Lumbier Gorge Way-marking.

[kayagee66]

Hi, i’m planning to walk the Aragonés route, and have recently found out about the detour to the Lumbier Gorge.
It certainly seems like the kind of hike i love to do.
Can anyone tell me if the detour is well waymarked?
Thanks.

 

[SioCamino]

I did this in 2021 and found there was a slight gap in the signage after I left the town of Lumbier.
I had gps tracks from I think mapy.cz which helped me find my way back to the camino.
I don't know whether an arrow was missing or just covered up by growth or something. Looking at gronze I think it was after the hamlet of aldunate around 5 km after Lumbier.

I really enjoyed this option and the gorge was really lovely but yes would recommend making sure you have some gps tracks

 

[dick bird]

We have just done this, and it is spectacular. From Sangüesa, you follow the road to Liedana, then you follow the old railway Camino verde, which is actually way marked through the gorge. You will probably stay in the hotel Iru-Bide unless you plan to walk through in one day, not advisable. From the roundabout next to the hotel there are yellow arrows up the road, off to the right on a track to Aldunate where the arrows stop. Following a Wikiloc track, we turned right onto the N240 (a very little used road) to join the main Camino route just outside Izco. Undermanager posted recently and seemed to do the same thing and that is the Gronze route.

PS we suspect there has been a route change after Aldunate, probably a landowner blocking the route, but if you stay on the N240, you’ll be fine.

 

[kayagee66]

Thanks for that.
Yes, i would stay the night in Lumbier.

We have just done this, and it is spectacular. From Sangüesa, you follow the road to Liedana, then you follow the old railway Camino verde, which is actually way marked through the gorge. You will probably stay in the hotel Iru-Bide unless you plan to walk through in one day, not advisable. From the roundabout next to the hotel there are yellow arrows up the road, off to the right on a track to Aldunate where the arrows stop. Following a Wikiloc track, we turned right onto the N240 (a very little used road) to join the main Camino route just outside Izco. Undermanager posted recently and seemed to do the same thing and that is the Gronze route.

PS we suspect there has been a route change after Aldunate, probably a landowner blocking the route, but if you stay on the N240, you’ll be fine.

 

[dick bird]

And have a look round. It’s a nice little town. The bar next to the church does very good food.

 

[trecile]

I did this stage last week. My favorite day on the Aragonés. Simply a magical place. I stayed in Lumbier at Hotel Iru-Bide, which showed as full on booking.com, but I called and easily got a room, which was huge and had a terrace. I had also sent them an email, but they didn't respond.

 

[Elena peregrina]

I did this stage last week. My favorite day on the Aragonés. Simply a magical place. I stayed in Lumbier at Hotel Iru-Bide, which showed as full on booking.com, but I called and easily got a room, which was huge and had a terrace. I had also sent them an email, but they didn't respond.

Same experience for us. I called and got a room easily. It’s a great place to stay.

 

[Joe.Iozzi]

I just came back from walking the Aragones, it is a lovely, uncrowded walk. Parts were well-marked, parts were poorly marked. We took the Lumbier alternative. It was beautiful, however, we didn't see any arrows between Sanguesa and Liedena. We followed the river to Liedena and the route was well-marked from there to Lumbier. By the way, the bridge over the Aragon River just south of Canfranc Estacion has been repaired.

 

[winemakerfw51]

I walked the Lumbier Gorge in late April on a Sunday morning. If you walk on a Sunday, make sure you traverse it early. Be aware that the gorge seems to be a favorite place for locals to take a walk and picnic on Sunday. The closer I got to Lumbier, the more people I saw. Around 11 am I passed a large parking lot near Lumbier with a line of cars several hundred meters long trying to find places to park. I can't imagine what the trail might be like in early-mid afternoon!

I also stayed at the Iru-Bide. Nice room, comfortable bed and good tapas bar and cafe.

 

[trecile]

I noticed that Gronze suggests walking the regular, non Foz de Lumbier route, presumably to avoid the extensive road walking into and out of the gorge area, but for me it was a small price to pay to spend time there.

 

[kayagee66]

Thanks, i’ll look them up today.

I did this stage last week. My favorite day on the Aragonés. Simply a magical place. I stayed in Lumbier at Hotel Iru-Bide, which showed as full on booking.com, but I called and easily got a room, which was huge and had a terrace. I had also sent them an email, but they didn't respond.

 

[Vacajoe]

We’ve stayed there twice and received a pilgrim’s discount each time by letting them know when we called