Refuge

Refugio Braña Salentinos

León · Espagne0 mUnguardedVerified listing

The place

Refugio Braña Salentinos in the Montes de León/Cantabrian Mountains, Villablino/Palacios del Sil area (province of León, Castile and León, Spain), at 1405 m elevation. Part of the continuous Laciana cluster (batches 242+270). A converted braña (traditional Galician-Asturian summer sheepfold), within the Laciana UNESCO biosphere reserve (former coal mines closed in 2018). Beech forest and pastureland, habitat of the Cantabrian brown bear.

The setting

Montes de León/Cantabrian Mountains, Villablino/Palacios del Sil, León, 1405 m, continuous cluster batches 242-270, Galician-Asturian braña, UNESCO Laciana, mines closed 2018, brown bear.