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The mark of the drought is making itself felt this summer in Montseny, with dry springs, such as El Frare and Passavets, and with the Santa Fe reservoir with very little water, as these photographs show in Las Fotos de los Lectores de La Vanguardia.
The itinerary of the Frare spring begins at the Can Casades site, the information center of the Montseny Natural Park. Once outside the enclosure, continue down towards the Santa Fe stream and, towards the west, go up the path of Can Lleonart.
Upon reaching the Cal Trompo path, the route crosses it and continues bordering the Santa Fe stream to reach the Frare spring.
From this point, it turns east, passing near the car park of l’Avet Blau restaurant, to finally return to Can Casades.
As regards the Passavets spring, we find the starting point of the SL-C 208 De Santa Fe al turó de l’Home i les Agudes itinerary. This short-distance trail recovers one of the most traditional hiking routes in the Santa Fe Valley. There are multiple options for walking it.
For its part, the drought is advancing in the Santa Fe del Montseny reservoir, built in 1920 to generate electricity at that time for a luxury hotel.
This reservoir owes its name to the stream on which it is built, that of Santa Fe, a tributary of the Tordera river, and belongs to the municipality of Fogàs de Monclús, in Vallès Oriental.
However, the reservoir drinks from various streams such as Passavets or Gualba, although this summer not much water has yet flowed down these streams in the absence of rain.
The history of this reservoir dates back to the beginning of the 20th century when the Barcelona businessman and publisher Ramón Montaner bought the valley of Santa Fe.
His goal was to build a luxury hotel and, since there was no electricity, he had a dam built. Finally, it was necessary to build the reservoir, in 1935.
