← All eventsBasajaun
~870km self-supported gravel bikepacking ultra through the green Basque mountains and Pyrenees foothills, ~15,000m+ of steep relentless climbing. ~2027 date and figures are approximate.
Around 16,000m of steep climbing packed into 870km of Basque gravel. The vertical, not the distance, defines this one. Self-supported and self-navigated, out of Vitoria-Gasteiz into the green mountains.
The line strings together forest and farm tracks, punchy climbs and steep loaded descents through lush valleys and the Pyrenees foothills. No markings, no feed stations, just a GPX file and the woods.
It is relentless rather than technical. The climbing is never long and never over, hill after hill on tired legs across several nights of real darkness. A savage, honest test of who can keep climbing.
Is Basajaun for you?
- Strong steep climbers who can repeat an effort. This is won on the twentieth punchy gravel climb of day four, not on raw top-end power.
- Self-sufficient riders happy alone. No support crew and no markings, so remote villages and Spanish siesta hours mean you plan your own resupply.
- Anyone who has bivvied and ridden real darkness. Several genuine nights on gravel reward riders at home with proper lights and a sleep plan.
- Riders who like it green and wet. The Basque Country is lush because it rains, so damp forests and slippery steep descents come with the ground.
Training plan for Basajaun
A training plan for Basajaun isn't a generic base build. Beina reads the event's exact demands, looks at your specific profile and the time you actually have, and maps a highly adapted plan to the start line.
- Around 16,000m of steep, punchy climbing across 870km, cumulative hill after hill
- Steep, often wet forest descents on a loaded bike with tired legs
- Several genuine nights riding gravel in real darkness
- Self-supported resupply around remote villages and Spanish opening hours
- Big steep-climbing gravel days, building vertical toward 3,000m+ on a single ride
- Steep-climb repeats, 4 to 6 by 8 to 15 minutes at Z3 on gravel, for repeatable climbing
- Back-to-back weekends: a big climbing day, then 5 to 7 hours hilly on tired legs
- A 3 to 4 day self-supported gravel trip with full kit, plus overnight rides in the dark
- Built from your current fitness and the time you actually have
- Adapts every week as Beina learns how you respond
- Syncs your sessions straight to Garmin and Wahoo
- One clear next session, never a wall of spreadsheet
