The Valdecebollas Peak (2144

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) is an elevation of the

Montaña Palentina Montaña Palentina is a Comarcas of Spain, comarca in the province of Palencia, in Castile and León, in Spain. It is the sub-provincial division used by the in its publications, although it does not correspond to the natural comarca, as it does ...

, in the foothills of the Cantabrian mountain range (

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), in the orographic knot of La Cebollera, or massif of Valdecebollas. This massif forms a buttress to the south of the

Sierra de Híjar The Sierra de Híjar is a mountain range of the Cantabrian Mountains System, located in the Province of Palencia and the Cantabria, Autonomous Community of Cantabria in northern Spain. Geography The range is long, and runs in a west-northwest t ...

, also known on this southern slope as "Sierra de Peña Labra", as this summit is the most characteristic from this perspective. At the top is the so-called "Torreón", a small cylindrical stepped stone tower, with a plaque, a summit book, and a

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. Since 1965, a mass has been held at this point on the first Sunday in August, organized by the residents of Barruelo and

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, and attended by mountaineers from

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and La Pernía.

Location

It is located next to the town of

, in the eastern part of

Montaña Palentina Natural Park Montaña Palentina Natural Park (Spanish: ''Parque natural de la Montaña Palentina'') is a natural park in the north of the province of Palencia in Castile and León, Spain. The park was declared in 2000 with the name "Fuentes Carrionas and Fu ...

, about 20 km from

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and the Cantabria-Meseta highway. Its exact location is , and marks the eastern boundary of the

Ascent

The most common route for the ascent to Valdecebollas is from the town of Brañosera, from where you can access by car to El Golobar (1840 m), and from there on foot, through the pass of Sel de la Fuente, to the

of Valdecebollas, which marks 2139 m. From its peak you can see the Sierra de

Peña Labra Peña Labra is a high mountain located in the Sierra de Híjar range, a part of the Cantabrian Mountains System,. It is located on the boundary between the Province of Palencia and the Autonomous Community of Cantabria. It is the westernmost ...

and the great elevations of

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, the

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and Curavacas peaks.

Features

Valdecebollas closes the northern slope of the glacier cirque of Covarrés, which is the source of the

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. In this glacier basin, the waters disappear in the sinkhole of

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, to resurface three kilometers below in the Cueva del Cobre, near Santa María de Redondo. From this locality it is also possible to make the ascent, but it is much longer. The

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of this mountain is mainly

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er and Mantisalca, and from its slopes you can see

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and

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forests. In winter the snowfalls are abundant, and important

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cascades are usually formed on its slopes.

References

External links

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Mendikat: Valdecebollas.
Cantabrian Mountains

Location

Ascent

Features

See also

References

External links