1 2 route glaciar de hondojÓn - naturea cantabria
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The walk of Hondojón offers the visitor of the Los Collados del Asón Natural Park the possibility to observe a great part of the environmental, geomorphological and landscape values of this protected natural space.The karst and glaciar geomorphology, the foresty formations of Monte Llusías, Busturejo or Sierra de Helguera, the lines of farming and human landscapes associated to the cabins of Brenarromán or Ojón are, without a doubt, the features that stand out along the route.Geomorphology in this itinerary shows a very varied compendium of shapes. Among the ones of karst origins, the poljé of Brenavinto, an oval shaped, closed, endorheic morphology, generated by the dissolution of limestone which gives way to a pasturing area in which the run-off water is directed through draining canals towards the hypogeal circulation. The wide limestone pavement at the summit of the Sierra de la Cabaña del Pozo, half way down the route, has the same karst origins, where there are mainly rugged, irregular shapes, and cracks, canal holes and incisions in the bare rock, generating unusual shapes in profile.Among the glaciar morphologies it is worth mentioning the fossil-abrasion platform at the source of the Asón, further on the recessional moraines in the glaciar de Bustalveinte and finally the small Ojón valley, with a spectacular and neat alpine cirque, one of the most recognisable scenes of the Park. During the descent, it is interesting to see the front moraine of the pairing Bustalveinte-Hondojón in Los Collados del Asón.Beech and birch forests give colour to this side of the Park where livestock pastures, river bank forests and dry heaths make up the vegetation.
RouteGLACIAR DE HONDOJÓN
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1.] Cirque of Hondojón2.] Brown or Tawny owl (Strix aluco) 3.] Daboecia from Cantabria4.] Inside the beech woods of mount Llusías5.] Panoramic view of Brenarromán6.] Red fox (Vulpes vulpes)7.] Autumn scene of the forest; Macrolepiota
procera in the foreground8.] Lacustrian setting of Brenarromán, with
mount Llusías in the background
CARTOGRAPHYCartography: Mapa Topográfico Nacional (IGN) Escala 1:25.000Hoja 59-IV, Veguilla. Proyección UTM, Huso 30N.
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ItineraryDESCRIPTION
Duration 5,5 h
Height gained 620 m
Height lost 620 m
Cumulative gain (+) 633 m
FACT SHEET
Glaciar de HondojónPlace names
Start and finish point:
Collados del Asón car park
Alto de la Posadía
Monte Llusías
Cabaña del Pozo
Cabañal de Ojón
30 T 452523 4783082
30 T 450318 4783656
30 T 448698 4782529
30 T 449205 4782078
30 T 450553 4782700
Cumulative loss (-) 633 m
Horizontal distance 12,8 km
Type of route circular
Type of ground path/track
UTM Coordinates Altitude
682 m
900 m
1075 m
1.300 m
1.052 m
HABITATS4020*
4030
6210
6510
6230*
9120
9150
7230
8210
9230
Temperate Atlantic wet heaths with Erica ciliaris and Erica tetralix.
European dry heaths.
Semi-natural dry grasslands and scrubland facies on calcareous substrates
(Festuco-Brometalia) (* important orchid sites).
Lowland hay meadows (Alopecurus pratensis, Sanguisorba officinalis).
Species-rich Nardus grasslands, on silicious substrates in mountain areas (and
submountain areas in Continental Europe)
Atlantic acidophilous beech forests with Ilex and sometimes also Taxus in the
shrublayer (Quercion roboripetraeae or Ilici-Fagenion).
Medio-European limestone beech forests of the Cephalanthero-Fagion.
Alkaline fens.
Calcareous rocky slopes with chasmophytic vegetation
Galicio-Portuguese oak woods with Quercus robur and Quercus pyrenaica.
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(*) Priority habitat: habitats in the European Union for which the European Council has a special responsibility due to their delicate state.Council Directive 92/43/EEC of 21 May 1992 on the conservation of natural habitats and of wild fauna and flora.
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Longitudinal profile of the route:
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Collados del Asón
Alto de la Posadía
Monte Llusías
Cabaña del Pozo
Cabañal de Ojón
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DISTANCE (Km)
ROUTE 07
[Walking routes throughout the Protected Natural Spaces of Cantabria]
SignificantSPECIES
· Birds of prey: Griffon vulture (Gyps fulvus), Egyptian vulture (Neophron percnopterus), Red kite (Milvus milvus), Short-toed snake eagle (Circaetus gallicus), Peregrine falcon (Falco peregrinus), Northern goshawk (Accipiter gentilis), Common kestrel (Falco tinnunculus), Tawny owl (Strix aluco), European scops owl (Otus scops), Eurasian eagle-owl (Bubo bubo).
· Other birds: African stonechat (Saxicola torquata), Whinchat (Saxicola rubetra), Rock bunting (Emberiza cia), Yellowhammer (Emberiza citrinella), Eurasian nuthatch (Sitta europaea), Short-toed Treecreeper (Certhia brachydactyla), Common whitethroat (Sylvia communis), Common chiffchaff(Phylloscopus collybita), Red-billed chough (Pyrrhocorax pyrrhocorax), Marsh tit (Parus palustris).
· Mammals: Gray wolf (Canis lupus), Red fox (Vulpes vulpes), Wildcat (Felis sylvestris), Chamois (Rupicapra rupicapra), European roe deer (Capreolus capreolus), Wild boar (Sus scrofa), European hare (Lepus europaeus), European pine marten (Martes martes), Edible dormouse (Glis glis), Garden dormouse (Eliomys quercinus).
· Amphibians: Natterjack toad (Bufo calamita), European tree frog (Hyla arborea), Palmate newt (Triturus helveticus), Marbled newt (Triturus marmoratus), Alpine newt (Triturus alpestris), Fire salamander (Salamandra salamandra).
· Reptiles: Baskian viper (Vipera seoanei), Iberian emerald lizard (Lacerta schreiberi), European green lizard (lacerta viridis), Southern smooth snake (Coronella girondica), Smooth snake (Coronella austriaca), Common wall lizard (podarcis muralis).
· Invertebrates: Quimper snail (Elona quimperiana), Stag beetle (Lucanus cervus), Rosalia longicorn (Rosalia alpina), Silver-washed Fritillary (Argynnis paphia).
Red de Espacios Naturales Protegidos de Cantabria
[Walking routes throughout the Protected Natural Spaces of Cantabria]
RUTA DEL GLACIAR DE HONDOJÓN(PR-S 066)
Collados del Asón Natural ParkSite of Community Importante (SCI) Montaña Oriental
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Glaciar de Hondojón
Start of the route
Finish of the route
La Colina
Hoyón de
Saco
Brenacobos
Bº San Antonio
Mortillano
El Rellano
Los Collados del Asón
Peña Becerral
Sierra
Helg
uera
Brenavinto
HondojónPicón del Fraile
Veinte
Pizarras
Monte Llusías
Alto el Carrio
La Escampada
Asón
Moncrespo
Saco
Horneo Cascada del Asón
Cailagua
Sel de Cuende
Bustalveinte
El Carrascal
Monte Busturejo
Rulao
A Arredondo
A San Roque de Riomiera
A Espinosa de los Monteros
A Espinosa de los Monteros
A La Gándara de Soba
Imunia
Peña Lusa
Portillo la Sía
El Valle
Zucía
El Tocornal
La Llana el
Río
Río Asón
Arroyo de Rolacía
Barra
nco de La So
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BrenarrománLos Campanarios
Ojón
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