08 de abril de 2004

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☻ The trail GR-221 is also called the "Ruta de la pedra en sec" (the dry-stone wall trail), because most of the trail follows the old stone-paved trails between villages and farms. And also because most of the trail crosses the typical Majorcan mountain landscape: the olive- tree terraces built without cement (dry-stone wall technique). The trail crosses the mountain range "Serra de Tramuntana" from Port d´Andratx (in the southwest) to  Pollença (in the northwest). Along the trail, the dry-stone wall building college (Escola de Margers de FODESMA) is restoring the path and several buildings which will be used as mountain huts.

 ☻ The trail is already open across public land and on public paths, but 92 % of the  "Serra" is private property and that makes the completion of several parts of the trail problematic.

☻ The GR-221 crosses the following areas:

       * Port d´Andratx- Sant Elm (Area 1): . Not signposted. There is a public path.

       * Sant Elm- La Trapa (Area 1): Not signposted. The path crosses many private areas, but it is open. The old monastery of La Trapa is being turned into a mountain hut

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       * La Trapa- Coll de sa Gramola (Area 1): Not signposted. The path crosses many private areas, but it is open.

       * Coll de sa Gramola- Coma d´en Vidal: problematic.(Area 2) Not signposted. The trail follows the road Andratx- Estellencs for two kilometres from Coll de sa Gramola to the "Pla de s´Evangèlica". Afterwards it crosses the road a couple of times and follows the old road from Andratx to Estellencs (on the left side of the road). The future hut "Coma d´en Vidal" isn´t near the path but a 45 minute walk uphill.

       * Coma d´en Vidal- Estellencs (Area 2): Not signposted. The public path is overgrown.

         * Estellencs- Banyalbufar- Esporles (Area 3): SIGNPOSTED. The "G.E.M." cleaned the public path from Estellencs to Banyalbufar and "Fodesma" the one to Esporles.

        * Esporles- Valldemossa (Area 4): problematic. Not signposted. There isn´t a public path between the two villages. From Esporles to the public forest of Sa Comuna de Valldemossa the trail crosses several private properties.

       * Valldemossa- Deià (Area 5): Not signposted. The trail crosses the private property of Son Gual to the public land of Son Moragues. Then it takes the beautiful ridge "Camí de s´Arxiduc" up to the "Cingles de Son Rul.lan", where it again enters private property until Deià. In the village itself, one old house is being turned into a mountain hut.

        * Deià- Refugi de Muleta (Area 6): SIGNPOSTED until Ca´n Prohom. From Deià, it goes downhill, and near the cove (Cala) it goes uphill, takes the road from Deià to Sóller for just 300 metres, and in "Ca´n Puigserver" you find the sign to the right of the road. It now follows the old Arab path to Sóller. In Ca´n Prohom the path to Sóller is already signposted, but not yet the one to the mountain hut Muleta and to Port de Sóller (in November 2003). After Ca´n Prohom, it turns left, takes the main road for 50 metres and then the small paved road to "Bens d´Avall". After one kilometre it turns to the right and then to the left before the Finca "Muleta Gran" to reach the mountain hut, which has been open since May 2002. The hut was closed from June 2003 to January 2004, but it was still closed on the 21. of January.

         * Refugi de Muleta- Port de Sóller- Sóller (Area 6): Not signposted. There is a road from the mountain hut "Muleta" to Port de Sóller. But the trail goes back to the Finca "Muleta Gran" and down to the Hotel Rocamar. From here it follows theleft side of the "torrent" (the normally dry river bed) to Ca´n Ai, near Sóller.

          * Sóller- Font des Noguer (Area 7): SIGNPOSTED. It takes the path to Fornalutx as far as Binibassi and from here to the right to the tiny village of Biniaraix. From here it goes along  the "Barranc de Biniaraix", one of the nicest landscapes of the island to the farm "L´Ofre". Afterwards the trail crosses the pass "Coll de l´Ofre" and goes downhill to the Cúber dam and to the spring "Font des Noguer" (which is above the water channel in the middle of the picnic site).

         * Font des Noguer- Mountain hut "Tossals Verds" (Area 8): SIGNPOSTED. The trail follows the water-channel for 30 minutes and then crosses the pass "Coll des Coloms". Shortly afterwards, there is a junction where you should come back the next day if you want to go to Lluc. For the mountain hut you take the trail to the right.

          * Tossals Verds- Son Amer (Lluc monastery) (Area  9): SIGNPOSTED. You have to walk back to the junction (1´5 hours) and turn to the right. You cross the forest up to the pass "Coll des Prat". Here you turn left, downhill, on a bad path which reaches the pass "Coll des Telègraf", turns right and goes uphill again after 10 minutes. Near the top of "Puig des Galileu" you cross a small pass and the trail goes to the left. After a plain, it goes downhill steeply taking a path which is being restored. Afterwards, you take a forest track, cross the main road and arrive at the monastery of Lluc. You can sleep here. In future, the mountain hut "Son Amer", 15 minutes away , will be the best place for mountaineers.

           * Son Amer- Pollença (Area 10): SIGNPOSTED. The trail takes the road to Inca and then goes uphill to the left to the pass "Coll Pelat", to the source (where water is being bottled) and the farm "Binifaldó". From here you take the old path from Lluc to Pollença. Near this village you have to walk along the main road for 2 kilometres. Afterwards you take a parallel track to Pollença.

►Open sections:

·         From Estellencs to Banyalbufar: 2´5 hours. The owners of the farm "Es Rafal" want to close the public trail.  Until the courts make the final decision, the trail is open.

·         From Tossals Verds to the monastery of Lluc:  5 hours.

·         From the monastery of Lluc to Pollença: 4 hours.

-The GR 221 near Sóller (Barranc de Biniaraix)-

►Sections under construction:

·         From the hut Muleta to Port de Sóller and Sóller

·         From Tossals Verds to the monastery of Lluc: already signposted

►Open mountain huts:

*** The mountain huts are closed between 15 June and 15 September***

·         Tossals Verds (Tel. 971 182027). Open since 1995. (6 hours from Sóller and 5 hours from Lluc)

* Prices 2004: Dormitory 10 euros/ Double room, 36 Euros / Breakfast, 3.7 or 5.7 euros/ Lunch and dinner, 3 (1 dish), 13 (2 dishes) and 25 euros (special). With the hiking card you get 10% discount on the food and 20% on the accomodation (More information, in Spanish►)

·        Muleta (Tel. 971 634271) Open since 2002 . It´s near the lighthouse, one kilometer from Port de Sóller. Due to technical reasons the hut was closed since June 2003 but it will reopen on  21 of February 2004.

* * Prices 2004: Dormitory 10 euros/ Double room, 36 Euros / Breakfast, 3.7 or 5.7 euros/ Lunch and dinner, 3 (1 dish), 13 (2 dishes) and 25 euros (special). With the hiking card you get 10% discount on the food and 20% on the accomodation

·         La Trapa: one hour from Sant Elm. It´s an old monastery which belongs to the Environmental Organisation G.O.B.

     - La Trapa in march 2003-

·         Coma d´en Vidal: one hour from Estellencs. Restoration hasn´t started yet.

·         Deià: restoration work on the old house "Ca´n Boi" started in 2002.

    -Deià-

·         Son Amer: They have been working on the restoration of this old farm, 15 minutes from the monastery of Lluc, since 2001.

- View from Son Amer over Lluc-

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