History
This mountain range has been very important between the 16th and 18th centuries, as a communication way between Castilla and the Cantabrian. It is considered an important trade route that connected the Northern Peninsula, and therefore, it was very significant on the commercial communications of the northern area. Sierra Salvada is known through its limestone area and the speleological researches done there by the caving groups. Among the more than 350 caves located, there is the most famous one, The System of the Beech Forest of Ponata, cavity located and explored by the Speleological Group of Alava (GEA) between 1983 and 2000. This famous cave has length mapped. Other caves of this mountain range are the Pozalagua System, with length (explored and mapped by the Speleological Group of Alava and the Edelweiss Caving Group) and the San Miguel or the Old Cave. ==Mountains in Sierra Salvada==
Mountains in Sierra Salvada
• Urieta – • Aro – • Ungino – • Tologorri – • Bedarbide – • Solaiera – • Txarlazo – • Arando – ==See also==