More time in the woods · Up to 4 hours · 5 walks
Through the beech wood to the Tartera
La Tordera i la Tartera
- Time
- 1 h 30 min to 2 h 15 min
- Distance
- 4.0 km
- Ascent
- 250 m approx.
An hour and a half to two and a quarter hours, no car needed: you walk up from the campsite beside the Tordera and through a beech wood to the Tartera, then come back the same way. You leave the campsite by its other entrance and, about 250 m on, pass the ruins of the Fabriqueta d’en Tolín, an old sawmill. The dirt track follows the Tordera among alders, then climbs through the fageda, a beech wood, to a wide boulder field: the Tartera. There you turn around. The way out is the climb, about 200 m of it; the way back is almost all downhill. A river, a beech wood and a ruined sawmill in four kilometers.
Along the way
The numbers match the map.
Nova Forest
Head out through the gate above the pool toward the campsite’s other entrance, about 200 m away.
Entrada del càmping
Leave the campsite by this entrance onto the concrete track of the Camí de Sant Marçal. The Fabriqueta d’en Tolín is about 250 m on.
Fabriqueta d’en Tolín
The ruins of an old sawmill beside the Tordera. The river powered the saw that cut heather root, or briar, the wood tobacco pipes are made from.
Fageda
Here you enter the fageda, a beech wood, which stays with you for much of the climb.
Tartera
A wide field of loose boulders below the mountain. Turn around here and go back the way you came.
The practical bit
- Surface
- A path inside the campsite, about 200 m of concrete track from the entrance, then dirt track to the Tartera. You come back the same way.
- Dogs
- On a leash. There is livestock loose, wildlife that nests on the ground and small children on the path.
- Parking
- Not needed. You walk out from the campsite.
These are the routes that start at the campsite. You walk them at your own risk: check the forecast before you set off, carry water, and there is no shame in turning back.
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