Urrieles

This is the view you have when you get off the cable car above Fuente Dé. I left the track after an hour or so's walk and took a steep path up to the right, to reach a col about half-way along the line of peaks in the photo. The last peak you can see in that line (on the left) is the Torre de Horcados Rojos.



On the way up that path you are in the shadow of the Torre de las Coteras Rojas, which I later ascended



From the top of the path a lovely view of Ándara, the Eastern Massif




I decided to check out the view from the Collado de Santa Ana, just up to the right from the snow, below the actual peak of Santa Ana itself, which was rather risky to attempt on my own



From the col you see the Jou de los Boches way below, which many cross to get from Horcados Rojos to the Naranjo de Bulnes



To the right is Tiro Navarro, which again I didn't fancy climbing without company. I decided to retrace my steps and skirt round it to get closer to the other mountains you see here in the centre-left of the photo



On the way another view of Ándara, with Áliva just visible at the bottom



Peña Castil, with the village of Sotres just visible near the "V" of the valley. Incidentally, this valley takes you down to the Moñetas Lake you can see in an entry from July.




Here there's a better view of the mountains previously seen from the collado de Santa Ana. I didn't have the energy to find the right path to get up close and see over to the Naranjo on the other side



Yet another snap of Ándara, with the slope up to Pica del Jierru (see July) clearly visible in the left half of the photo. On the right hand side is Peña Cortés (see May/June).



Time to walk back up towards the Torre de la Cotera Roja, here in the centre. Not many people bother to climb it as it's so near the higher Peña Vieja




From the summit though , there's a good view of Peña Vieja



Some more views from the top: Torre Blanca is just right of centre. You can see a photo I took from there looking this way in the May "Peña Cortés 1" entry.



Looking down towards the cable car station and the mouth of the "Jenduda", which you walk down (2 hours and very steep) if you're not feeling lazy or knackered (which is usually the case). The mountain in the distance on the left is Curavacas, which was to be next on my list.



Time to head down the "Canalona" and then to follow the path you can see in the last photo back down to the cable car station



About half-way along the skyline of mountains in the distance is Curavacas, followed by Peña Prieta and el Espigüete to the right.