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DESTINATION GUIDE: Into The Valleys - In the Shadow of the Picos

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 UKC Articles 18 Jul 2016
Alberto Hontavilla on one his own creations, the 40m 8a, Fracking No, on the newly opened crag of El Infierno, 3 kbSnaking sinuously south from just west of Santander there's a savage slit that acts as the border between Cantabria and Asturias and the main thoroughfares into the heart of the Picos de Europa. Deep, steep-sided and improbably festooned with a ton of amazing looking faces (not all of them developed) the gorge of the Desfiladero de La Hermida combines perfectly with the crags around Arenas de Cabrales in eastern Asturias to make a brilliant, easy-access, summer and autumn sport climbing destination.

Richie Patterson shares his knowledge of this little-known area.



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