Hiking 4 Days in the Picos de Europa Spain (Inspired by Kraig Adams)
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- Опубліковано 23 лип 2021
- This was our 4 day hike in the Picos de Europa, wich was at first planned as a 10 day hike on a much bigger loop but as soon as we arrived we realized that the mountains were much steeper and more difficult to climb then we expected. Also there was still a lot of snow in the higher altitudes (at the end of May) so we had to change plans. We ended up with a much shorter and easier track than we planed for and even once got lost on the track so we needed to hike down all the way in the valley. I wouldn't recommend you should do the exact loop as we did but I'll put the links for the GPS files down below if you are interested in planning your Picos de Europa hike. From Cain de Valdeon we took a Taxi to Cordinanes de Valdeon wich costs about 10€ and saved us a lot of time. Also the cable car at Fuente De costs about 16€ for two persons one way. Originally we didn't wanted to go down all the way to Fuente De but we experienced a lot of rain and bad conditions on our way from the Refugio Collado de Jeremoso so we missed our left turn and had to climb down wich was a pain in the ass. You will probably just take another route wich will bring you to the top of the cable car, without loosing altitude.
Day 1-2: www.komoot.de/tour/377772529?...
Day 3-4: www.komoot.de/tour/377886887?...
This mountain area, located very close to the atlantic coast is called Picos de Europa, because when the fisherman came back from the sea, this high peaks were the first thing they saw. Its hard to describe but the mountains in the Picos are so sharp and steep, that sometimes you just can not image, where the track could possibly go up the mountains. It's just a fascinating landscape to look at and I can only recommend you go check it out for yourself! (I first thought they were called Picos, because it was such a little mountain range but quite the opposite is the case). Also the weather in the Picos, hence the short distance to the ocean is very unpredictable with a lot of clouds and rain.
so lovely recognizing some of those spots from your perspective. maybe even some of the same animals ha. great work on this and yes, this hike kicked my butt too
Wow thanks Kraig for your lovely comment! Really happy right now since I started carrying my camera with me because of you! We originally planned the track based on your GPX files but soon found out it was impossible at this time of the year! Also in your hiking videos you make these strong ascents look so easy! Respect for that 🙌
My 17-year-old son and me were going to do the same trip as Kraig in the Picos de Europa this summer, before he started university in September, but due to medical problems in the family (not related to Covid-19) we have had to postpone it. Let's see if next year we can do it and post a video, even if it is only a fraction of how inspiring yours are.
Thanks to both.
I wish you the best of luck that your plans will come true! The Picos are really a place you have to see with your own eyes to realize how special it is! ☺️
Can someone link the files for these routes or show me how or where to find them? Apologies if this is rookie sounding! I am wanting to do the route for my 30th next year! Great footage & journey my friend!
Wow, this hiking video is absolutely breathtaking! 😍 The scenery is stunning, and your editing skills really bring out the beauty of the trail. 🌲🏞 I felt like I was right there with you, soaking in the nature vibes. Your passion for hiking is contagious! 🥾🌄 Can't wait to explore more of your content. Hoping to see you on my channel soon too! 🤞🏞 Keep up the fantastic work! 👏
Me alegra que venga gente de fuera y sepa apreciar la belleza de los Picos de Europa. Fantastico video!! Un saludo
Muchas gracias Mogoto!! Los Picos de Europa son una sierra de gran belleza! Saludos también 🙌
映像がとても綺麗🌳
どうもありがとう！
Beautiful and wild mountains, home to bears and wolves! Nice video !
Very true! It’s one of the few regions in Europe with bears and wolves! A friend of mine documented the bear population there. So glad that this place exists!
Well done. My absolute favorite place on earth…for lots of reasons
Yes very Kraigish and I loved it. Well shot and story beautifully told thru images and music. Great looking hike and great job sharing it!!!
Hey Stan! Thanks a lot! Really appreciate your words! I put a lot of work in this videos and this is more than I could have wished for 😁🙌
와우!!! 너무 멋진 풍경입니다. 꼭 방문하고 싶은 곳이에요!!! 좋은 영상 잘 봤어요!
You have a subscriber ❤, great film and relaxing
Very nice video
Simply nicely done ✔ 👏 👍
Thanks christian! Really appreciate your nice comment! 😊🙌
¡ Precioso !
Great video. Greetings from Bosnia
Thanks Emir! Really appreciate it. ☺️ Greetings back from Germany!
Simply great ✋
Really appreciate it! Thank you so much Chandra ☺️🙌
This was wonderful! Great job on the video!
Thanks Robin!! Really appreciate your comment ☺️
Fantastic! 🤩🥰👍 Good job! 👏👏
Thank you so much Odessa!! Really appreciate it 🙌☺️
I love Kraig's video of El Anillo (the hike he did in the video.) I did (with companions) La Ruta de la Reconquista to Poncebos, then onward, reaching Tresviso, and down the Roman road to the Urdón River gorge, back in 2010. So good to see the Picos again through Kraig's eyes/camera/drone, and now YOURS.
