencian Community
This is a list of mountains and mountain ranges in the Valencian Community of Spain. List
Gallery
See also
*List of mountains in Aragon
*List of mountains in Catalonia
*Sistema Ibérico
*Catalan Mediterranean System
*Prebaetic System
Source ...
* La Valltorta
References
External links
*
Zonas de Vuelo - Tossal d'Orenga
Alt Maestrat
En Celler
En Celler
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