Virgen de Biakorri

A statue of the Virgin stands at the Pic d'Orisson (1,060 m), marking the point where the route leaves the last of the trees behind and enters fully exposed terrain. From here to the descent into Roncesvalles there's no shelter of any kind. On a clear day the views in every direction are immense — the Basque hills rolling north into France, the high Pyrenees to the east.