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From Bayonne, take the road to Saint-Jean-Pied-de-Port. Leave it at Louhossoa. Take the D119. Pass the leisure centre. When you reach the D22, turn right towards Irissary. Continue for 5 km after Irissary, then, after passing the Suhescun junction, take the first road on the left marked Col des Pidgeon Hunting Huts. Park at the pass.
(S/E) Continue along the road for a few metres and turn left, heading north, onto a path that descends into the forest.
Go through the first gate. This wide path continues through the forest to an intersection
(1) Leave the path that goes straight ahead on the other side of the stream. Turn right and follow the barbed wire fence on your left. The path turns north-east and arrives at a second gate. The barbed wire fence is now on your right. Continuing downhill, the path arrives at a crossroads at an elevation of 252 metres.
(2) Leave the track that descends and turn left. Go through a gate and immediately turn right onto a small path that follows a hedge. Enter the forest. At the edge of the forest, go through another gate and reach the entrance to the hamlet of Azkonbegi at elevation 209.
(3) Head towards the chapel. At the end of the hamlet, the road turns right due east. Sometimes tarmac, sometimes gravel, this wide path leads to a first crossroads at an elevation of 275 metres.
(4) Continue along the track to the left, heading north across the meadow. After a wide bend to the left, it turns sharply to the right. A few metres further on, you will come to a small dirt track that climbs diagonally to the left.
(5) Do not take the path that climbs steeply to the summit.
Take the small path below that heads southwest. After a short climb, follow a contour line interspersed with small climbs. Take the time to admire the views on the left. After passing a shaded area with a large water trough, the path climbs a little to Col Ixtilzarreta.
(6) Turn right, pass by an enclosure, join the track and follow it for a short distance.
(7) Leave the path that goes straight ahead. Turn right (yellow mark). Follow this path to a small plateau at an altitude of 542 metres.
(8) Follow the ridge line to the Hoxanandia summit at an elevation of 577 metres.
(9) Turn back to the Ixtilzarreta Pass you passed earlier.
(6) Climb up the ridge. Leave the very wide track on your right and climb a little way up to a gate leading into a meadow. In the past, the path used to go through this meadow. It is still marked on the IGN map.
(10) Then take a well-marked path on the right that is not shown on the maps. It descends slightly, runs alongside a fence and joins the ridge path at around 450 m.
(11) Continue downhill quite steeply to the Col des Pidgeon Hunting Hut car park (S/E).
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Association / Club / Walk leader
Easy 
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Difficult 
