The Asturian mountains furthest from the coast are located in this territory of cattle tradition, dotted with beautiful villages on a background of wild nature, the home of the brown bear. Rugged landscape that served as a gateway, and also an escape, to the villages that arrived from the Plateau.

The Camín Real de la Mesa is a historic communication route that, after crossing the mountain range, descends winding through the deep valleys heading to the Cantabrian Sea. It runs between the borders of two Natural Parks, Somiedo and Ubiñas-La Mesa, through a scenario that alternates between native forests, high mountain meadows and glacial lakes. 

The Natural Park of Somiedo is a protected area of 300 km2 dominated by peaks more than 2000m high that separate it from the province of León. In the spring, winter snows irrigate the infinite network of streams that descend from the peaks to nourish the brañas and the fertile meadows of the valleys. If we add to this the difficulty of access to the territory, Somiedo becomes the ideal habitat for a multitude of species of mammals and birds such as the brown bear, the wolf or the capercaillie.

It is not surprising, then, that the appellatives of roads or trails are inspired by the presence of wildlife. Such is the case of the Senda del Oso, the busiest greenway in the Principality that gives CYCLISTS and HIKERS the possibility of traveling its 60 km in length surrounded by exuberant nature.  Including the discreet presence of bears.  A few kilometres from this road is the cathedral of high competition cycling in Spain, the Angliru located in the SIERRA DEL ÁRAMO. It is, in this case, a more demanding practice of cycling than the Senda del Oso but of equally spectacular landscapes.