Wow, watching your drone shots even returns to me that feeling of fullness in the chest and lungs, just standing for a moment and feeling the grandeur of the mountains there and thoroughly happy to be nothing more than a mere speck of flesh amongst all the karst and limestone, a mere speck in the span of geological age. Thank you for sharing your hike!
Thank you so much for your lovely words. I am sorry it took me so long to respond but I felt really flattered by your words! Thank you so much, comments like these really motivate me to upload new videos :)
Great work! 👍
Thanks Black IBEX! Really appreciate it ☺️
This is an awesome homage, love it
Thanks Angus!! Very much appreciated! 🙌
Beautiful scenery.
Amazing.
Great job.
Thanks a lot! Really appreciate your comment and your support ☺️🙏
really beautiful.. i love it...
Thank you so much Anseesh! Really kind and supportive from you 😊🙌
The scenery takes your breath away, It looks like a fairyyale site., An exceptional Work....
Awesome video Severin, truely looks like an unreal place! Well done on recognising the difficulty early on and changing plans. Can’t wait to visit there someday myself!
Thanks Josh! Really appreciate your kind comment ☺️ Yes I think it’s really hard sometimes to give up on your plans but you are always happier afterwards!
Great hike..👌
Thanks Pakka!! The Picos are really beautiful ☺️👌
Amazing video! Great views... Picos de Europa is awesome!
Thank you so much Isma Fernandez! Really appreciate it and I absolutely agree 😁🙌
Oh wow!
Very beautiful video. Keep it up.❤️👍
Thanks a lot Adil!! Really appreciate your support 🙌 So hyped for the next video now 😁
Very beautiful video 😍
Thank you Yaroslav! I am really glad you like it 😁🙌
Wonderful photography. Thanks for sharing.
Thanks for the map information.
Thanks John! Really appreciate it ☺️ you are very welcome! You can ask me anything if you have further questions for the track :)
Beautiful work mate! The drone shots are wicked!
Thanks mate 🙌 really appreciate it! Drone shots are just the most fun 😁
This is amazing, thank you!!
Hey Andrey, thank you so much for your kind words! Really appreciate it ☺️🙌
Stunning and beautifully shot! Thanks so much for this.
I'm from Asturias but currently living in the mountains of Idaho.
Brought tears to my eyes...
Hey Dobermans, I feel very honored that you enjoyed my video. Thank you very much!!!
Amazing and Wonderful video. We like to watch more of your video.
Thank you so much! I am on it! I will be cycling from Germany to Slovenia in a few weeks, and I am already excited to film the whole experience 😁
Damn this Video is totally amazing, it's become one of the most beautiful video with amazing shoot and landscape, the Music background is totally adorable . I really love the moment you camp and eating together with her. How peaceful
Thanks a lot ! Really appreciate your nice comment and I am happy you enjoyed the video!
Brilliant work bro... so happy to see happy people hiking
Thanks Johny!! Very true, we are very happy as soon as we are able to spent more time in the mountains 😄
@@SeverinWerner I'm also looking forward to go on hikes like this 😍
U guys did an amazing job I would hike this trail because of u ❤️
Oh wow, thats a huge compliment! Thank you so much Abedalsalam! ☺️🙌
congratulation! i enjoy the video so much and also the music. Greeting from Singapore.
Thank you Emily, I really appreciate it 😊 I am also very happy with the music choice this time! Greetings back from Germany!
Beautiful 😍
Thank you so much Nick & Rachel ☺️🙏
@@SeverinWerner you're welcome 😊
Keep filming these hike video guys ..u a amazing at it. God bless uhh
Wow thank you Mayur!! That’s very kind of you to say 😊 God bless you too!!
Bravisimo, muy bello el vídeo. Saludos desde Cantabria.
Muchas gracias Rafael!! Saludos de regreso desde Alemania 🙌
Felicidades. Se refleja el espíritu de Picos De Europa.
Muchas gracias Jose!! Eso es un gran cumplido ☺️🙌
amazing video :)
U are living my dream. Crazy stuff
Hey Keir, thanks so much! Just took a look at your skateboard videos! Really cool stuff there 🙌
Awesome, cant wait to see more!
Thanks a lot Gert!! In two weeks I will film my cycling tour from Germany to Slovenia, wich I am very excited to share 😁🙌
I was there a week ago too and I know exactly what you mean when you say 'harder than expected'. The views are absolutely fantastic and it's awesome to meet so many animals along the way but the steepness really took me by surprise.
Beautifully shot!
