There's a bunch of forum members planning a Camino Primitivo, and I've recently gotten some questions privately on this particular issue, so I thought I'd just start a thread and let others share their opinions.
So, as most Primitivo planners know, when you get to the little hamlet of Borres, or actually a few km further on, there is a choice to make -- either go up the mountain on the Hospitales route or go from Borres to the town of Pola de Allande, and from there up to the mountain pass...