The beginning of the descent returns along the same edge of the mountain and follows the ridge towards the southeast, with the great peaks of the Navarrese Pyrenees in front of you. The aspect of the range appears rugged and inaccessible, especially to overcome the steep cliffs of the Peña Ezkieta (1,906 m), but the path does not have complicated steps with good visibility, dry terrain and ease in rugged mountain relief. The journey runs through the three peaks that make up the Ezkieta massif and maintains the course and aerial style along the Keleta ridge (1,910 m), where the most technical and delicate step along the edge of the ridge is. In summer and without ice or snow it should not present problems. In any case, the most exposed section of the ridge can be avoided by a more comfortable and safer path that begins at the beginning of the crossing and does not pass through these summits, traveling along the west slope a few meters below the rope until a gap with a mound ahead that can be avoided to the left. Then the descent continues along steep slopes of mountain grasslands to the pond of the Lapatia hill. At the crossroads there is a smuggling route towards Arrakogoiti and Venta de Juan Pito, and another direct route towards Venta de Arrako through the forests of the Lapatia stream. And there is also the option of continuing straight ahead and passing through the summit of Larrondo (1,703 m) before descending to the Belagua plain and closing this magnificent mountain route in the mountains of the Roncal Pyrenees.
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