How
to get there
Once
in Alcover (see itinerary 1-AC), we
move towards Mont-Ral. Before leaving
Alcover we find a detour al left marked
"Ermita del Remei". We must
follow it and will get there after 2,5
Km. There is an ample parking area in
front of the shrine.
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Technical
data
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Time:
4
h 50 m |
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Slope:
+620
meter |
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Distance:15,6
Km |
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Difficulty:
F-2,
T-1 |
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Points
of Interest
| It's
a highly varied route. Part of it shows
lush vegetation -mainly at the Serra
del Pou-. Other parts are quite dry,
like the surroundings of the Ermita
del remei and finally, others are very
rough like the higher area of the river
Glorieta, which might be considered
the most attractive point of the whole
walk. Specific interesting points are:
the shrine of "Les Virtuts",
the viewpoint at the peak of the "Serra
del Pou", the little village of
L'Aixàviga, the "Nevera",
the gorges of Glorieta and the basins
that this river forms on appearing.
All together makes the itinerary highly
recommendable. See
photographs |
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Recomendations
| May
be is a llitle bit too tough in the
summer because it runs through warm
areas and the altitude is not important.;
nevertheless the clean water of the
river allows for a refreshing bath.
Only one watering point which is placed
in the fountain of L'Aixàviga,
which people told us the water was drinkable. |
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Description
of the route
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| Ermita
del Remei - Santuari de les Virtuts
- Serra del Pou - L'Aixàviga
- Nevera del Muster - Engorjats
del Glorieta - Fonts del Glorieta
- Ermita del Remei. |
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Ermita del
Remei. 0:00, 345 m. We depart
from the open area in front of the shrine,
direction West, by a track which goes
towards the Glorieta Valley. We leave
a detour at right. After 7 minutes there
is a pathh at left going to the Glorieta
and to Mas Monravà. We don't
take it. After a while we see a track
at right, which also leave. After additional
13 min we arrive to the river Glorieta,
which we cross through a ford. Before
crossing it there is there is a path
at our right which goes to "Molins
Nous". But I have not walked it
and don't know its condition. After
crossing we go slowly up, through a
hazel wood.
Deviation. 0:25: 400 a. Some
three minutes after crossing the river
we find this deviation which is easy
to overlook. We must pay attention when
arriving at the end of the hazel wood
at our left, because the track continues
straight but we leave it. After the
last row of hazels we must turn left,
witout any clear path. The clearer signal
is an abandoned van, Citroën 2CV,
showing a small signal and the inscription
"Les Virtuts". At the end
of the field the path appears, going
up at right (NW). We follow it, with
quite a few turns. Pretty soon goes
up through a small pass, leaving and
old and abandoned track. We must also
leave a few coalman paths, abandoned,
as well.
Fork. 0:50;
475 a. 25 minutes later we
find a path coming at our left. We continue
going up, and soon we see the Santuary
de Les Virtuts, at the other side of
the crag. In order to get there, we
must turn around the crag and then go
down at right.
Santuari de
Les Virtuts. 1:10h;
660a.
It's located over a barranc. (Must point
out that is misplaced in the map of
Muntanyes de Prades, published by the
Centre de Lectura de Reus, 1998).It's
a good place to rest and contemplate,
but the buiding is in ruins and only
some walls are left. We get out of the
sanctuary, direction NW, trough a path
with vague red signals. Don't know where
are they coming from and we abandon
them inmediately. May be is an ald path
that the owner of the Mas Tinet told
us that use to go from Les Virtuts to
Grau del Mal Pas. But it had been abandoned
and we were not abal to find any trace
at all. A while after, we leave a track
and come out to a field, which we contour
through its lower side. At the end we
cross it and walking by the lower part
of another field, we get to another
track.
At the end of these fields, we see a
barrack at left (Mas Maseter or its
stockyard).
Pista.1:17h;
700a.
We follow the track at right, descending
slightly. Ten minutes later we arrive
to Mas del Tinet.In two more minutes
we leave another track at our right
(don't know where it goes) and in one
more minute there is and abandoned fountain.
The track ends and a path continues
which goes to the Grau del mal Pas.
We follow this track, pretty good. Four
minutes later there is a fork.
Fork.
1:33h; 730a.
At our right (NW), a path descends to
the Glorieta river, as described in
the itinerary 1-AC. We have to follow
it, so entering the itinerary Glorieta
from Mont-ral at the time 0:50.
It. Glorieta
from Mont-ral through the fork of the
Gual (Ford) del Glorieta.
3:15h
Once arrived to the pond in the plains,we
continue straight down following yellow/white
signals, in stead of going right to
cross the Glorieta. Anyhow, it is absolutely
recommended to take a detour in order
to visit the rivers basins if we don't
want to loose the nicest and most interesting
part of the itinerary.
Once satisfied we go back to the fork
and continue going down through a good
and evident path, with a substantial
slope, though, till Molins Nous. We
have sided a water pipe as well as an
abandoned hydraulic power plant. Soon
we arrive to a track which takes us
to croos the Glorieta again. We follow
it, at the left side of the river. At
right there is "Molins Nous".
We disregard several tracks at both
sides of ours, and after a while we
arrive to the path we had taken at the
hazell wood. From here, just continue
to get the car.
Ermita del
Remei.
4:50h.
End of the itinerary.
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| Date
of the hike
Itinerary covered on Nov 28, 2002, with my
friends RR and XL. |
Useful
maps
| The
best one is "Mapa excursionista
de les Muntanyes de Prades", 1:30.000
published by ICC and the "Centre
de Lectura de Reus". I have used
the 1998 edition but must bear in mind
the observations above stated. |
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