Short NW: Coll de la Creueta

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80.6 km
1,885 m
03h13
Hard

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Last verified: 7 May 2025
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Please note: routeyou overestimate the number of altimeters, a realistic estimate is 1460 hm (according to garminconnect).

The route climbs up the valley of the river El Freser along the busy main road to Campdevanol, and then climbs away from the river valley along the first part of the Col de Merolla. You don't climb to the top because you keep climbing to the top of the Col de la Creueta (1923 m altitude). In total, it is about 30 km of climbing with a real variety of landscapes (at the bottom very forested, narrow roads, later wide roads, partly rocky landscape, in some places the earth turns dark red and at the top you enter an inhospitable (treeless) mountainous landscape). There is no restaurant at the top, the first opportunity to eat can be found about 4 or 5 kilometers after the top in a large parking lot (near a ski resort). This is followed by a descent with an ascent of about 100 altimeters in between. Through Toses (here you can also eat) and Planoles you descend again to the river El Freser (in Ribes de Freser you can also eat). Now follow the main road (very busy) downstream through the river valley back to Ripoll. All in all, this means that the last 35 kilometres of the route are almost exclusively downhill (and in the valley of the river El Freser that is a flat false descent, a side pedal descent).

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Difficulty level: Hard (80/100)

Length: 80.6 km

Duration: 03h13


Total ascent: 1,885 m

Maximal slope: 8.7 %

Average slope: 2.3 %

Net ascent: 0 m

Total descent: 1,885 m

Roads and subsoil

Paved roads: 80.6 km (100 %)

Cobblestones: 0 m (0 %)

Bike paths: 246 m (0 %)

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Car free roads: 0 m (0 %)

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        Start and end of the route

        Closest address to start and end: Barcelona - Vic - Ripoll, 17500 Ripoll, Catalonië, Spanje

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        Places of interest

        1. Mitjavila House

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          The house consists of ground floor and three floors. On the façade facing the road there are three …
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        2. Siqués House

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          The building built by Joan Rubió i Ballver resolves the corner between Carrer Progrés and Carrer …
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        3. Siege of Ripoll

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          The Siege of Ripoll was the battle that took place between 22 and 27 May 1839 in the town of …
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        4. Vaults of the Plaça Gran

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          The complex consists of 12 vaults with round point arcades or a lowered semicircular arch. On each …
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        5. Greenway of Iron and Coal

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          The Greenway of Iron and Coal, in allusion to the important tradition of forgings in the Bajo …
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        6. Masdéu House

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          House between party walls consisting of ground floor and four floors. The façade floor has two …
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        7. Caja de Pensiones building

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          The building consists of two bodies, consists of four floors and a mezzanine. On the corner of the …
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        8. Montadas House

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          Built by the master builder E. Sadurní, it is the most notable example of a neoclassical building …
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        9. Santa Maria de Ripoll

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          The Monastery of Santa Maria de Ripoll is a Benedictine monastery, built in the Romanesque style, …
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        10. Ripoll Cemetery

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          The cemetery of Ripoll was designed by the architect Antoni Coll Fort in 1903. This was a break …
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        11. Rectory

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          It is a building designed by Antoni Coll Fort, dating from 1901. The building has a square floor …
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        12. Ripoll

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          Ripoll is the capital of the comarca of Ripollès, in the province of Girona, Catalonia, Spain. It …
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        13. Ethnographic Museum of Ripoll

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          The Ethnographic Museum of Ripoll is a museum in the city of Ripoll, province of Girona in …
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        14. Can Codina

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          Casa Codina was built in 1918. It is located perpendicular to the Ribes road on which a ground …
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        15. Gombrèn

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          Gombrèn is a village in the province of Girona and autonomous community of Catalonia, Spain. The …
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        16. Col de la Creueta

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          Col de la Creueta

          RouteYou Climb Code : D_4_d

          • Length : 5.38 km
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        17. Toses

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          Toses is a small village in the county of Ripollès in the province of Girona and autonomous …
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        18. Sant Martí de Fornells

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          Sant Martí de Fornells is a work of the municipality of Toses included in the Inventory of the …
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        19. San Marcel de Planès

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          Sant Marcel de Planès is a Romanesque church located in the village of Planès, in the municipality …
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        20. Planes

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          Planès —formerly called Planès de Rigard— is a village in the municipality of Planoles, in the …
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        21. Cal Jan Pau

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          Cal Jan Pau is a building in the municipality of Planoles that is part of the Inventory of the …
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        22. Can Fosses

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          Can Fosses is a farmhouse in the centre of Planoles catalogued in the Inventory of the …
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        23. Planoles

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          Planoles is a village in the province of Girona and autonomous community of Catalonia, Spain. The …
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        24. Vall de Ribes

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          The Vall de Ribes is a geographic zone in the northwest of the Ripollès in the valley of the river …
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        25. Hotel Catalunya Ribes de Freser

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        26. Campdevànol

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          Campdevànol is a village in the province of Girona and autonomous community of Catalonia, Spain. …
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        27. Ground floor in Barcelona's Raval

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          Els Baixos al Raval de Barcelona, 27 is a work by Ripoll protected as a Cultural Asset of Local …
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        28. Alòs House

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          The Casa Alòs, also known as Casa del Marqués de Dou, Casa de Dou, or Casino Vell, is a building …
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        29. The Casket

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          Exempt building consisting of ground floor and three floors. The balconies, at river level, and …
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        30. Soldevila-Bussanya House

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          The building, consisting of a ground floor, four floors and a mezzanine, has three levels of …
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        Mitjavila House
        Siqués House
        Siege of Ripoll
        Vaults of the Plaça Gran
        Greenway of Iron and Coal
        Masdéu House
        Caja de Pensiones building
        Montadas House
        Santa Maria de Ripoll
        Ripoll Cemetery
        Rectory
        Ripoll
        Ethnographic Museum of Ripoll
        Can Codina
        Gombrèn
        Col de la Creueta
        Toses
        Sant Martí de Fornells
        San Marcel de Planès
        Planes
        Cal Jan Pau
        Can Fosses
        Planoles
        Vall de Ribes
        Hotel Catalunya Ribes de Freser
        Campdevànol
        Ground floor in Barcelona's Raval
        Alòs House
        The Casket
        Soldevila-Bussanya House
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