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December 2008
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Ski Mountaineering on the Picon de Jerez
This is a route we have done before but this year conditions are excellent. You can park at the Postero Alto Refugio (1888m), accessible from Guadix and Jerez del Marquesado via rough forest roads. A short walk into the Arroyo del Alhori and the ascent begins. There are some steep sections but the way is [...]
Lanjaron Weather Station Records – Dec 08
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Sierra Nevada Mountain Weather Forecasts
Bad weather hampers efforts to rescue Spanish mountain climbers in Patagonia
clipped from www.emol.com
The Army has reported that one of the mountaineers was having symptoms of hypothermia during the night.
SANTIAGO – �Bad weather continues to prevent to rescue of three Spanish mountaineers that remain stranded in the Mount San Valent�in sector of the Chilean Patagonia, where they arrived on December 11th of this month.
According to Lieutenant [...]
Sierra Nevada in world top 10 ski resorts says magazine "Condé Nast Traveller"
The Sierra Nevada ski area been selected by the British Travel Magazine ‘Cond© Nast Traveller’ for being one of the top 10 ski resorts in the world where you can practice the sport.
The publicacion says that the attractiveness for the travelling skier is the possibility to ski in Andalucia, close to the capital of Granada, [...]
Latest Weather and Traffic update
There was snowfall yesterday (Sunday 28th) and overnight in the Sierra Nevada. The outlook remains unsettled with further precipitations expected at the end of this week.
There have been problems this weekend with heavy traffic on the surrounding roads. Some affected by volume of traffic, others by snowfall. You can check the current road situation in [...]
Climber lost on Ojos del Salado, Andes. Can you help?
We have received the following email from Boguslawa Marszalik-Kostyra asking for help in locating her husband lost on the above mountain.
Welcome!
On http://www.spanishhighs.co.uk website I found the information about Ojos del Salado’s expeditions that you organise regularly.
On the 29th of October, while descending the volcano, my husband Grzegorz (Gregory) Kostyra, went missing. Gregory and his two [...]
Latest access and snow conditions for ski touring and snowshoeing
The accesses from the south have been difficult lately due to the heavy snows. However in the past week we have experienced high temperatures down here in Lanjaron (17 deg C). This has helped the freeze/thaw cycle and we now have a considerable amount of consolidation with the snow pack. Avalanche danger still exists though [...]
Combining the best of Mountain Biking and Trekking
Here at Spanish Highs we are terribly excited about the new trip we’re offering. We’ve teamed with Nikki and Karl from Ride-Tribe to offer some high altitude mountain biking and trekking expeditions.
What’s on offer is a combo of trekking and biking, either camping out, bivvying or staying at mountain huts. Depending on your timescales and [...]
Lowest average temperatures in Granada since 1961
November and the first part of December has seen the lowest average temperatures in Granada since 1961. Average temperatures of 7.9 deg were recorded compared to the historical figures of 10.7 deg.
The heavy snows have had a big impact too. The photo on the right shows snow covering the cars at the Sierra Nevada ski [...]
More Snow in the Sierra Nevada
More snow over the past weekend has supplemented already great levels of snow in the Sierra Nevada. This is the best start to a winter sports season for many years. All the major runs in the ski area are open. There is fantastic skiing on offer.
Temperatures remaining very cold with zero degrees in Lanjaron at [...]
