Casamanya medium loop

We always follow the route along the yellow dots that will take us there. In this sector, we recommend using gloves, especially if you sweat a lot so that the chain does not slip.

We start the route in Ordino, in front of the town hall, and we take the Segudet road, until the asphalt gives way to the dirt road. Shortly afterwards, we find the signs for the GR on the right, which takes us to the Coll d’Ordino pass, always uphill, to an altitude of 2,000 m. Without stepping on the asphalt of the road, we see the path on the left, well signposted and compact, which runs first through the forest and then along a path between the alpine meadows that takes us to South Casamanya peak, 2,740 m, crowned by a great marker visible from afar.

Following the ridge, without technical or physical difficulty, we will reach the North Casamanya peak, the highest point of the route at 2,756 m. Without leaving the route, nor the yellow dots that we follow, we cross a flat stretch of rocky terrain that we find shortly after the summit, and we begin the most technical section, until the Coll d'Arenes pass, where we will be helped by the chains that are set into the rock to descend more safely.

Coll d’Arenes is a wide natural pass that separates the Casamanya and L’Estanyó peaks, and the villages of Ordino and Canillo. We turn left, following the route, and start our descent, fast and intense, which will lead us to the bottom of the valley, always by footpath, initially with a short section of scree, and later by path between alpine meadows, before entering the forest and, with the help of the yellow dots and the signs we find, we will reach the Iron Route outside the village of Llorts. We turn left and do the last section of the route, the most comfortable one, which will always follow the banks of Valira del Nord River to the starting point, with the last kilometre on asphalt.

WATER: ORDINO, GR Picnic table area (km 4), Font la Cortinada (km 19)