Autumn is the best time of year to visit the Irati Forest, and so when the weather forecast was good, I began my journey. I settled on the town of Abaurrea Baja, located midway between Ochagavia and Orbaiceta, to be the headquarters for my trips into Irati.
From reference and intuition, I had thought that the landscape there would be enjoyable but to my surprise I found it to be overwhelmingly beautiful and exuberant. My eyes, metaphorically, were blinded by a huge explosion of a mixture of colors that flooded the …