GR11 / Stage 7: Ochagavía-Isaba

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↔️ Distance: 21.1 km
📈 Unevenness (+730 m), (-730 m) 📉
🕒 Time: 5h25min (walking time non-stop)
⚠️ Difficulty: medium-easy. Most of the route is on a track. The only notable difficulty is the steep descent to Isaba, which will put our knees to the test.
💧 Water: We will not find fountains until almost the end of the stage.

📌 (0h0min; 0 kms) Ochagavía (750m). Continuing up the road next to the river Anduña, you pass an old building with a sign that reads "estación patatera". On the right is a track that climbs up through pine and boxwoods to the upper part of the mountain. After 2.8 kilometres, we pass an area of fields next to the Juanxeberradre watering hole. The track continues along the divide, and at some points the view towards Abodi is fabulous. We leave a turning to the left (5.3 km), then another to the right (6.7 km) that descends to Ezkaroz and another to the right (7.7 km) before passing a bend (10 km) where there is a precarious refuge on the left.

📌 (2h35min; 11,4 kms) Zotrapea (1.302m). The track crosses another one that goes from the Laza pass to the north to Vidángoz to the south. Soon we come out into a clearing in the forest - the panoramic view over the Pyrenees is spectacular - we pass by the Lakuaga reservoir (12.5 kms) and two kilometres later we come to a junction where we continue straight on. Just after this, there is a path to the right that leads up to Kakueta (1,583m). Continue along the track for one kilometre until you reach the...

📌 (3h40min; 15,4 kms) pass of Millingrate Kakueta (1.356m)We leave the path at a horseshoe bend. We follow the ridge to the east over clear terrain, following the tracks of the off-road vehicles, until we reach the Saitsederra pass (1,360m). The path enters the forest again, where it starts a steep descent through the beech forest that will leave us at the...

📌 (5h05min; 19,7 kms) Hermitage of Idoia (834m). Source. A pleasant path through the forest leads to Isaba. We will pass another source.

📌 (5h25min; 21,1 kms) Isaba (790m).

  • The river Salazar is formed in Ochagavía by the confluence of the Anduña (photo) and Zatoya.
  • Muskilda Sanctuary
  • Orhi Peak
  • Last foothills of the Navarrese Pyrenees. Anie, Mesa de los Tres Reyes, Petrechema, Acherito, etc.
  • Lakuaga reservoir
  • Ateas de Belagua
  • Our Lady of Idoia
  • Near Isaba, on the road to Idoia.

At the beginning of the stage, in OchagavíaThere are several hotels and rural houses: Hotel Auñamendi , Orialde Guesthouse , Bidezarra Rural House , Mantxoalorra Rural House , Pistolo Apartments y Rural House Burret.

At Isaba there is a variety of accommodation. We recommend the SNO Isaba (+34 948 37 00 77; reservas@snoisaba.com) and if there are several of you, we highly recommend the Oxanea Hostel (+34 948 893 153 / 609 447 726; info@albergueoxanea.com;), which has rooms for 5-9 people, restaurant service and free kitchen.

Both in Ochagavía as in Isaba basic services such as a supermarket, cash dispenser or bar-restaurant can be found.

- Alpina: Irati and Aezkoa Valleys (Scale: 1/25.000) and Belagua and Roncal Valleys (Scale: 1/25.000).
- SUA edizioak: Belagua and Zuriza (Scale: 1/25.000).

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