Irukurutzeta, Mountain summit in Gipuzkoa, Spain

Irukurutzeta is a mountain summit in the Basque Mountains with three distinct peaks rising 897 meters above sea level. The ridgeline runs from east to west across the range, creating a series of elevated points that hikers encounter along the way.

The ridge holds the Placencia-Elosua megalithic station, a Neolithic and Bronze Age funerary complex of 19 dolmens, tumuli and a menhir between Karakate and Irukurutzeta. The 11 km stretch along the crest, part of the PR-Gi 94 path, is thought to mark a route between the Deva and Urola valleys. Crosses stood at Irukurutzeta and Pagobedeinkatu, where a rider from Elosua circled three times on the Sunday after 3 September to ward off hail.

The name comes from Basque iru (three), kurutze (cross) and the Latin-derived suffix -eta, meaning 'place where there are'. Crosses stand at Irukurutzeta and Pagobedeinkatu, where pilgrimages with Mass were held on the Sunday after 3 September. At dusk a rider from Elosua circled the crosses three times to ward off hail and protect the harvest.

Multiple hiking routes approach the summit from surrounding valleys and towns, with trails connecting to the 20-kilometer Dolmen Route. Plan for a half-day to full-day excursion depending on which starting point you choose and your pace.

In 1928 Ferrocarriles Vascongados named one of 14 electric locomotives bought from the Swiss firm Brown Boveri after the peak, as part of electrifying the Bilbao-Durango-Zumarraga-San Sebastian line. It served until 1999, when it was sold to the Soller railway in Mallorca, never ran there and was scrapped.