Route 1: Barruelo de Santullán - Balboa - Departure from Triollo
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High resolution image. This link will open using lightbox, there may be a context switch You start from Triollo along the Camino Real de Camporredondo de Alba La Lastra, a well-marked dirt track that, in its first section, borders the Camporredondo reservoir on its left bank. Upon reaching the Miranda valley, the route leaves the reservoir to begin the climb to the top of the Cruz de Valsurbio through the shade of the Sierra del Brezo. After a first hill, the Camino Real turns to the right to go down towards Camporredondo de Alba. Instead, the route continues ascending along a forest track that quickly enters a shady reforestation pine forest. This landscape will accompany us for several kilometers of progressive and comfortable climbing, although with some sections of steeper slope.
Once you have crowned the crest of the mountain range, you change slope to reach the Cruz de Valsurbio pass in a gentle descent. From there, a quick descent to the south leads to the Ermita del Cristo Sierra, converted into a mountain refuge whose surroundings are ideal for stopping and regaining strength.
