Puig Tomir
Peak · 1104 m · Mallorca
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The bare limestone pyramid of Puig Tomir dominates the skyline north of the Lluc climb to Coll de sa Batalla, at 1,103 metres the highest point in the northern half of the Serra de Tramuntana. From the summit you can pick out the bays of Pollença and Alcúdia, and on a clear day Menorca.
For a rider willing to leave the bike at Lluc and hike to the top, through holm oak forest and open limestone scree, the payoff is a second set of mountains: Puig Major and Puig de Massanella, Mallorca's two higher summits, rise across the interior, though Puig Major's own top is closed to the public, occupied by a military radar installation. By elevation, Puig Tomir is only the twentieth-highest point in the Balearics; by prominence, how independently a peak rises from what surrounds it, the mountain ranks fifth among more than 1,200 recorded summits. Puig Tomir itself falls within the finca pública de Binifaldó, a 377-hectare public estate that the Balearic government now runs as a mountain refuge and environmental study centre, hosting more than 1,400 schoolchildren a year for field courses on the Tramuntana.
Practical
The summit route is rated a demanding T3 walk, six to eight hours round trip from the Lluc Monastery car park, with one stretch near the top secured by a fixed cable. There is no water source along the way; the nearest refreshments are back at the monastery or the Refugi de Son Amer.
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