Description
An immense mass of limestone, very compact and of gray color, the mountain contains fossil remnants of massive prehistoric corals and large seashells.
The north face has impressive 1,000 m high cliffs, towering over the valley of Atxondo. The south face descends more smoothly toward the pass of Urkiolamendi, with less unevenness and by way of which the most popular routes of ascent to the summit are opened.
Its ascent, which can be carried out on any of its faces, requires in all cases certain care when passing next to the cliffs.
The Anboto is one of the most known and most characteristic summits of Biscay and of the Basque Country.
On its summit there is a geodesic vertex of second order .
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