Somiedo, Asturias · Spain
Puerto de Somiedo
AS-227Aguasmestas to Puerto de Somiedo
A brown-bear-country climb through the Cantabrian range to a 1,486 m pass.
West of the Picos, where the tourists thin out, the AS-227 makes one of the great quiet climbs of the Cordillera Cantábrica: 24 km up the Somiedo valley from Aguasmestas through the stone hamlets of La Riera and Pola de Somiedo to the 1,486 m Puerto de Somiedo on the León border. It runs through the heart of the Somiedo natural park, genuine brown-bear country, past high summer pastures dotted with the teito shepherds' huts. The road is narrow and sinuous with free-roaming cattle on the open braña, and it can ice over near the top in winter. As an introduction to the empty, bear-haunted mountains west of the Picos, nothing beats it.
Where it runs14.5 mi · point to point
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Elevation
under 4%4–8%over 8%402 – 1,477 mThe strip below the profile is corner density: taller, warmer ticks mean tighter bends.
Points of interest2 stops
- Pola de SomiedoLandmark7.6 mi in
- Puerto de SomiedoViewpoint15 mi in
Hazards
- Occasional winter closures from snow and ice near the summit
- Free-roaming livestock on the open braña pastures
- Narrow, sinuous single-carriageway mountain sections
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