The central point of the hunting is Pena Yieja, right in the heart of the Picos, and to reach the royal hunting box a distance from Camaleno, where the party mounts, is only 12 miles but the ascent is sharp all the way and at places great care has to be taken in passing along narrow paths looking over abrupt precipices. The site of the hunting box is Lo roza, at a height of 8,600 feet above sea-level and here has been built a miniature palace containing many modern comforts. At night it is always cold at this height and many of the mountain peaks are covered with eternal snow. Even during the day cool winds are constant.

Activity is the watchword during the King's short stay. Everybody must have breakfasted and be ready to start at seven in the morning for the higher peaks where the chamois is found. All the hunters are provided with ropes in case of danger in passing the deep precipices, on the edges of which the chamois has been marked. The small animals are usually noticed at a long distance like small black dots leaping from point to point. Shooting has to be extremely accurate and as a rule many shots are expended on one animal as he dashes headlong among the rocks. Sometimes a mountain mist arises and then shooting, is almost useless while it causes the hunters to separate and oftentimes to get lost in the mountains, where parties of miners, who are numerous in the district, search for them. 