Spanish Highs Mountain Guides are inserting a new itinerary into their walking and mountaineering programmes. The world famous “Camino del Rey” is sometimes called the “scariest path in the world”. For good reason. This old path up the gorge at El Chorro, just north of Malaga, has crumbled and fallen over the years to become [...]
A great new weather service for walkers, trekkers and mountaineers, courtesy of Meteoblue and Spanish Highs Mountain Guides has been unveiled for the Alpujarras and Sierra Nevada. The 6 day detailed report is based on data from Lanjaron and is updated daily. The report gives temperatures, windspeeds, cloud cover, rainfall amonst the data. We have [...]
It may be a sizzling 25 deg C down here in Lanjaron, in the Alpujarras but the ski touring and mountaineering will remain good up high in the Sierra Nevada until at least the end of May. Indeed, there has been so much snow this year that we are hoping to ski off Veleta back [...]
Had a great day’s skiing today. Mike Elston, Tony Muldoon and myself went up from the main Sierra Nevada ski town and followed the pistes towards Montebajo area. We reached the Loma de Dilar and then enjoyed a fantastic descent along the Loma before descending to the Casa Forestal de Cortihuela near Trevenque in the [...]
People with a learning disability have so much to gain from the outdoor experience, especially here in the Sierra Nevada. Mountain House are running some activity weeks this summer. You will find full details by following the links below. They we will be hosting two holidays based near Lanjaron in Andalucia: Rock climbing in Spain [...]
Chris and Mike Ritson with friends, Brian and Gary, have just completed a four day trip in the Spain’s Sierra Nevada, climbing on the Raspones and Tajos de la Virgen and Puntal de la Caldera. Within 2 hours of arrival at Malaga they were at 2500m, kitting up at the Hoya de la Mora above [...]
A climber was airlifted from the area of the Refugio de la Caldera after being hit by a falling ice blocks whilst climbing one of the routes on the north face of the Puntal de la Caldera. He suffered a broken arm in the accident. The recent high temperatures (24 deg in Lanjaron on Sunday) [...]
The ski station in the Sierra Nevada are offering half price tickets until the end of the season on May 15. The measure will apply after the Easter and the 50% discount will apply on all rates for the use of lifts, from 9.00 to 14.00. The aim to facilitate a good spring skiing in [...]
Photo taken 15th March 2009 from the Sierra de Lugar, looking north to the south side of the Sierra Nevada. The view stretches from the Cerro de Caballo in the west to Veleta and then Mulhacen in the east. The recent high temperatures have stabalised the snowpack and the conditions are great for ski touring [...]
Panorama photo taken looking west towards the spa town of Lanjaron in the Alpujarras on 11th March 2009. Lanjaron is a year round destination and is perfectly placed for the Alpujarras, Granada or the Sierra Nevada mountains. Information about Lanjaron [ptviewer href="http://www.sierra-nevada-news.com/wp-content/plugins/wp-ptviewer/images/panorama-lanjaron.jpg" imagewidth="1694" imageheight="270" horizon="125" hfov="185" ] Move your cursor right and left to rotate [...]
