You walk into Camporredondo de Alba with heavy legs and a satisfied feeling. You’ve earned it. From the village you can look back on a day that revolves around one thing: the climb. It’s well over 300 metres uphill in under five kilometres, and you’ll feel it in your calves.
After that, you stay high. Above 1,400 metres it’s open and can be cool and windy, even when it’s sunny down below. The descent is long and demands your attention, especially for your knees. Then at last you put down your rucksack, take off your boots and look up at the mountains you’ve just left behind.