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Hiking in one of the most famous mountains of Montseny
The Metagalls is one of the most famous mountains of Montseny (Barcelona). It is not the highest (1,696 m) but the most visited by hikers. The starting point of this route is Coll Formic (1,144 m), at km 26.4 of the B-5301 Santa Maria Seva Palautordera. In Collformic there is a parking lot and a hostel . This ascent can be done by anybody. We got to the top of Metagalls in 1.5 hours. We left the car in the parking lot of Collformic, followed the signs and went through the Cross to honor the martyrs of Collformic. We left behind the farmhouse Santandreu of Castanya. Before you start to climb the Gros turó Sant Andreu on the ground you will see an interesting hollow used to gather snow during the winter.
Continue along the path and a few meters before starting the final stretch, we detour down a small path that takes us to the Font de la Rosa. The Metagalls is crowned with the Creu de Catalunya erected in memory of the Catalan poet Verdaguer, representative Reinaxença movement and a beautiful poem dedicated to the top of Metagalls. As you will see in the video, it is usual that the wind whip at the top of this mountain. If the weather north we can see the eastern Pyrenees and the coast of Barcelona.
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