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Larrun

905m

Larrun mountain range

Summit weather

buztanki · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Wikimedia Commons

Elevation
905m
Prominence
670m
Relief
901mabove the lowest point within 5 km
Steepest slope
45°within 1 km of the summit
Snow at the summit
NoneSee month by month ↓
Summit
43.3089°N, 1.6356°W

Mountain in Navarre / France border

Larrun is a mountain in the Larrun mountain range (France). Its summit stands 905 m above sea level. Its prominence — how far it rises above the highest saddle linking it to a taller summit — is 670 m.

From the lowest point within 5 km (4 m), it rises 901 m. The steepest side is the south face: 24° on average over the first kilometre. In places the ground near the top reaches 45° — terrain for climbers, not walkers.

The nearest town is Ascain, 4 km away at 20 m: 885 m below the summit.

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Scores

Larrun for skiers and climbers

Two scores out of 10, built only from open data — every part is shown. They describe what the mountain offers, not how safe it is.

Hiking & mountaineering

7.0/10

Difficulty to the top

Hike

Most path sections around the top are T2 on the SAC hiking scale.

Indicative only — never a safety assessment. Conditions change: ask local guides and check the forecast.

  • 2.5/2.519 waymarked routes and 288 path sections nearby
  • 0.5/1.52 huts and shelters
  • 0.9/2885 m of ascent from the valley
  • 1.2/1.5670 m of prominence
  • 1.5/1.512 months with summit afternoons above −5 °C
  • 0.3/1via ferratas, climbing and glaciers

Ski score

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No ski runs within 12 km in OpenStreetMap.

How these scores are made

Ski (where OpenStreetMap has skiing within 12 km): up to 4 points for the length of downhill runs (300 km or more = 4), 1.5 for the number of lifts (40+), 1.5 for the vertical between lift stations (1,500 m) and 3 for the snow season — a month counts when the estimated mean temperature at the height of the ski area is −1 °C or lower and snow falls or lies there (NASA POWER, 2001–2020). Hiking & mountaineering: up to 2.5 for waymarked routes and paths, 1.5 for huts, 2 for the ascent from the valley (2,000 m), 1.5 for prominence (3,000 m), 1.5 for the season (months with summit afternoons above −5 °C) and 1 for via ferratas, climbing and glaciers. OpenStreetMap is built by volunteers: where few things are mapped, a score can be lower than reality.

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Snow

When there is snow on Larrun

In a normal year there is no snow on this mountain, not even at the summit.

Estimate for a normal year: average temperature and precipitation from NASA POWER, carried to each height, in a simple model of snow building up and melting. In a given year snow can come earlier or stay longer. It does not replace the local snow and avalanche bulletin.

Summit weather

Larrun, month by month

Not a forecast: long-term averages (1991–2020), carried up to the summit. The orange line is where an average afternoon reaches 0 °C; above the dashed blue line it freezes even at dawn.

On an average August afternoon the summit reaches about 18 °C; on February nights it falls to about 2 °C. Afternoons at the top are above freezing in every month of the average year. In August the 0 °C line climbs to about 3,720 m, above the summit: the top thaws on an average afternoon. Across the region, July is the driest month (48 mm) and November the wettest (149 mm).

0 m1,000 m2,000 m3,000 m4,000 mSUMMIT · 905 mASCAIN · 20 mJanuary: 1,800 mFebruary: 1,800 mMarch: 2,120 mApril: 2,400 mMay: 2,800 mJune: 3,320 mJuly: 3,600 mAugust: 3,720 mSeptember: 3,460 mOctober: 3,030 mNovember: 2,300 mDecember: 1,920 mJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
0 °C on an average afternoon 0 °C at dawn the summit
MonthSummit high °CSummit low °CAscain high °C0 °C line (m)Rain & snow (mm)Wet daysSun h/day
January62121,800126142.6
February62121,80096134.0
March83142,12090125.5
April105152,40086146.3
May128182,80082137.2
June1611213,32068118.1
July1813233,60048108.4
August1813243,72050107.8
September1712223,46064127.1
October149203,03094134.9
November95152,300149153.2
December73121,920117142.8

Estimate: the NASA POWER climate of a ~55 km cell (average height 118 m), adjusted to the summit by −6.5 °C per 1,000 m. Rain, wet days and sunshine are those of the region. Mountain weather changes fast — always check a local forecast. ★ = mildest months at the top.

