L\u2019entorn de la Seu d\u2019Urgell \u00e9s un espai for\u00e7a propici per a la pr\u00e0ctica de la bicicleta. Enclavada al cor de la plana de l\u2019Urgellet i envoltada de muntanyes, la capital alturgellenca permet als ciclistes una arrencada suau en les seves sortides, i una continuaci\u00f3 que pot complicar-se a voluntat de cadasc\u00fa. Sortint de la Seu, una volta particularment agradable de fer a la tardor, enmig d\u2019un festival de colors ofert pels arbres caducifolis, \u00e9s la volta a Llet\u00f3 pujant pel bosc de Bentanacs. Tot i que \u00e9s cert que el primer tram seria m\u00e9s propi per a ciclistes de carretera que per a ciclistes tot terreny, entre els quals s\u2019hi compta un servidor, l\u2019acc\u00e9s a la pista de Bentanacs b\u00e9 que s\u2019ho val, amb la promesa d\u2019una pedalada que combina el bosc d\u2019alguns trams, amb unes vistes notables, culminades per una panor\u00e0mica espectacular del vessant nord de la serra del Cad\u00ed.<\/p>\n
La ruta comen\u00e7a creuant el riu Segre pel pont de la Palanca, seguint la carretera de Tuixent. Deixarem enrere el poble de Cerc i, encara no a dos costeruts quil\u00f2metres m\u00e9s endavant, la carretera de la vall de la Vansa, per encarar en direcci\u00f3 a Arted\u00f3. La pista de Bentanacs comen\u00e7a dos revolts m\u00e9s enll\u00e0, en un trencall que s\u2019agafa a m\u00e0 dreta i que bruscament ens desvia cap al sud. L\u2019arrencada de la pista \u00e9s suau, molt apropiada per recuperar-se despr\u00e9s de m\u00e9s de sis quil\u00f2metres d\u2019asfalt amb una pujada gaireb\u00e9 constant. Per\u00f2 ben aviat aquesta pista prometedora tamb\u00e9 comen\u00e7a a pujar. La visi\u00f3 del poble del Ges, al vessant oposat de la vall, \u00e9s una bona fita per mesurar la progressi\u00f3 de la ruta: de moment sempre cap al sud i fent pujada. Havent sobrepassat aquest nucli de poblaci\u00f3, la pista pren, progressivament, una orientaci\u00f3 llevantina. En aquest punt, cal no deixar-se temptar per algun trencall que ofereix l\u2019esperan\u00e7a d\u2019una c\u00f2moda baixada, si no es vol acabar al fons d\u2019una torrentera.<\/p>\n
Mitja hora despr\u00e9s d\u2019haver perdut de vista el poble del Ges, la inclinaci\u00f3 de la pista s\u2019endolceix per donar pas a mig quil\u00f2metre de baixada que acaba davant d\u2019una curiosa formaci\u00f3 rocosa. Aquesta roca prominent, que configura una balma, rep el nom de la Barretina per una similitud morfol\u00f2gica evident amb aquesta pe\u00e7a de vestir, malgrat no haver rebut aquest top\u00f2nim la benedicci\u00f3 oficial que representaria estar recollit al Nomencl\u00e0tor de Catalunya.<\/p>\n
En aquest punt comen\u00e7a una nova pujada que ens deixar\u00e0 a coll de Vanses, un veritable nus de comunicacions que ens obliga, en primer lloc, a fer una llarga aturada per contemplar les canals del vessant nord de la serra del Cad\u00ed i, en segon lloc, a prendre decisions, ja que des d\u2019aqu\u00ed podr\u00edem seguir \u2014sempre que les cames responguessin\u2014 fins al peu de la serra i fins a la malaurada ermita de Sant Salvador,\u00a0actualment a punt d\u2019ensorrar-se, o b\u00e9 cap al santuari de la Mare de D\u00e9u de Boscalt. Per\u00f2 si la idea \u00e9s fer la volta a Llet\u00f3 caldr\u00e0 continuar per una pista pedregosa, que sembla oberta a pic, en direcci\u00f3 nord fins al coll de Sant Esteve, des d\u2019on ja s\u2019albiren les ru\u00efnes de les quatre cases de Llet\u00f3. Cal parar compte amb la baixada, plena de c\u00f2rrecs, que ens poden fer perdre f\u00e0cilment l\u2019equilibri. Finalment, arribem ja a la collada de Llet\u00f3. D\u2019un dels prats que envolten aquest coll sobresurt el perfil d\u2019una incoherent estructura semiesf\u00e8rica de formig\u00f3. Es tracta d\u2019un antic b\u00fanquer de la c\u00e8lebre L\u00ednia-P, testimoni d\u2019una \u00e8poca en qu\u00e8 l\u2019entorn era menys pac\u00edfic i m\u00e9s poblat que a l\u2019actualitat.<\/p>\n
La collada de Llet\u00f3 ens ofereix, novament, dues possibilitats. La pista que segueix en direcci\u00f3 nord-oest baixa directament fins a Arted\u00f3, mentre que la que surt en direcci\u00f3 contr\u00e0ria segueix fins a Vilanova de Banat, despr\u00e9s de passar per Llet\u00f3. Des d\u2019all\u00e0 tamb\u00e9 acabarem arribant a Arted\u00f3 per continuar la baixada fins a la Seu despr\u00e9s d\u2019un mat\u00ed de bicicleta.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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