The route links Ripoll, at an elevation of 682 metres above sea level, with Sant Joan de les Abadesses (775 m). The entire route is paved and flanked by vegetation. The total vertical rise is 160 metres, and there is a gentle 1% incline. This section of the track starts at km 9, right in front of the old train station at Sant Joan de les Abadesses. Some 300 metres past the station, the track crosses the road to Ogassa and begins to rise gradually along the valley of the Malatosca, a tributary of the Ter River that rises from the Cavallera range. You are alerted at each road crossing by cobblestones along the trail and proper signposting throughout the whole itinerary. The track crosses a long-distance (GR) hiking trail some 500 metres from the station, and then crosses the highway again just beyond the GR trail. The route is placid and runs without problem to a point some 2 km before Sant Joan, at the Toralles loading station, where the coal from the mining railway of Ogassa was received: Track Ripoll - Ogassa [GPX] From Toralles, we can head to Ogassa, at 950 metres, along a greenway that winds its way up with mountain views, where the inclined planes system was once installed. This system allowed the wagons loaded with coal from the Ogassa mines to descend to the loading area, while the empty wagons were pulled back up. In Ogassa, we can visit many sites linked to the town’s mining past. The linking section of greenway with Olot begins at the Sant Joan de les Abadesses train station: Link from Sant Joan de les Abadesses to Olot.