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EXCURSIONS IN THE SURROUNDINGS OF SORT

Circular route 12.8 km long where we visit the small villages scattered around the mountain of Batlliu de Sort. The starting and finishing point of the route is Sort. From here we visit the villages of Olp, Pujalt, Enviny and Bressui. The route is well signposted and runs along well-defined paths and tracks along old dry stone walls. From Sort to Olp the path always climbs. The section between Olp and Enviny flanks the mountain on flat or gently ascending terrain. From Enviny to Bressui and Sort the path goes downhill.
 
The circular route through the Batlliu de Sort takes us into an area full of history. We discover small villages of houses perched in the middle of the mountain, meadows with traditional dry stone walls, forests of oak, hackberry and maple trees, and we enjoy a good panoramic view of the valley of the river Noguera Pallaresa and the Torreta de l'Orri. A beautiful route that allows us to discover a fairly unknown area of Pallars Sobirà.
 
THE BEST OF THE ROUTE
- The great variety of colours that we find along the route, especially in spring and autumn.
- The magnificent views of the Batlliu, the valley of the river Noguera Pallaresa, the Torreta de l'Orri and the mountains of the Vall Ferrera.
- The beauty of the paths we walk along and the charming villages we visit.
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ROUTE DESCRIPTION

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Difficulty: Medium
Departure/arrival: Sort - Hotel Les Brases
Total time: 3:50h
Minimum altitude: 700m
Maximum altitude: 1304m
Accumulated elevation gain: 720m
Total distance: 12.8km
Nearest town: Sort
Accumulated elevation gain: 720m

MORE INFORMATION

 
- Duration: Half day
 
- Total effective time (without stops): 3:50h in total: 1:15h to go up from Sort to Olp, 0:45h to go from Olp to Pujalt, 0:50h to go from Pujalt to Enviny (visiting the hermitage of Sant Roc) and 1:00h to go down from Enviny to Sort passing through Bressui.
 
- Total difference in altitude: 720m
 
- Difficulty: Medium. This is a route that does not present any technical difficulty. We classify the excursion as "medium" difficulty although the cumulative difference in altitude to be overcome is over 600m.
 
- Season: All year round.
 
- Equipment: Nothing special.
 
- Cartography: High Pyrenees Natural Park. 1: 50.000. Editorial Alpina.
Topographical base of Catalonia 1: 25.000. Cartographic and Geological Institute of Catalonia (ICGC).
 
- Remarks: The basic itinerary offers several options for shortening or lengthening it. From Olp we can return directly to Sort (1:00h) along the path that passes through the village of Castellviny. 2. From Pujalt we can shorten the route and go down to Sort (0:50h) along the Borda de Peret path; 3. From Enviny we can extend the route to Montardit de Dalt and return to Sort along the Ribera de Montardit (1:45h).
 
- How to get there by car:
The starting point of the excursion is at the Hotel Restaurante Las Brasas in Sort. We arrive in Sort on the C-13 road. The Hotel Les Brases is located on the C-13 road, just at the north exit of the town. In front of the hotel there is a free parking space.

STEP 1

We start the route at the Hotel Restaurant Les Brases de Sort (0:00 - 700m), which is located just outside the town (extreme N), on the road that crosses the town.
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STEP 2

Views of the Noguera Pallaresa river in front of the Les Brases hotel.
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STEP 3

We skirt Les Brases on the left and we find ourselves in the street behind the hotel. We move to the right, up and in a N direction, until we find a street that goes to our left, which goes up and we reach the street parallel to the road.
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STEP 4

We take a street that ascends to the left and in about fifty meters we see the path that goes towards Olp. We found several signs that indicate it to us.
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STEP 5

We turn to the right: it is the path that goes up to Olp. At this point the signage is a bit vague but in general the itinerary is well signposted. However, the signage along the route is heterogeneous.
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STEP 6

In the most prominent detours we will find signs of the Government of Catalonia and the Sort and Valle de Àssua Nature Trail project. Throughout the route we will also find yellow signs - circular metal plates or painted circles - that mark the itinerary through the Batlliu de Sort.
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STEP 7

Yellow circle painted on a dry stone wall.
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STEP 8

We advance along a path that gradually gains height. We passed a cattle fence and passed a farm. Throughout the route we will find protections and fences for livestock, since livestock is one of the traditional activities in the Batlliu area and the paths that we will follow are still used to move herds and access the pasture meadows.
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STEP 9

We started to gain altitude.
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STEP 10

Road views.
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STEP 11

Farm that we leave behind as we go up.
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STEP 12

Looking back: Sort.
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STEP 13

We advance along paths defined by dry stone walls in the middle of a very beautiful environment. We arrive at a paved track, we follow it for about 300m until we reach a new detour, which we take to the left following the signs for Olp, well signposted at all the detours.
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STEP 14

Direction towards Olp.
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STEP 15

Views.
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STEP 16

We take the detour towards Olp.
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STEP 17

Small stretch of paved road.
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STEP 18

Irises of the Pyrenees (Iris xiphioides).
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STEP 19

Views.
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STEP 20

We continue towards Olp.
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STEP 21

We advance through a very pleasant terrain. We gain altitude and arrive at the Fontanilles fountain or the Lleres ravine (1:00 - 985m), a humid and shady place where we find a wooden table.
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STEP 22

Fountain of Fontanilles or the Barranco de las Lleres.
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STEP 23

Signaling of the Fontanilles Fountain or the Lleres ravine.
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STEP 24

We continue climbing.
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STEP 25

Here we have some beautiful views.
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STEP 26

We see the first houses of Olp on the left.
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STEP 27

