BASOAK QUINTO NORTE MTB
MTB by stages in the Pyrenees through the forests of IRATI & QUINTO NORTE, and the BAZTAN Valley
3 to 5 Stages through the border territory of the Atlantic Pyrenees
style - mtb - All Mountain
SELF-GUIDED ROUTE WITH GPS
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BASOAK QUINTO NORTE MTB
THE ROUTE
BASOAK QUINTO NORTE is one of the most demanding versions of the BASOAK UNIVERSE. It is a route that focuses almost exclusively on the border area of the Navarrese Pyrenees, connecting the Irati Forest with the Baztan Valley through a truly unique administrative territory known as como QUINTO NORTE
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In its 4-stage option, it is a proposal that we label as 2xH, or what is the same; 2 nights per hotel; 2 nights in Baztan and 2 nights in the Roncesvalles. area
The difficulty of stage U (Baztan-Burguete) that arises logically because of the difference in altitude between the start and end point of the route (197 vs 893 ms) marks with its 2,100 meters of positive gradient the demanding sporting profile of the BASOAK QUINTO NORTE set.
At the western end, the optional stage L takes us into the lands of Xareta, lands generally known for housing the border towns of Urdax and Zugarramurdi. At the eastern end, the Irati Forest hardly needs an introduction, but in this proposal we include a version of the more demanding route than the usual ones in the area (stage D9), which with its 79 km and 1.715 of unevenness takes us, after crossing the Irati Forest almost entirely, to the summit of Okabe, a privileged balcony over the nearby summit of Ori and its 2,000 metres of altitude, the first summit to boast this altitude when we advance from the sea over the Atlantic Pyrenees.
A second option of circular stage D adds a possible fifth stage to the system that takes us into the Navarrese Pre-Pyrenees, a much more inhospitable territory than the Irati Forest and often unknown even to local bikers.
The experience offered by PIRINEOS PUNTO BIKE consists, in broad terms, of a Self-Guided Tour pack. This includes Accommodations, the GPS Tracks for the route, a detailed map-sketch with alternatives for each stage, and Luggage Transport from hotel to hotel.
- Full technical
route totals - Stage U
Baztan - Espinal - Stage J
Espinal - Baztan - Stage D
Circular Irati - Stage L
Circular Baztan
Stage U: Baztan - Burguete
Distance: 45 / 47 km Unevenness: 2.100 / 1.865 m
Stage J: Burguete - Baztan
Distance: 53 km Unevenness: 1.315 m
Stage Opcional D: Circulares Irati / La Corona
Distance: 79 / 44 km Unevenness: 1.715 / 1.170 m
Stage Opcional L: Circulares Baztan: Xareta / Bidasoa
Distance: 56 / 62 km Unevenness: 1.605 / 1.175 m
The usual route to the full
Distance: 233 km Unevenness: 6.735 m
Baztan - Burguete / Espinal
Divisoria Pirenaica - Etapa Reina
Del Valle del Baztan a Roncesvalles por el Quinto Norte
Burguete / Espinal - Baztan
Los Alduides, el "Shangri-La" pirenaico
Circulares Irati / La Corona
Un baño de Bosque
La etapa D9 de BASOAK QUINTO NORTE es la etapa "SELVA DE IRATI" en un formato más exigente que en el resto de las propuestas de BASOAK.
Una 1ª sección sin grandes desniveles pero en la que se van sumando metros nos ponen en el Pantano de Irabia y las Casas de Irati.
El carácter de bosque total y ambiente maderero predominante hasta ahora comienza a combinarse con zonas de pastos y ambiente ganadero que culminan en la amplia cima del Okabe. Si la niebla no lo impide, esta cima se convertirá en un mirador de 360º practicamente inolvidable y solamente bloqueado hacia el este por la imponente mole del Pico de Ori - el primer 2000, por este lado, de la cordillera pirenaica - que casi nos parece poder tocar.
Al lado mismo del camino aparece el conjunto megalítico de Hilarrita, que con su derroche de 26 cromlechs constituye uno de los más importantes conjuntos funerarios - sino el que más - de la prehistoria pirenaica.
Desde la cima volvemos al Pantano de Irabia y seguimos un línea cercana a la de la ruta de la mañana que nos coloca en Roncesvalles ya a unos pocos kilómetros del final. Momento cerveza!
Si la opción D9 se nos antoja demasiado exigente, siempre podemos recurrir a la opción estándar de BASOAK para la Circular Irati
Si ya conocemos la Selva de Irati, o si preferimos adentrarnos en un territorio mucho más inhospito elegiremos esta opción de ruta que gira alrededor de la calzada romana del Valle de Artze y del monte La Corona, balcón de la Cuenca del Irati y del solitario PREPIRINEO NAVARRO,
Circulares Baztan: Xareta / Bidasoa
Aroma de contrabandistas
THE ROUTE IN DATA
What you could feel!
- Stage U
Baztan - Espinal - Stage J
Espinal - Baztan - Stage D
Circular Irati - Stage L
Circular Baztan
Baztan - Burguete / Espinal
Divisoria Pirenaica - Etapa Reina
Dura subida, con algún tramo de "peaje" -empujar bici- antes de pasar al bucólico entorno del Valle del Kintoa vasco/francés.
