Laguna de las Verdes in April
The Las Verdes lagoon is a lagoon of glacial origin located 5 km north of the town of Torre de Babia in the municipality of Cabrillanes of the Leonese region of Babia. The Las Verdes lagoon is a crystal clear water pool that rises to 1750 m and collects the melting waters of the summits that together build a perfect glacial cirque and the Torre stream that feeds it, constituting an emblematic landscape of the western mountain of León .
characteristicsIt is a shallow lagoon, unlike most of the glacier lagoons because in this great dejection cone there are huge amounts of snow that have been dragging materials that end up deposited in the lagoon, especially the scree falls on the slopes of Montihuero peak. It is surrounded by large limestone moles, Montihuero peak (2187 m.), The Aguja de las Coloradas (2006 m), Los Andes (2157 m), Peña Chana (2068 m).
Call of the Greens for the abundant vegetation of green algae that floods it. Its vegetation cover only stays a few months in summer, because its location does not survive the harsh winter.
A notable feature of this lagoon is the presence of newts, an amphibian of the salamander family, considered a protected species. Mountain route Laguna de las Verdes
It is a mountain route known to mountaineering enthusiasts. It begins in the town of Torre de Babia and passes by a track following the valley of Treméu to reach after 5 km the flock of the greens, continues through an area of meanders and then the lagoon at the foot of the fields of the Mondahuero Bullfight (2187 m).
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