moderate
Distance: 95km Unevenness: 1950m
Between the valleys of Roncal and Salazar, classic Navarre Pyrenees middle mountain terrain, Oaks, beeches, wild firs, rocks...
Although on the map does not seem so attractive, in practice a return tour does not require repeating a single kilometer, as both the profile and the landscape from the perspective of the cyclist, can be completely different in one direction or another. It's what happens in this route that runs between the Roncal Valley and the forest of Irati.
Itinerarie: Isaba NA140 - Uztarroz - Pto. de Laza - Izalzu - Ochagavía NA2012 - Pto. de Tapla - Casas de Irati - Pto. de Tapla - Ochagavía NA140 - Izalzu - Pto. de Laza - Uztárroz - Isaba
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Terreno inicialmente en ligero ascenso, con una dificultad final de 2 km al 7% en la llegada al puerto de Laza, desde donde descendemos al valle de Salazar.
Entre Ochagavía y las Casas de Irati, terreno más exigente y despejado para atravesar el paso de Tapla, punto culminante del recorrido (1368 m) antes de dejarnos caer entre las hayas a las Casas de Irati. 14 km con un muro de 8 km al 6% en la ascensión por la vertiente sur y 9,5 km muy uniformes al 5,5% cuando remontemos lo antes descendido entre hayas.
Tras descender Tapla y kilómetros aparte, solo nos quedará un esfuerzo más en los 3 km al 6,5% de la vertiente oeste del puerto de Laza, antes de dejarnos ir hasta Isaba.
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.