Mount Baigura
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| Mount Baigura | |
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 Paragliding from the Baigura |
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| Elevation | 897 metres (2,943 ft) |
| Location | France |
| Range | Pyrenees |
| Coordinates | Coordinates: |
| Easiest route | Hike |
Mount Baigura (el. 897 m./2943 ft.) is a mount of the inner French Basque Country. Transmitters are set up near its summit.
The Leisure base of the Baigura, on the road from Hélette to Louhossoa (in the commune of Mendionde), organizes the practice of paragliding on the northern slope of the mountain.
[edit] Name
The name Baigura is related to modern Euskara ibar 'valley' / ibai 'river' and guren 'limit' and means 'the end of valley'.
[edit] Geography
The Baigura is the highest point of a small isolated pre-pyrenean massif inside the French Basque Country (south-west of Aquitaine), between the former provinces of Labourd and Lower Navarre.
The Haltzamendi (818 m) extends the massif toward the south.
[edit] Climbing routes
The summit can be reached from Heraitze in Helette passing by the St Vincent chapel (Bixintxoko kapera), or from the Leisure base.
The Haltzamendi can be reached from Bidarray.
