# Saturday in the Berguedà: l'Empalomar via ferrata facing the Pedraforca, the Cercs mine and the Queralt viewpoints The Roques de l'Empalomar ferrata with a Pedratour guide, the train that goes 450 metres into the Sant Romà mine, Berguedà food at La Cabana and the afternoon at the Queralt viewpoints. Fuente: https://www.geocalia.com/en/spain/catalonia/berga/itineraries/empalomar-via-ferrata-pedraforca-bergueda · Revisado: 2026-11-14 ## El día - 07:30 · Salida: 1 h 45 by car (via the C-16 to Berga and the Vallcebre road) - 09:15 · Roques de l’Empalomar via ferrata, in Vallcebre (Pedratour · €49 in groups of 6 to 8, €55 for 3 to 5, €60 if there are two of you · from age 12 · meeting time and place when booking) · Pedratour, From €49 per person - 30 min by car, 12,4 km - 12:30 · Cercs Mining Museum (450 m mining train and miner's house · €11 · on Saturday, 10:00 to 15:00) - 15 min by car, 13,8 km - 14:30 · La Cabana (seasonal Berguedà cooking · €€ · book on its website or on 938 21 04 70; closed Mondays and Tuesdays) · La Cabana, €€ - 9 min by car, 6,1 km - 16:30 · Queralt Viewpoints Path (one hour return from the sanctuary: Cova de la Troballa, two viewpoints and Sant Joan) - 18:00 · Vuelta (in Barcelona around 19:30) The Pedraforca gets its name from its shape: two summits split by a saddle, like a stone pitchfork. To have it in front of you all morning you don't need to climb it. At Vallcebre, on the other side of the valley, the Roques de l'Empalomar have a 300-metre via ferrata that looks straight at it, and with a guide from Pedratour it is the way to step up from family ferratas to a real one. The rest of the day goes from the cliff to the mine and from the mine to the table. ## The ferrata: grade D with a guide The Roques de l'Empalomar via ferrata is part of the Espai Actiu Vallcebre, the council's adventure facilities at the Pla de la Barraca. Turisme del Berguedà rates it D, difficult: 300 metres long, 130 of ascent, about 25 minutes' approach and around an hour and a quarter on the rock, with vertical sections, a traverse and a bridge of about 12 metres. Pedratour runs it as a guided introductory ferrata, two to three hours in total and from age 12. It includes the guide, harness, energy absorber, helmet, insurance and photos. Ask when you book whether the Espai Actiu access pass is included in the price. If it is your first time on a safety line, or you are with children, start with the Canalassa, the family ferrata in the same Vallcebre: 45 minutes to an hour and a quarter, from age 6 and €37. ## Inside the mine Half an hour from Vallcebre, in the Sant Corneli colony, the Cercs Mining Museum takes visitors on a mining train 450 metres into the Sant Romà mine; you walk out with a guide who explains how the coal was cut. There is also an exhibition on life in the colony, an audiovisual and the miner's house as it was in 1940. General admission, €11. At weekends it opens from 10:00 to 15:00 and it closes on Mondays that are not public holidays: that is why it goes before lunch. ## Lunch and the afternoon in Berga La Cabana is a former inn on the edge of Berga that the Badia brothers have run since 2003, with seasonal Berguedà cooking and a dining room with views. The autumn 2026 menu had mountain rice, venison wrapped in Iberian bacon or kid chops. It is open Wednesday to Sunday at midday, from 13:00 to 16:00. Afterwards, the Queralt sanctuary, nine minutes by car above the town. From there, the Queralt viewpoints are an hour's walk to the Cova de la Troballa, two viewpoints and the chapel of Sant Joan, above Berga. ## Qué llevar - Mountain footwear with a good sole - Comfortable clothes that won't snag - Gloves, if you have them - Water and something to eat for the ferrata - A warm layer for the mine ## Cómo llegar ### By car Just over an hour and a half from Barcelona and an hour from Manresa via the C-16 to Berga, then the Vallcebre road up to the Pla de la Barraca. ### Without a car Vallcebre, the Sant Corneli colony and the Queralt sanctuary are on three different roads: this plan needs a car. ## Consejos ### Get a group of three together Pedratour charges €60 for two and €55 for three to five. ### If it rains, the mine and the old town The ferrata is not run on wet rock; the mine and Berga work just the same. ## Preguntas frecuentes ### Do I need experience for the Empalomar ferrata? Not with a guide: Pedratour runs it as an introductory ferrata. You do need fitness, arm strength and no serious fear of heights. ### How much does the day cost? The ferrata from €49, the mine €11 and lunch at La Cabana between €20 and €35. ### Can children come? On the Empalomar, from age 12. With younger children, the Canalassa, from age 6. ### Can it be done independently? Yes, with your own equipment and the Espai Actiu Vallcebre pass, which you buy at the Vallcebre office or at berguedareserves.cat.