Mountain ranges in Spain

Pyrenees

The Pyrenees, being the frontier between Fabrice and Elena's countries of origin, is more of a symbol than a mountains range for us. It should be a privileged place to try our mountaineering skills. However, because they are so far, and time is so little, we actually do not give them the attention they deserve. We merely get sad and thoughtful whenever crossing them. Our first in-depth exploration was during our Summer holidays (2015) with the French family.

Mountains

• Pico de los Valles Occidentales on 12 August (2015).
• Col de Pau on 13 August (2015).

Maps

By many people's accounts, the free Topo Pirineos is the best digital map around, far better than its commercial (and pricy) equivalents, although it is not routable (?!). You can use less detailed (but routable) Open Street Map for that purpose. The possible options are well discussed here.

Sistema Central

The Sistema Central is the privileged mountain range since our Spanish home sits an hour south of its Guadarrama extension (Sierra de Madrid).

It counts three main sierras:

• Sierra de Guadarrama colloquially known as the Sierra de Madrid (also includes Malagón, Somosierra and Ayllón).
• Sierra de Gredos (also includes Gata, Francia and Béjar).
• Serra da Estrela or Sierra de Estrella in Spanish, as this is indeed already in Portugal.