| Departure from: El Pont de Suert (you can get there by bus from Barcelona or Lleida, taking the bus that goes to Vielha) Arrival at: Salàs de Pallars (which is connected with the train of La Pobla de Segur to Lleida) Duration: 4 days, 6 hours of effective walking each, and 3 nights in different rural accommodations |
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1st journey:
El Pont de Suert - Igüerri - Malpàs - Castellars
2nd journey:
Castellars - Hostalets de Massivert - Massivert - Prat d'Hort - Creu
de Perves - Adons
3rd journey:
Adons – Creu de Ferri - Sierra de Sant Gervàs (La Terreta)
- Torre de Tamúrcia - Els Masos de Tamúrcia
4th journey:
Els Masos de Tamúrcia – Espluga de la Serra - Serradell - Salàs
de Pallars
EL PONT DE SUERT - IGÜERRI - ESPERAN - MALPÀS - CASTELLARS
Starting point: El Pont de Suert
Rural community of Malpàs
Duration: 5 to 6 hours of effective walking
Track conditions:
Stoned and marked paths, but for the last stretch from the Minas de Malpàs to Castellars, where scrub are still being cleared.
Description of the itinerary:
It starts in the north sector of El Pont de Suert village, following the marks of the GR-11 variant (internationally marked great route). After around 300 m slope we arrive at the plateau of Igüerri and Gotarta where we will see several houses and a farm. From the rural community of Igüerri we can follow the stoned pathway to Esperan – a small abandoned rural community–, where we will be able to see the remainings of an old mill near the stream and the Romanic church, still well preserved.
From here, we can get to the anciently fortified village of Erillcastell, nowadays abandoned, and from there to Malprs. From this village we walk half an hour to the ancient mines of Malpàs, and from there we can soon reach the rural community of Castellars. We will stay overnight in the rural house called “Abadia de Castellars” (used as well by the mountain bike circuit called “pedals de foc” -fire pedals-, which goes around the peripheral area of the National Park of “Aigüestortes i Estany de Sant Maurici” )
CASTELLARS - HOSTALETS DE MASSIVERT - MASSIVERT - PRAT D'HORT - CREU DE PERVES - ADONS
Stretch of the sheep track in the Llevata sector
Massivert path
Duration: 4 to 5 hours of effective walking
Track conditions:
Well preserved, even in use nowadays. The last section of the trial is less marked but in level ground. From that point, a non-asphalted rural track take us from Massivert to Creu de Perves – in the past a meeting point for shepherds–.
Description of the itinerary:
From the small village of Castellars, we will go up for about 20 minutes until the track that goes to the rural community of Erta. At half slope we will deviate to Hostalet de Massivert and from there to the abandoned rural community of Massivert. At this point we can already clearly see the discernible trail of the sheep track in the top parts of the mountains. We will follow this itinerary until we get close to Creu de Perves.
The wide tracks of this sector will provide us with wonderful views on the north mountainsides of the Sant Gervrs mountain range and the Bosia valley. In ancient times this territory was called La Llevata. Evoking this past, at the right side we will see the beautiful village of Viu de Llevata, from where we could go back to the stating point Pont de Suert following ancient stoned paths.
3rd JOURNEY:
ADONS - CREU DE FERRI- SERRA DE SANT GERVÀS (LA TERRETA)
- TORRE DE TAMÚRCIA - ELS MASOS DE TAMÚRCIA
Panoramic view of the plains of Adons
Sant Gervàs mountain range
Terreta path
Duration: 4 to 5 hours of effective walking
Track conditions:
Privileged territory of sheep tracks and shepherds, partially marked
as a PR (internationally marked short route) by the local authorities
of El Pont de Suert and Tremp. We walk along a stretch of the sheep
track called Camporan, well preserved because it was still used
few years ago.
Description of the itinerary:
After sleeping in the Creu de Perves sector, we will walk along
a marcked path of gentle slope that will take us to the col called
Creu de Ferri, in the middle of the Sant Gervàs rountain
range. At this point we can witness the fully Mediterranean landscape
of LA TERRETA, with its cereal fields mixed with dry oak woods and
bushy vegetation. We will leave behind the Pyrenees’ landscape of
Ribagorça region to go into the Pallars Jussà region.
Going down the Sant Gervàs mountain range will take us to
the rural communities of Torre de Tamúrcia and Masos de Tamúrcia,
where we will find rural accommodation and an Interpretation Centre
of vultures known as “Casal dels Voltors” (Tremp local authority).
ELS MASOS DE TAMÚRCIA – ESPLUGA DE LA SERRA- SERRADELL- SALÀS DE PALLARS
Serradell
Serradell
Duration: 6 hours of effective walking.
IMPORTANT: It could take more than 6 hours depending on the shape and velocity of ramblers.
Track conditions:
Marked by the municipalities of Tremp and la Conca de Dalt, it will make easy to reach the Plain of Tremp.
Description of the itinerary:
From Masos de Tamúrcia (or Torre de Tamúrcia if we slept there) we will walk towards the mountain ranges of Estall and Castellet -belonging to the natural interest area called High Valey of Serradell-. Down slope paths will take us to the villages of Serradell and Toralla.
In the mountaintops the trial is well marked. Now and then we will find remainders recently left by large sheep flocks led by autochthonous shepherds. Reaching Toralla, less than 2 hours will be left of PR (internationally marked short route) until Salàs de Pallars, where we will find several accommodations and restaurants, besides the train to Lleida and Pobla de Segur.
