All the pictures I've seen make it look perfectly passable on a mountain or chunky gravel bike (if a bit scary with a drop to one side of the trail), but I can't find any information on whether it's permitted at all.
It connects roads that would otherwise take an extra 100 km to go the long way around. https://www.komoot.com/tour/993678404
by fruitshortcake
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I found the answer in the end: **no.**
*Can I ride a mountain bike in the National Park?
Only and exclusively on the tracks that are authorised for motor vehicles and where there are no signs forbidding mountain bikes.*
*You must remember that narrow tracks and paths are not trails (a trail is an infrastructure built using machinery to level off and fill in gaps and it has structural elements, such as bridges, water channels, ditches, etc.).*
*Finally, you are not allowed to ride a mountain bike cross-country or on narrow tracks and paths, as mentioned. Riding a mountain bike on the “Cares Trail”, the “Arcediano Trail”, the “Urdón Trail” and others is strictly forbidden, as there is a huge risk of riding into other walkers or having an accident yourself.*
https://parquenacionalpicoseuropa.es/english/plan-your-visit/
Can’t comment on whether it is allowed, but I walked along it once and wouldn’t go near it with a bike, one slip on the gravel and you’re dead. Not to mention how unsociable it would be for people walking along it.