Thanks for your lovely comment Kristina! Really appreciate it ☺️ Good to know I am not the only one who felt this way 😄 I really had the impression someone just took these rocks and squeezed or pushed them together!
Thank you for this amazing video. This was such a relief from the ever-increasing covid cases in my country and feeling trapped in a large, polluted city. Gonna graduate from high school, travel and one day conquer those peaks and breathe in the fresh air. Thank you.
Well thank you for your lovely words! I felt exactly the same when I started watching these silent hiking videos and it inspired me to just go for it! I hope all of your plans will come true and I wish you the best of luck ☺️🙌
Iberian people we are the best with souls and beautiful places. Though but good people and countries with history! Not just few years of existence.
Hi! Amazing video and wonderfull adventure!💚🍀. Kraig Adams inspiration I can feel too, but I like your perspective:)👍. Keep creating, and see you on the trail! BTW would you recommand to take helmet and harness for this hike?
I have never seen a rougher hike and most beautiful terrain than this almost otherworldly land.! Truly impressed by those who take on this challenge.!
I really didn't expect the Picos de Europa would be this outstanding but you could say the blew my mind! They are definitely more extreme then the alps or the pyrenees for example.
Очень красиво !
Thanks man! 🙌
Lovely region. There is so many to see and many kms to do :)
In 2019 i do to the top of Morra Lechugales 2424mts. Is breathtaking the view ;)
All good for you
So true! I feel like the Picos are still a very adventurous and wild place 😁 greetings back from Germany 🙌
Wirklich toll gemacht! Ich bin in drei Wochen da und freue mich unendlich auf den Trip.
Vielen Dank fürs Teilen. Ich lasse dir mal ein Abo da :)
Danke Felix!! Freut mich voll ☺️🙌 Ich wünsch dir ganz viel Spaß!! Das Gebirge ist wirklich der Wahnsinn auf jeden Fall genug Zeit einplanen 😁
Hi guys wonderful. And l see you were inspired by kraig Adams...... he is also my inspiration.
Hey Dianne, thank you so much! Its so great to see so many people being inspired to go out there and explore nature by hiking ☺️🏔
Amazing👌
Thank you Yatra!! ☺️
So nice
Thanks mate 😁🙌
Beautiful brother,keep going, love from Kerala, India ❤️
Thanks so much mate! I definitely will!☺️🙌 much love back from Germany! 💛
Beautifull buddy
Thanks mate 🙌 Really appreciate it!!
Vielen Dank fürs Mitnehmen! Ich war auch erst vor ein paar Wochen da und habe ein Filmchen gedreht. War schön, die Picos aus eurer Perspektive nochmal zu sehen :)
Ich lasse gerne ein Abo und einen Like da :)
Nice! Vielen Dank Felix, ich schau auf jeden Fall mal bei dir rein 😁🙏
so coooool!
Thank you so much Klosaki! Your drone shoots are amazing! 😁🙌
Awesome.
Thanks Kay! Really appreciate it 🙌
Muhteşem 👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👌👌👏👏
Thanks for the support Nevin!! 👌🔥
Hey, mein Lieber.......sehr cooles Video......
Dankeschön Marcel! Freut mich immer zu hören dass du meine Videos noch anschaust ☺️
Love from another hiker
The hiking community is just overwhelming!! Love back to you and great seeing you hiking as well 🙌😁
Bravo
Thanks a lot 😁🙌
so cool
Thanks mate! 😁🙌 appreciate it!
Spitzenklasse 👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼
Danke Lemonface 🙌 freut mich voll zu hören 😁
Awesome work guys, I feel like I was there. Good job. My Channel was also inspired by @Kraig Adams
Sent by Kraig Adams
I am the happiest man as soon as I found out today!! 😄
Great video thanks! Done parts of this hike myself already (was fantastic!!!) now you have inspired me to go back this summer. I think probably july is the best, less snow... Keep up the good work!!! See you in Sweden & Norway on the trail maybe! AND a quick question: what´s this music? where is it from?
Hey Gyorgy, thanks for the huge compliment and I am very happy to inspire you to go there again. I am also definitely going to revisit this place again in the future 😄 Yes I think June or July are great months but you will find yourself with a lot of other tourist. It’s always a tradeoff I guess ..
The music is from musicbed ;) I think they have the best library. See you on the trail mate! 🙌
Would be great/ very useful if you could let me know the route you took. Looks absolutely beautiful. Hoping to go there myself in the not too distant future. Many thanks.
Hey Iain, the gpx from the track is in the video description :) Kraig Adams also has his route as a gpx if you want to make a 10days hike. And thanks 😊 🙏 you definitely have to see it for yourself!
Hi Severin, I love the video! I am planning to visit Spain this coming summer and I am even more excited to visit after seeing this video. I just have one question, I would love to know the gear that you used to film this video!