Cencellada, bunker de la Línea P y flow Pirineum Navarrorum. Magia en BASOAK MTB
Collado de Aratun, referencia geográfica del macizo del Adi.
Sendero por la ladera oriental del Adi. Nos encontramos en la cota más elevada de la ruta.
Ascenso exigente entre el Albergue de Sorogain y la cima de Txasperro
Espectaculo bajo las laderas de Mendiaundi
Comienza el descenso hacia Roncesvalles por las laderas del Pico Mendiaundi.
Burguete / Espinal - Baztan
Los Alduides, el "Shangri-La" pirenaico
Largo descenso hacia Alduides
Interiores de la vertiente norte del Pirineo vasco/francés. Caminos del territorio conocido como Quinto Norte.
En algunos momentos dudaremos si los "bichos" que vemos son ovejas o cabras.
Bikers en Arrikulunka, -La piedra en coloca-
La segunda sección de la etapa coincide durante varios kilómetros con el trazado del GR®T 5, Kulunka Bidea.
Sucesión de collados en la línea de la divisoria fronteriza. Testigos mudos de la prolongada actividad contrabandística de la zona. En la imagen, Ehiartza.
Llegada al Collado de Berdaritz, paso habitual en las transpirenaicas de BTT por la vertiente norte.
A caballo entre el Baztan y el vasco / francés valle de KINTOA, el Collado de Berdaritz se erige como máximo representante del paso clandestino de personas por la línea fronteriza en épocas convulsas, especialmente en la Segunda guerra mundial. Si te interesa el tema puedes ver algo más aquí: RECURUT - Paso del Puerto de Berdaritz
Valle de Baztan, comienza el descenso del día.
Pastoreo ciclista en Gorostapolo
Circular Irati o La Corona
Un maraton de bosques y prados
Etapa SELVA DE IRATI
Escenas cotidianas en las laderas del Okabe.
Uno de los más impresionantes conjuntos megalíticos de los Pirineos. Los 26 cromlechs de Hilarrita en las inmediaciones de la cima de Okabe.
Senderos algo técnicos bordeando el Pantano de Irabia.
La ruta va alternando grandes zonas boscosas con otras de carácter más pastoril.
Coronando la cima del Okabe sin bajarnos de la bicicleta. Cuando la niebla no lo impide, sus 1466 metros de altitud y su ubicación en el centro del eje pirenaico conforman un mirador espectacular.
Descenso de Okabe.
Presa del Pantano de Irabia en el corazón de la SELVA de IRATI.
Etapa LA CORONA
Si ya conocemos la Selva de Irati, o si preferimos adentrarnos en un territorio mucho más inhospito elegiremos esta opción de ruta que gira alrededor de la calzada romana del Valle de Artze y del monte La Corona, balcón de la Cuenca del Irati y del solitario PREPIRINEO NAVARRO,.
Ladera norte del Monte La Corona. A sus pies, Garralda, modelo de pueblo pirenaico navarro.
Vista del semidesértico Valle de Arce desde la amplia meseta cimera del desconocido monte La Corona.
Vertiente oeste de la cima del día; La Corona / Erratzu. Comodos prados con mucho "flow" que utilizamos en el descenso hacia los pueblos de Arrieta y Villanueva de Arce.
Paísaje desde el Mirador de La Corona. Espectáculo visual hacia la Navarra Profunda.
Muy a menudo el final de la temporada se convierte en el momento estrella para lo nuestro.Valle de Artze
Poco acostumbrados a ver personas en esta etapa por el desconocido sur prepirenaico, los animales tienen por aquí un "punto" de salvajes.
Escenas del Valle de Artze. Horreo al pie de la Calzada Romana.
Descendiendo hacia Oroz-Betelu, el Río Irati se esfuerza por hacerse ver en la densidad boscosa a la que el mismo contribuye.
Circular Baztan
Aroma de contrabandistas
Últimos rayos del día en las cimas de BAZTAN.
Vista sobre el Valle de Aritzakun, rincones escondidos o casí "Navarra profunda". Toponímia con fuerza sonora en este area; Aritzakun, Urritzate, Arizkun, Bozate...
Paisaje típico baztanes
Borda escondida en la vegetación en las inmediaciones de Urdax.
En ocasiones el bosque te deja atónito.
El descenso a Dantxarienea desde la cima de Gorospil por la cresta de la imagen, es la "guinda" de la etapa circular de BASOAK MTB en el BAZTAN. Se puede visualizar en Youtube en este espectácular vídeo realizado por Skydio 2.
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THE ROUTE IN PICTURES
Expect to feel it!
OUR LODGES
The half of the Trip
- Lodging for stages with start in Burguete
- Lodging for stages with start in Espinal
- Lodging for stages with start in Elizondo
Hotel Loizu
Hostal Rural Haizea
Hotel Trinkete 3*
- Important -
In the rural world that our routes run through, hotel establishments are usually small. It is often difficult to book the sequence of accommodations necessary to complete a Pack, especially if the number of participants in a group is a bit high.
