Coll de Santigosa and Coll de Canes

DATA OF INTEREST

  • Route type:

      Circular
  • Modality:

      Bicycling
  • Region:

      Ripollès
  • Municipalities:

      Sant Joan de les Abadesses, Ripoll, Vallfogona de Ripollès
  • Difficulty:

      Short
  • Time:

      -
  • Distance:

      40.05km
  • Hauteur maximale:

      1116
  • Cumulative elevation gain:

      601
  • Accumulated elevation gain:

      601
  • Signaling:

      -

This is one of the county’s classic cycling routes, taking you to Vallfogona de Ripollès via Sant Joan de les Abadesses.

 

Route description

The route starts in Ripoll, which you can reach by train or park your car at the Can Guetes restaurant or the L’Avellaneda sports centre.

Head out towards Sant Joan de les Abadesses along the N-260. Once in Sant Joan de les Abadesses, turn onto the GI-521, a minor road along which you’ll encounter the first climb, the Coll de Santigosa mountain pass (1,064 m) , which is 6 km long with gradients of between 4 and 6%. Continue along the GI-521 for 5 km to the N-260a. At this point, continue in the direction of Vallfogona de Ripollès, where you will start the 4 km climb up the Coll de Canes mountain pass (1,120 m) with gradients of 4 to 6%. The return journey is a constant descent of some 15 km via Vallfogona de Ripollès back to where you started the route in Ripoll.

 

  • Info DIFFICULTY

    DIFFICULTY

    Short

  • Info DISTANCE

    DISTANCE

    40.05km

  • Info UNEVENNESS

    UNEVENNESS

    601

  • Info TIME

    TIME

    -

  • Info ROUTE TYPE

    ROUTE TYPE

    Circular

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