Hey Jonny, thanks for the nice comment, really appreciate it! I filmed this video with a GH5 + Panasonic 12-35 lens and a DJI Mavic Air :)
So good mate! What equipment do you have for recording?
Thanks Pete!! Really appreciate it 😁🙌 I use the GH5 with the 12-35mm f. 2.8 with VLog and grade in DaVinci! Mavic Air 2 for drone :)
Cool,now I have 2 favourite UA-cam channels.
Oh wow, I feel honored! 😁 thanks a lot Tehan!
Great job. It was nice to see the beautiful views of my trip to come. Can you share how steep were the mountains? How steep is steep for you?
Hey Jędrek, you can look up the elevation in the link I posted in the description but generally speaking it felt very steep compared to the alps for example. It had a lot of ascents with more than 20%.
That town at 06:00. Are you kidding me? I want to live there.
That’s exactly what I thought when I saw it 😄
👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻
Thanks for the support chipchoc! ☺️
Very nice video, it is really beautiful. Congratulations.
But a note for next time: it is totally forbidden to fly drones in the Picos de Europa because there are protected bird species. You could be fined with an important amount.
Hey Ivan, thank you very much! Your note is very much appreciated and you are totally right :) Always important to look out for birds wich could feel disturbed by the drone!
Hi Severin! Your video got me wanting to go there unfortunately I only have 2 days to hike. On the 00:40 mark of the video, how far is it to hike till the area where you pitch your tent? Whats the name of the trail? Also from Fuente De to 4:54 of the video what is the name of that trail? I will just plan to visit those two doing a day hike for each. Outstanding editing on this piece if I may say so...
Thanks Jay! Really appreciate it. So on 00:40 we are at the parking spot for the ruta del cares. The hike is really popular and there is plenty of information about the hike. You end up in Cain de Veldeon and there are taxi drivers already waiting for you. So we took the drive up to Cordiñanes de Valdeón. And from there it is a steep hike for 2-2,5 hours to a very flat space where we pitched the tent. I can't find the exact name of the trail but it leads up to the refugio collado jermoso (www.colladojermoso.com/de/). Also I don't know the name of the trail at 4:54 but it is the only big trail in the valley wich leads to Sotres and everybody is going there so you cant miss it either. It is really beautiful. But be careful, from my experience if you are hiking with tent and everything your plan is very ambitious so you really need to be fit. I really underestimated the steepness in the Picos :D Wish you the best of luck for your trip!
@@SeverinWerner You’re the best! Thanks for the detailed reply. Cant wait for more videos from you!
You are very welcome! I really love to help in these kind of questions ☺️ already working on the next one ☝️
Hello Severin, what is the name of this route? Thanks
Hey Sander, unfortunately this route has no name because we created it ourselves. But I put all the gps files in the description. You can also look up Kraig Adams GPS files for his Picos de Europa Tour on Alltrails. Hope I could help you :)
@@SeverinWerner thanks man :')
You re welcome man 🙏 always happy to help!
Would you mind sharing your itinerary?
The itinerary is in the description :)
2:40 Fun but IMO dont risk it with these shoes, very easy to really ruin your ankles for a good couple of months and suffer from it for the rest of the trip
Hey Erik, I always use trailrunning shoes on hikes, because I don’t see the need in wearing big hiking boots. But of course that depends due to the individual fitness and experience. I also love using one hiking stick as a tool for more stability in steep terrain.
@@SeverinWerner Interesting! I started doing exactly the same many years ago, Salomon S-lab Sense, even with crampons sometimes. If its an icy trail using an ice axe is also great :) never understood why people like hiking boots either...although the neck of these boots may prevent ankle injuries, low heel shoes also works fine + ankle protectors if you need.
Funny! Yes I also carry these little ice crampons with me and the Salomon Sense. Did a lot of hiking that way :D Lately there are also a lot of trailrunning shoes wich go over the ankles if you know what I mean. Maybe I am going to check out one of these in the future :)
@@SeverinWerner As they say, great minds :D Also very much enjoy the sort of precision you get when you place your feet, feels almost like a climbing shoe. Only downside i can think of is when you step on a really sharp rock. Those that go over the ankles are great if you are on snow or mud, but doesnt really give any stability for the ankle itself.
I think you missed the Urriellu, aka "Naranjo de Bulnes", the most emblematic peak of the area; absolutely worth the hike up to the base. Besides that, the final clip was top quality anyways!
Yes we really wanted to go up there but there was a lot of snow still up there and we weren’t prepared for these conditions! Sad but also a reason to come back 😁👌 thanks Jose 🙏
You need better camera equipment if you plan to stay with some of the other trekkers doing this. I know I am being rude and hate to be so direct but just saying how it is. It's like watching the old cathode tv's. Nice filming but could be so much better.