First outing with my brand new Garmin 60 Cs (which would lose one and a half later) was the Puig Drau, Montseny the great unknown, and that which is next to one of the busiest tracks, which goes to Tagamanent by Coll Formic Pla de la Calma. Is the high point outside the orbit of the big three (Turo de l'Home, and Matagalls Agudes them), capping the submacizo de la Calma, making demarcation between the basins of the Besos and Tordera
My idea was to make a stretch of the GR 5 from Montseny (town), and since it was out there, because I went to visit this secluded summit. The truth is that the Pla de la Calma and is quite attractive in itself, perhaps best known is the Sui, but had risen. And Puig Drau, to be easily accessible (you leave the car at just 600 m.) is seen as a "tack" from the calm, and is not so famous.
Track on map 1:50.000 ICC Vallès Oriental
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Access from the road Palautordera to Seva, BV-5301, shortly after km. 12, in a sharp turn to the right is the turnoff to the campsite Montseny pools. I parked in the second left turn (where again), about 300 m. past the campsite.
begin to walk down the paved road that climbs along the Tordera. After a couple of corners, a few meters below the road, binds to the GR 5, which is still left. The substance and Collformic Matagalls below
The Tordera collects water from this side of Montseny. In the Pont de la Llavina cross the river, which joins the Castanya Riera
must leave the track for a trail that goes strong until you reach the church of Sant Martí del Montseny, near the road. Above and overlooking The aim of the day. Among the trees, the farmhouse Can Crossa
Since GR is now plain for a track, always in the middle of a beautiful oak trees. Puig Drau already appears on the heights ...
... and back, their Majesties the Montseny: Turo de l'Home in the center and left them Agudes. A month earlier, I was about to be printed on these snow
Down, Tordera valley opens into the valley, the mountains Montnegre Corridor to fund
But there's still good to go back gap to reach the Pla de la Calma: the background is the turó of Collformic, and on average the Serrat de Puigventós, the GR will rise by the ravine behind the Turó guess Llançà, the nearest and shortest
Matagalls above
Several farmhouses along the way : l'Adrobau, if I remember correctly
Although this stretch of water no problem, always good a trickle by: the Font del Vilar
The Vilar, another restored farmhouse and installation Diputación, with Turo Agudes them as a backdrop
From here the forest is thickening at the bottom of the ravine near the Castanya
After Vilar, the road forks, to the right up to the Castanya Veïnat, with its church of Sant Cristòfol (s. XI), and Collformic . The GR 5 is another branch on the left, which gradually tapers to undertake a path he hopes the tough climb to the Pla de la Calma
Looking back from the stage that I just go by the gully of the Castanya, behind the Matagalls them Agudes Turo de l'Home and
The trail climbs at once, the Kid
the trees are
400 m. of slope at 1.5 km., the first section is the hardest, then you have softened slightly
the end, after one hour of direct upload ...
... reached the ruins of the farmhouse Cafè (1200 m.), the Pla de la Calma, where it joins the GR version 5.2 that will Fontmartina through Matagalls, Sant Marçal, I Agudes and Turo de l'Home, go, covering virtually the ridge to be seen opposite
of the farm is small potatoes, while retaining a refuge for pastors Annex
El Pla de la Calma is a plateau that extends from Collformic, to the left of Matagalls ...
... until shortly before the summit of Sui in front. The truth is that it would more honor to his name, if the track running through it was closed to traffic
With few hurdles ahead, there are good views from everywhere, even on ugly to me played: towards Moianès, Sant Llorenç del Munt and Montserrat in the distance ...
... to the valley and lower Congost Osona ...
... or towards the snowy Pyrenees ...
I keep it in the direction of the main runway south, enjoying the view, until a fork, 1.5 kms. below: the GR 5 deviates here to Tagamanent and Aiguafreda, I continue to the left until 10 min. reached a new crossroads, at Pla d'en Xixà.
From here comes right out of the way to the Sui, which follows the ridge by the Samon Turó and Novell Pi
And on the left, only a small gap to overcome for planting in top Puig Drau, 1,344 m.
seems little beside the greats of Montseny, but mine cost me
El Pla de la Calma is now under, and after he guessed the white peaks of the Pyrenees
From here dominates much of the valleys, hills on the other side by the coastal mountain range
the Sui to the right, Turons d'en Cuc and Novell in the center Pi and left Samon
lowers Tordera Over there ... even guess the area of \u200b\u200byour mouth in Blanes, left
Montnegre
I return to the Pla d'en Xuxa and from there follow the track again I will return to the car, 800 m. below. Sui Northern slope is steeper than the south by the waters down here takes the gully of the Bascom
The descent does not have much history ... There are some 10 kms. per track that they tend to do boring at some point. I cut between the oaks were used to avoid long zig-zag. About half the decline was passed by the Molar de Dalt, house still inhabited (and as I read, until a couple of years was the only one still without power in the Montseny)
Typical Catalan farmhouse ... and I would live, if you let me
Tordera the other side of the village of Montseny is getting closer, but still is tiny
Latest views of the snows of Turo de l'Home. ..
... as well as the Puig Drau, there in the top
The sun has been waiting at the end of my route in deciding to leave everything
And finally again after crossing the Tordera, I expected the car
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