The birth of the ASON trail can be visited by the PRS-14, with both the home and the town of Arredo

The small and charming river Ason tucked inside Cantabria, has its birth in a cave located atop a vertical cliff forming the falling waters of a spectacular waterfall about 70 meters deep limestone glacial valley, birthplace of some of the best karst systems of Europe and the heart of the Parque Natural Collados Ason, one of the most amazing treasures and unknown merkal Cantabrian unfairly overshadowed by the nearby Picos de Europa. We will follow a beautiful merkal trail that crosses one of the best Atlantic forests of northern peninsula, from which access to know more fascinating underground world of Europe.
Hidden inside is the Cantabria merkal region of Alto Ason, a small rural area nestled within a spectacular world enclosed by deep ravines and limestone cavern merkal for underground heritage unsurpassed merkal in Europe. Our route covers part of the Natural Park Collados Ason, a protected natural area covering an area of some 4,020 hectares heights are between 240 and 1,581 meters. The natural park is notable for the presence for millions of years of complex karst processes that have formed a network of more than 4,500 caves, among which are some of the biggest underground systems of Europe as the Mortillano, Gándara merkal and the Alto the tejuelo, 115, 106 and 100 km respectively development. The birth and Ason valley in autumn Boca Cayuela
The area highlighted the abundance of hiking caving vertical activity very much in demand merkal by lovers of this sport, which involves accessing a cavity, usually of great development, a top entry and, after a more or less prolonged progression , leaving the other mouth, usually towards the bottom of the system. Among the most popular hikes in the area are the iconic Horse Valley, some 10 km of route and -498 m vertical (part of the cave system of the River of Silence 60 km of development), the Moulding - Cueva del Agua (2.5 km -225 m), the spectacular fresh-Tibia (3.5 km -497 m), the Cayuela Tonio (2 km -493 m), and of course, the Cueto- Coventosa (6.7 km -815 m), possibly the busiest and most classic of vertical hikes Peninsula. One of the most amazing caves in the area is the false Carlist underground room where stands the largest in Europe and third largest in the world, the room where Jon Arana 500x245x125 m fit 10 football fields. For the uninitiated merkal there are wonderful caves and visited Cullavera (Ramales), a spectacular cave mouth with a 28x14 m and a total development of 12 km; visited only the first mile, where you will find paintings and two horses claviformes red and black, prehistoric figures located merkal deeper in the peninsula. It also highlights Covalanas the first cave with cave art discovered (1903) and World Heritage Site since 2009 In short, we are facing one of the most attractive destinations potholes in the world with literally hundreds of kilometers of underground development altogether. merkal
The birth of the ASON trail can be visited by the PRS-14, with both the home and the town of Arredondo of ASON. The route, too simple, is well signposted and marked during the tour. If we Arredondo we face a long road of about 21 km and back between 450 m vertical and for which need about 7 hours of walking. Conversely, from the ASON trail is suitable for all kinds of people including children with as only walk about 8 km and 200 m vertical not take you more than 3 hours. Regardless of the starting point you choose, the best times to take this route is the spring, when melting due to the cascading river and consequently bring good amount of water, and fall, when you enjoy the spectacular colors of the vegetation especially in beech color. merkal But however we recommend you go to summer since the waterfall, but the dry summer months, merkal is just an excuse; The true star of the tour is the magnificent Atlantic Forest which include deciduous beech (Fagus merkal sylvatica) and oak (Quercus), surprisingly mixed surprisingly with magnificent specimens of oaks (Quercus ilex rotundifolia) thanks to the peculiarity be influenced by the Mediterranean climate of the valley. Ason River Park Vegacorredor Branches
To reach the valley of the ASON should be directed to Ramales of Victoria, where local capital and held the famous battle of 1839 Guardamino, merkal in which the liberal general Espartero defeated the Carlist army of General Maroto. We headed north, and from both Bilbao and Santander will continue from the A-8 to