L'Arrastre - Campol - Camino de La Caparra

<p>This is a half-day route that will serve us well with 750 m of climbing and a long 7 km descent on a trail that set the standard. There are numerous impossible switchbacks that the bike can't fit through, requiring pivoting on the front wheel. Fast sections with loose rocks. The occasional climb. And of course the famous natural wallride of Puyuel. Along the route, we will find many abandoned villages that deserve a leisurely visit.</p><p>We start from Lavelilla and take the national road towards Fiscal, leaving it after 500 m onto a track on the right. We will calmly reach Campol via what is now a road and continue ascending it. Shortly before reaching the Yeba cliff, we leave the asphalt and take a steep ascending track that in ten minutes brings us to an open, flat area with some ruins. The descent trail begins at this point on the left. The descent, of medium difficulty, combines pine forest areas with open sections offering good views over the Ara river valley. We reach the road we ascended earlier and now travel it in the opposite direction to Campol, where we continue descending towards Puyuelo on the Caparra path. This path is named by local cyclists due to the presence of ticks in the forest it crosses. However, it is unlikely any will latch onto us since the path is free of vegetation. After some climbing, we arrive at Collata Lieso. From here the path begins the last part of the trail passing through Puyuelo.</p><p></p><p><strong>&lt;span style='color: #cccccc; font-family: Verdana; font-size: small;'&gt;Route data: &lt;/span&gt;</strong>&lt;br /&gt; &lt;span style='color: #cccccc; font-family: Verdana;'&gt; Physical level: 2/5&lt;br /&gt; Technical level: 4/5&lt;br /&gt; Natural environment: 5/5&lt;br /&gt; Exposure: 3/5&lt;br /&gt; Distance: 19.5 km&lt;br /&gt; Total ascent: 790 m&lt;br /&gt; Walking ascent: 0 m&lt;br /&gt; Max altitude: 1390 m&lt;br /&gt; Duration: 3h - 4h&lt;br /&gt; Season: All year&lt;/span&gt;</p>