Relief

The mountain in profile

Two cuts through the summit, 16 km long, from the 30 m Copernicus elevation model. Heights drawn 3× taller than lengths, so the shape can be seen.

West – east
905 m30 m0 km2 km4 km6 km8 km10 km12 km14 km16 kmWE
South – north
905 m0 m0 km2 km4 km6 km8 km10 km12 km14 km16 kmSN
Steepness by direction
30°N: 20°NNE: 21°NEE: 13°ESE: 14°SES: 24°SSW: 22°SWW: 16°WNW: 23°NW

Average slope of the first kilometre from the summit. The orange petal is the steepest side.

Around the mountain

Huts, lifts and trails around Larrun

Counted around the summit in OpenStreetMap, the map anyone can edit. The satellite plate shows 14 × 14 km.

Larrun seen from above (Sentinel-2) N 5 km

Sentinel-2 cloudless 2016 (EOX, CC BY 4.0), 14 × 14 km, north up. Points © OpenStreetMap contributors.

  • 2mountain huts and shelters

    Arrano Xola (570 m), Cabane d'Usategieta (463 m)

  • —cable cars, gondolas, chairlifts and rack railways
  • —ski areas
  • 19waymarked hiking routes

    La traversée des Pyrénées - sec.9, Étape 01, Étape 02, Variante 1.1 and 15 more

  • —via ferratas
  • 3climbing crags and routes

    Mur d'escalade de Chantaco

  • —named glaciers
  • 15viewpoints

    La Rhune, Santa Barbara, Pont Romain, Panorama and 11 more

  • 18campsites

    La Corniche, Camping Aire Ona, Chourio, La Petite Rhune and 14 more

  • 130hotels, B&Bs and chalets

    Hôtel Les Goëlands, Ohartzia, Hôtel Chantaco Golf et Wellness, L'Océan and 126 more

  • 238restaurants and cafés

How hard are the paths?

288 path sections within 5 km, by SAC hiking scale (T1 easy walk … T6 difficult alpine).

T1T2T3T4
  • T1 hiking
  • T2 mountain hiking
  • T3 demanding mountain hiking
  • T4 alpine hiking

Towns at the foot

  • Ascain4 km · 20 m
  • Sare4 km · 81 m
  • Bera5 km · 54 m
  • Urrugne8 km · 37 m
  • Lesaka8 km · 66 m
  • Etxalar8 km · 100 m
  • Saint-Pée-sur-Nivelle9 km · 22 m
  • Ciboure9 km · 14 m

OpenStreetMap is built by volunteers: a low number may just mean nobody has mapped it yet. Places © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL).

Photos

Seen by climbers and visitors

Larrun - Refugio 01
Basotxerri · CC BY-SA 4.0
View from La Rhune 2009 2
Smiley.toerist · CC BY-SA 4.0

Recent years

How each month compared at the summit

Afternoon high at the summit (estimate). The first row is the reference, the 1991–2020 average in °C; the years show only the difference.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
1991–2020 average6681012161818171497
2020+0.9+2.9+0.2+1.8+2.4−1.1±0.0+0.5+0.6−2.0+1.6+0.4
2021−1.0+2.2−0.2−0.4−0.8−0.4−1.2−1.3+0.6−0.4−1.6+1.5
2022−0.5+1.6+0.5−0.9+2.1+1.4+2.5+1.7+1.0+2.5+2.3+2.0
2023+0.1+0.3+1.7+1.0+0.4+1.6+0.8+1.2+2.9+3.4+1.9+1.7
2024+1.7+2.5+1.6+1.1−0.2−0.5+0.9+0.7−1.6+0.5+2.3+0.7
2025+1.2+2.3±0.0+1.7+0.9+2.7+0.3+1.4−0.2+1.0+1.2+1.2

+1 warmer than usual −1 cooler than usual

About these numbers

Names, elevation, prominenceWikidata (Q2737839) · CC0
Relief, 3D view, profilesCopernicus DEM GLO-30 · © DLR e.V., © Airbus Defence and Space GmbH, Copernicus/ESA
ClimateNASA POWER, 1991–2020 · CC BY 4.0
Around the mountain© OpenStreetMap contributors · ODbL
ImagesEOX Sentinel-2 cloudless 2016 · CC BY 4.0; Wikimedia Commons

Every figure is an average, an estimate or a count from a public dataset. Licences and methods: data sources.

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