Booking in advance is often the key. It is not a commercial trick on our part. Many times, that reservation with enough time in advance is simply the difference between being able or not being able to reserve the Pack.
3 Stages / 3 Nights
2 stages in line and 1 circular
430 € Price per person for groups of 6 or more people
462 € Price per person for groups of 5 people
454 € Price per person for groups of 4 people
516 € Price per person for groups of 3 people
525 € Price per person for groups of 2 people
Single room supplement: 127 € When the group consists of an even number of people, an even number of applications will also be necessary to access this supplement.
4 Stages / 4 Nights
2 stages in line and 2 circular stages
558 € Price per person for groups of 6 or more people
596 € Price per person for groups of 5 people
580 € Price per person for groups of 4 people
652 € Price per person for groups of 3 people
652 € Price per person for groups of 2 people
Single room supplement: 156 €
When the group consists of an even number of people, an even number of applications will also be necessary to access this supplement.5 Stages / 5 Nights
2 stages in line and 3 circular stages
660 € Price per person for groups of 6 or more people
702 € Price per person for groups of 5 people
682 € Price per person for groups of 4 people
762 € Price per person for groups of 3 people
752 € Price per person for groups of 2 people
Single room supplement: 186 €
When the group consists of an even number of people, an even number of applications will also be necessary to access this supplement.Add night at the end of the route
And you can add a Night with Breakfast at the end of the route -in the same hotel where you started it- for 56 € per person in a double room or for 95 € in a single room
In these proposals when the groups are odd, the accommodation is offered in double rooms and a single room.
- TRIPLE ROOMS ARE NEVER USED -
If you want the price of the Pack to be cheaper, perhaps we can lower the level of one of the chosen hotels. And also, if the number of participants is odd; request a triple room.
- This management is only done once the Pack has been contracted -
Rates for the whole year, subject to availability.
The prices may vary when the dates coincide with the Easter holidays or with the Patron Festivities of any of the places of accommodation.
- As many nights of accommodation in Hotel as stages have the Pack
The 1st in B&B and the rest in Half board - Shower and luggage reception at the end of the last stage despite you don’t spend the night at the finalising point of the route
Transport of luggage between hotels
1 bag or package of a maximum of 20 kg per person
If not needed, the cost of this service will be deducted from the proposal- Tracks of the route in GPX format for mobile phones or GPS devices and printed map with each day routes options
- Explanatory printed map-sketch of the different route options for each stage
One per stage Download sample - Link to services that may be necessary along the route
- Presentation of the route and delivery of information in hand the day of the arrival of the group to the hotel or the morning of the next day when groups are of 6 or more people
- Telephone assistance for incidents or consultations during the days of the contracted activity
- Beers or other consumptions outside the proposed menus in the dinners or during the stay in hotels
- Meals in restaurants at the time of the noon, unless it has been agreed previously to replace dinner with meals
- Any kind of sports material, helmets, shoes, etc
- Mechanical Assistance during the activity
If possible, we will try to help you in case of a breakdown, but in many situations this help can be very limited due to lack of specific spare parts or other circumstances. The cost of the service if it can be done is € 18 per hour + € 0.40 per kilometer. - Anything not expressly indicated in the offer
- Airport/station pick up
We put you in contact with the transfer companies that provide these services. We do not include its cost in our proposal. - Bicycle rental
We put you in touch with a rental service in the nearest place to the route start point - Hire Asistance / Accident Insurance
and / or Trip Cancellation Insurance
- Best time to go: The route can be done once the snow disappears in the highest mountains of the route. From there, we dare not say that one era is better than another. It really depends on the specific weather of the days we choose.
Do not underestimate the weather, not even in the middle of summer. The conditions -especially in the Pyrenees- can be identical to those of the Central Pyrenees. To summarize... our advice is: bring even the long culotte and if it doesn´t come out from the suitcase, all the better.
In summer it is necessary to be aware of the possibility of storms -frequent in the afternoons-. - Type of tracks: Paths and tracks with more physical than technical demands, both uphill and downhill. The "singletracks" selected from the MTB Centres through which the route passes are usually blue level. Sometimes they can be red, but it is always a temporary and avoidable difficulty. To summarise, we can say that the aim is to make the paths have "flow" while avoiding the "enduro" concept as much as possible.".
For technically demanding sections - which sometimes exist - when possible we offer alternative tracks, although the easiest way to avoid distorting the route is to get off the bike. - Ideal bike: Preferably a dual suspension MTB bike.
- Orientation: The route must be followed with a GPS device or with the mobile phone App that you are used to using for the same purpose.
It is not advisable to try to learn how to use an App on the fly.
We do not provide Apps or GPS user manuals. It is up to the users to have this knowledge.
There is no on-site signage. - Ciclability: Depending on the technical skills and strength of each person, the route is 98%.
- Provisioning: Although we sometimes find refreshment points, depending on the time of year we may find that some establishments are closed. The documentation we provide at the start of the route provides information on the options at each stage.
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