Murumendi, Mountain summit in Basque Country, Spain

Murumendi is a mountain summit in the Basque Country reaching about 868 meters in elevation. Several hiking routes cross its slopes, passing through forest sections and grassland areas with varying levels of difficulty.

Murumendi's summit holds traces of an Iron Age hillfort. In 1976 a small steel cross was placed on a concrete base in memory of Sebastian Sanchez, Fernando Terradillos and Jose Luis Orbegozo, who died on Viñamala that year. A stele commemorates ethnologist Luis Pedro Peña Santiago, who died in 1994.

In Basque mythology Murumendi is one of the homes of Mari, the main goddess, who crosses the sky as a fireball from the Muru cave to her dwelling near Txindoki. Legend also places the Dama de Murumendi in the Damazulo cave on the north-west slope. Since 1990 Beasain opens its Loinatz festivities with Mari's Descent, when she flies down to San Martín square.

Sturdy hiking boots and plenty of water are necessary for the climb, especially when the weather can shift rapidly. Weather-resistant clothing helps protect against quick changes in conditions at higher elevations.

The summit holds the remains of an Iron Age hillfort, and megalithic traces are visible across the range: seven in total, with at least one more lost. The orientation table, inaugurated on 22 June 1997, is based on a hand-drawn colour picture by Estanislao Iturriotz Barandiaran and lists around a hundred peaks with their heights and distances.