easy
Distance: 41km Unevenness: 690m
Mid-mountain terrain with some Aragonese character.
This route is a simple suggestion to fill in a day when for any reason the activity should be brief.
Itinerarie: Isaba NA137 - Urzainqui - Roncal - NA176 - Garde - Pto. Matamachos - Garde -NA137 - Roncal - Urzainqui - Isaba
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Comenzamos descendiendo hacia el sur, hasta un poco después de Roncal, donde giramos a la izquierda junto a la ermita de San Martín, en busca de Garde.
Traspasado éste, a los 4 kilómetros comienza la ascensión, 5 kilómetros escasos a casi un 7% de pendiente media con algunas rampas que superan el 10% en el último kilómetro.
Vistazo desde lo alto a los valles y las montañas del Pirineo aragonés que aquí comienza y vuelta por donde hemos venido...
We are where we are, in the Atlantic Pyrenees, with a plain to the North with localities at very low altitude and ports that are close to the 2000m range.
The southern slope is more "human", towns are in a higher altitude and the slopes are not so important.
The vast majority of the routes cover the ports of the "greats": Issarbe, La Piedra de St Martin, Laberouat, Bagargi, Artaburu, Arnostegi, Ahuski, Larrau...with slopes ranging between 1000 and 1700 meters. Some routes ascent one of these ports, others 2 or 3 and even more.
We anticipated this so the criteria are clear for each 6 levels that we have chosen for the ranking of the routes.