We leave behind the abandoned chapel of Sant Pere.
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STEP 28

Capilla abandonada de Sant Pere.
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STEP 29

We arrived at the core of OLP. In the background, the elevated houses of the Força neighborhood.
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STEP 30

Church of the Virgin of Candelaria de Olp.
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STEP 31

Detail of the Church of the Virgen de la Candelaria de Olp.
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STEP 32

Narrow street of Olp.
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STEP 33

Elevated houses belonging to the Força neighborhood.
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STEP 34

We leave Olp along the Castellviny road.
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STEP 35

From now on we will go flanking the mountain on flat terrain or on a slight rise. After a few minutes we cross a path that would take us to Castellviny, but we continue straight on towards Pujalt.
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STEP 36

We leave the road behind and go up a dirt road that heads to the right towards Pujalt.
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STEP 37

We flank the mountain along a very pretty path with excellent views.
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STEP 38

Views of the Noguera Pallaresa river valley and the Torreta del Orri (2,439m).
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STEP 39

At the bottom of the panorama we see the great mountains of the Vall Ferrera, among which the characteristic pyramid of the aesthetic Monteixo (2,905m) stands out.
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STEP 40

We make about 50m along the road and take a dirt road again (to the left).
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STEP 41

Views of the town of Pujalt on the other side of the ravine. The path goes down a few meters to the grass meadows. We make a few meters by the side of a stream.
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STEP 42

Estanyalga Ravine.
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STEP 43

We leave behind the bottom of the ravine and climb towards Pujalt.
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STEP 44

In this stretch of ascent we find several panels with drawings and explanations of the butterflies in the area. They are panels of the itinerary of the butterflies, a circuit promoted by the Butterfly Museum of Catalonia in Pujalt, a very prominent research and dissemination center on this insect (more information: www.papallones.net).
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STEP 45

Informative panel of the butterflies of the environment.
Finally, we arrive at the town of Pujalt (2:00 - 1,162m), which is located on top of an elongated plateau with cliffs on its northern (N), eastern (E) and southern (S) sides. In Pujalt we find the Butterfly Museum, which is located in the building of the old Pujalt school, where in 2009 some scenes of the miniseries Les Veus del Pamano were filmed, based on the homonymous novel by the writer Jaume Cabré.
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STEP 46

Parish Church of Sant Pere in Pujalt, recently built, we walk about 50m along the main street to the Ca l'Anton hostel.
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STEP 47

Ca l'Anton hostel and the road that leaves the town in the direction of Enviny. We advance about 80m along the road and we turn off onto a dirt track that goes to the right. We follow the indications of Enviny and the yellow signs of the Batlliu de Sort itinerary.
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STEP 48

We take the Enviny road.
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STEP 49

Views of Pujalt. We alternate sections of trail and sections of dirt track, while gradually gaining altitude.
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STEP 50

Trail section. We follow the indications and continue along the path to the left.
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STEP 51

Dirt track section. We reach a point where the whole perspective of the Montardit valley opens up. The trees give way to a more arid zone, with bushes, thickets and grass meadows. We are advancing along a path that flanks the mountain.
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STEP 52

Views of the Montardit valley. We arrive at the detour (2:25 am) of the path that goes up to the hermitage of Sant Roc. We take it and in a few minutes we reach the remains of the hermitage of Sant Roc (2:30 - 1,304m).
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STEP 53

Remains of the hermitage of Sant Roc, where we will see that only the walls are preserved. From this point, the views of the Torreta del Orri (E) and the Montardit valley itself are spectacular.
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STEP 54

Views of Enviny (on the right of the image) and Montardit de Dalt (on the left).
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STEP 55

From the hermitage we retrace our steps until we reach the Enviny path. We continue flanking the mountain until we reach the upper part of the town of Enviny (2:50 - 1,160m). We skirt the first houses.
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STEP 56

In the lower part of the town we find the church of the Virgen de la Candelaria de Enviny (currently Purification).
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STEP 57

We enter the lonely alleys of Enviny: the ruined chapel of Santa Llúcia, historic houses, magical corners, the laundry room... Some scenes from the miniseries Las Voces del Pamano were also filmed here.
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STEP 58

Enviny church graveyard entrance. We continue our excursion along the path that starts from the left of the Enviny church cemetery, towards Bressui and Sort.
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STEP 59

Almost immediately we find the detour to Montardit de Dalt. We carry on going down in a clear direction E. We gradually lose altitude, advancing between meadows, areas with bushes, fields supported by dry stone walls and some oaks. In some sections we advance along a path and in others along a dirt track, but always following the Bressui indications and the yellow markings.
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STEP 60

Descent towards Bressui.
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STEP 61

We cross a forest of oaks.
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STEP 62

We reach the upper part of the Bressui neighborhood. We can surround it to the left or go down the paved road for about 100m and take the paved track that enters Bressui from the S. In any case, we reach the lower part of Bressui (3:30 - 840m), where we find the church of Sant Michael.
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STEP 63

We go down the road for about 100m and take the paved track that enters Bressui.
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STEP 64

Church of Sant Miquel de Bressui.
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STEP 65

We follow the route in the direction of the town of Sort, which we will soon see among the trees.
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STEP 66

We can already see Sort during the last leg of the descent.
We will arrive at Sort at its S end, along the street that connects the C-13 road with the upper part of Sort, where the school, institute and Sort castle are located.
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STEP 67

We can choose to go down to the road and cross Sort following the road or go up a few meters to Sort castle, turn left and go down the streets of Sort until we reach the Hotel Restaurant Les Brases (3:50 - 700m ).
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