Montserrat-Sant Jeroni

Walk Summary

First of 5 P600's Mick and I would do together over the next six days.

Originally meeting Mick on Puig Campana last May we have kept in touch and met today at Carrefour, Tarragona we drove straight here with the idea we would avoid the tourist path from Monestir de Montserrat by taking the more direct and of course more difficult route directly up Torrent de Santa Maria topping out slightly west of Ermita de Sant Jeroni.

Parking up at the side of the road I have to say I did not fancy it but went along with Mick to park his car in the Monestir de Montserrat car park to give us the most likely option of descending via the tourist route to the Monestir.

Returning in my van to the base of Torrent de Santa Maria I kept reminding myself of the mantra "...if one of us does not fancy it then neither of us do it". I use this to avoid me talking my walking buddy in to doing something daft. Turns out it worked the other way round.

So abandoning this route I decide to save myself €5 and park in layby near Sant Jaume el Blanc. Heading up the road to Monestir de Montserrat there was a distinct lack of signage to find the path up Sant Jeroni. Signs seemed more geared to the architecture, hotel and funicular railway which could save a fair amount of ascent but in my mind not the best option.

Having found the path it was a straight forward albeit steep ascent up the obvious path which, particularly at the beginning, had lots of concrete steps.

Walk Statistics

Walk Date - 28 January 2019
Walkers - Steve Smith, Mick Graylen

Accommodation - Camping Santa Elena, Mutriku 

Start Point - Layby near Sant Jaume el Blanc (41.60200°N, 1.83187°E)

Start Time - 13:41

Finish Point - Layby near Sant Jaume el Blanc (41.60200°N, 1.83187°E)

Finish Time- 17:37

Total Duration - 3hrs 56mins 
Overall Average pace - 1.72mph
Total Distance Walked - 6.77 miles
Total Height Ascended -673.00metres

Peaks visited

Spain/Portugal 600m Prominence Peaks (168S - 185S&P - 2165E)

Sant Jeroni (42S - 43S&P - 72E)

Spain/Portugal 300m - 599m Prominence Peaks (1000+)

NONE

Spain/Portugal 150m - 299m Prominence Peaks (3000+)

NONE

Spain Autonomous Community High Points (19)

NONE

Spain Province High Points (52)

NONE

S: Spain
P: Portugal
E:Europe

Final walk from previous trip

2018

October

14^th Pico Javalambre

Other walks on this trip

2019

January

14^th The Seven NW French Department High Points of the Brest Peninsular

17^th Ernio

18^th Erlo

19^th Udalaitz
21^st Anboto

23^rd Tossal de la Baltasana
24^th Sierra de Montsià

27^th La Creu de Santos

28^th Montserrat-Sant Jeroni
29^th Turó de l'Home

30^th Mattagalls
31^th Serrat Negra

February

01^st Tossa d'Alp

03^rd Cap de Gallina Pelada

05^th Penyal d'Ifach
06^th Sierra d'Olta
09^th Cerro de la Selva & Morrón del Rivazuelo

10^th Cerro Espuña
11^th Carrascoy
12^th Colativí

12^th Cerrode Mesquita

16^th Morrón de Mariné

17^th Sierra de Lujar

18^th Cerro de Santa Lucía

20^th Maroma

25^th Pico de Mijas

First walk from next trip

2019

May

15^th Peñarroya

Route

Map of route to follow

More Photographs

Full set of captioned photos providing journal and description of key parts of ascent, descent and summit photographs.
Route map, Statistics and other route info to follow. 

Radio tower and 1205m spot height from Sant Jeroni summit. Amazing peaks in the Parque Natural de la Muntanya de Montserrat
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