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| Page Type: Mountain/Rock Location: Navarra, Spain, Europe Lat/Lon: 42.88830°N / 1.9802°W Activities: Hiking, Mountaineering Season: Spring, Summer, Fall Elevation: 4901 ft / 1494 m | Page By: Rafa Bartolome Created/Edited: Apr 9, 2004 / Mar 10, 2009 Object ID: 152504 Hits: 2553 Loading... Page Score: 88.58% - 15 Votes Loading... Vote: Log in to vote |
Overview
San Donato's range with its characteristic form of syncline hung is one of the most important of Navarre because it's very visible from very diverse points of its geography and the neighboring province of Pais Vasco. For all its faces it presents a hard slope over the valleys of Sakana, Ergoiena and Arakil. All the range is located in the Sierra de Andia and with the nearest Sierra de Urbasa constitute the natural park of Urbasa-Andia, one of the most interesting enviroments of Navarre.
Placed to the west of Pamplona, the capital and more important city of the province of Navarre, for its nearness is one of the most visited mountains. Due to its length there are many routes of ascent to the summits of the range of diverse difficulty for all kinds of mountaineers, from the hard slopes without degree of technical difficulty as Unanua up to the rock-climbing of the Morro-Iyurbain. In winter it is necessary experience in snow and unfortunately the most of the years some victim fall in this mountain.
The nameThe name of the range comes from the former hermitage of San Donato and San Cayetano that is in Beriain's summit.
The small church in the summit of San Donato is the highest one in Navarra (restaurated 2005).
Summits
The 3 principal summits: Beriain (or San Donato, 1494m), Iyurbain (or Morro de San Donato, 1420m), and Leziza (1360m).
The range of San Donato (Sierra de san Donato) is a part of the mountain range of Andia (Sierra de Andia) and is completed with the range of Satrustegui (Sierra de Satrustegui) with a long ridge that includes the summits of Amorro (1345m), Satrustegui (1207m), Txurregui (1125m) and Gaztelu (1002m).
The last spurs of range of Andia in direction to Urbasa's range: Trinidad de Iturgoyen (1221m), and Mugaga (1221m).
Some routes (slope):
Long but easiest: Lizarraga (414m). You need generally another car in some of the others trailheads.
Hardest in order of difficulty: Ollo-Ilzarbe across Sierra de Satrústegui (900m), Goñi (950m), Unanua (normal, 854m), Huarte-Arakil (815m), Yabar (830m), ...and more.
Getting ThereTo approach to Pamplona (main city of Navarra):
-By air: to airport of Noain-Pamplona from Madrid or Barcelona.
-By train: see renfe.
-By car or bus: from Madrid (N-I, Burgos-Vitoria-Pamplona,407km), Barcelona (Lleida-Zaragoza-Pamplona,437km), Zaragoza (N-232+N-240 or A62+A15, 175km).
Red TapeNo permits required. It's located in Natural Park of Urbasa and Andia but not fees are necessary.
Important: the normal routes are generally not complicated but in the last years the mountain had some deadly accidents. You must be carefull with leave the normal paths (the falls are very impressives) specailly in winter.
June 26, 2005, sunday: 2 new deaths in the mountain, Borja and Ruben R.I.P. (link in spanish to new)
When To ClimbMay-October.
In winter it's a great experience for the magnificent views but it's a little dangerous, specially the summits of Iyurbain and Leziza. It's necessary the use of crampons and ice-axe and to have precaution with the avalanches if it has snowed recently since the slopes are important (2 victims in 2003 in route from Uharte-Arakil and 1 in the Morro).
CampingPamplona, with a lot of hotels, restaurants,... no problem except 6 to 14 july, when the popular and international fiestas of sanfermines are celebrated.
Mountain ConditionsI.N.Meteorología-Spain.
Diario de Navarra-El Tiempo
Meteodat-Euskadi.net
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