Walk Summary
Chucking it down with rain this morning made me think about turning out today but having had the benefit of an extra rest day to recover from a tough day on Peña Telera I really did not want to use the weather as an excuse not to go up Itzaga.
So taking my time to get ready and slow a drive from campsite to walk start point gave the rain a chance to clear leaving cloud and decidedly Autumnal feel. At this latitude and elevation you really can't use this sort of weather as an excuse not to go out when I think about some of the weather I have turned out in Scotland.
Nothing much more to say about this walk other than it is a straight forward following the track south from Zuazu, made even easier by being able to drive at least 500m down the track before the ruts become too much for a standard road vehicle.
If you had a 4x4 you could even drive all the way to Ermita de San Miguel, but there is no avoiding a 500m walk SE from the Ermita to Itzaga summit and trig pillar.
Walk or drive there is no obvious route to the summit other than heading uphill, you eventually picking up a path leading over two or three false summits before emerging onto the grassy summit crown surmounted by a trig pillar.
Walk Statistics
Peaks visited
Spain/Portugal 300m - 599m Prominence Peaks (1000+)
Route
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| Planned start point in Zuaza looks like can drive up track towards Itzaga summit |
So taking my time to get ready and slow a drive from campsite to walk start point gave the rain a chance to clear leaving cloud and decidedly Autumnal feel. At this latitude and elevation you really can't use this sort of weather as an excuse not to go out when I think about some of the weather I have turned out in Scotland.
Nothing much more to say about this walk other than it is a straight forward following the track south from Zuazu, made even easier by being able to drive at least 500m down the track before the ruts become too much for a standard road vehicle.
If you had a 4x4 you could even drive all the way to Ermita de San Miguel, but there is no avoiding a 500m walk SE from the Ermita to Itzaga summit and trig pillar.
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| Looking SE from Ermita up ridge towards Izaga summit. No path here but one appears further along |
Walk Statistics
Walk Date - 07 October 2018
Walkers - Steve Smith
Walkers - Steve Smith
Accommodation - Camping Iturbero, Lumbier
Start Point - Trackside 500m south of Zuazu. (N42°43'52" W1°26'48")
Start Time - 11:45
Start Time - 11:45
Finish Point - Trackside 500m south of Zuazu. (N42°43'52" W1°26'48")
Finish Time- 14:24
Total Duration - 2hrs 39mins
Overall Average pace - 2.47mph
Total Distance Walked - 6.54 miles
Total Height Ascended - 762.00metres
Overall Average pace - 2.47mph
Total Distance Walked - 6.54 miles
Total Height Ascended - 762.00metres
Spain/Portugal 600m Prominence Peaks (168S - 185S&P - 2165E)
Itzaga (25S - 26S&P - 55E)
Pyrenees Top 50 by Prominence (50)
Itzaga (8)
NONE
Spain/Portugal 150m - 299m Prominence Peaks (3000+)
NONE
Spain Autonomous Community High Points (19)
NONE
Spain Province High Points (52)
Moncoya (5&6)
S: Spain
P: Portugal
E:Europe
P: Portugal
E:Europe
Other walks on this trip
2018
September
17th Signal d'Ecouves & Mont des Avaloirs
18th Mont Baïgura
19th Autza
October
02nd Pico Pico Collarada
04th Peña Telera
07th Itzaga
18th María
19th Sagra
19th Sagra
21st La Atalaya
22nd Cerro de Javalambre
24th Terrier de Saint-Martin-du-Fouilloux & Maine-et-Loire High Point
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| Itzaga summit beyond ridge from walk start point 500m south of Zuazu. Hiker on his way down from early visit to summit
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