Argitxo Trail

Seven kilometres and 299 metres of climb around Santa Barbara hill, starting and finishing in Gudarien plaza.

The Argitxo Trail is organised by Hernani's youth assembly, the Gazte Asanblada (Kontrakantxa gaztetxea). It took place on 24 October 2026: seven kilometres and 299 metres of climb around Santa Barbara hill, from tarmac to hill path and back to the square.

It was a job commissioned by Kontrakantxa gaztetxea, and I wanted to capture both the atmosphere of the start and the hill race itself: the first metres along old cobbled streets, then the shade of the woods and the brightness of the slope. The light changes within a few metres, and the challenge is to fit the runner's effort and the landscape into the same frame.