Refugio del Postil de Soña
The place
Refugio del Postil de Soña in the Fuentes Carrionas y Fuente Cobre-Montaña Palentina natural park, northern Palencia (Castile and León, Spain), at 1526 m elevation, Curavacas/Espigüete sector. Continuous Fuentes Carrionas cluster (batches 233+234+251). Unstaffed free refugio on the circuits of the southern Cantabrian Range. Zone of beeches, birches and Cantabrian grasslands, a major habitat of the Cantabrian brown bear (Ursus arctos, ~330 individuals in the Cantabrian range, the largest population in Western Europe).
The setting
Fuentes Carrionas Palencia Curavacas/Espigüete 1526 m, continuous cluster batches 233-251, Cantabrian Range, brown bear 330 individuals largest population Western Europe.