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| Villanua-La Trapa   | 
| Page Type: Route Location: Huesca, Spain, Europe Lat/Lon: 42.71540°N / 0.4694°W Route Type: Scramble Time Required: Half a day Difficulty: Walk-up
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| Page By: Rafa Bartolome Created/Edited: Aug 19, 2003 / Jan 17, 2008 Object ID: 158542 Hits: 1117 Loading... Page Score: 86.04% - 1 Votes Loading... Vote: Log in to vote |
Approach
For approach to Villanua see main page.
From village of Villanua take a track (needed permission) of 15 km to Hut of La Trapa across the ravine of Bozuelo. Without permit the access is forbidden and you must to ask the day before in the Town Hall of Villanua to take one (open form 9:00am). It's free but the number of cars for day is limited.
Face: Southwest.
Slope: 1126 metres (from the end of track in La Trapa).
Time to climb: 4h 45min (+3h of track without car or permission).
Route DescriptionTo ascend to this magnificent limy mountain there exists this route more short and popular among the public in general for being more attainable but it's less habitual for the mountaineers.
Trailhead: hut closed of La Trapa.
We walk in north direction towards one channel with pines to promote the "necklace" of the mountain. In the left side that is more direct there is a small step-crossing of degree I. We follow the cairns for slope of grass to a bad hut (los cubilares, 2100m).
In direction northwest is seen an evident way up to a small pool (fountain of the Campanales, 2460m) not drinkable. We enter an a bit heavy and sloping stony area (canes recommended)-Care with free stones of the people that precedes us.
Finally we appear in the crest that leads to the summit that is reached eastward.
Essential GearBoots, canes, water,...
Red TapeTo avoid a trek of 3 hours for the track of 15 km from Villanua up to La Trapa it is necessary to request the permission of track in Villanua's town hall (the barrier is free but is prohibited without permission).
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