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Regulations regarding wild camping in the Sierra Nevada

Posted by admin - August 28, 2009 - Travel
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The Consejeria de Medio Ambiente of Andalucia states the following with regard to wild camping in the Sierra Nevada National Park.

(1) It is permitted to bivouac or wild camp overnight anywhere in the park.
(2) You cannot spend more than 1 night in the same location.
(3) Tents should be erected only after the sun has set and taken down before the sun rises.
(4) Groups of more than 3 tents and/or 15 persons must seek prior permission from the park authorities.
(5) Not permitted to camp within 500m of guarded huts, tarmac roads or forest roads.
(6) Not permitted to camp within 50m of lagunas (lakes) or borreguiles (high wet lands).
(7) Not permitted to camp within the Centursa ski boundary.
(8) Not permitted to camp in forest zones in periods of high fire risk 1st June to 15th October.

Contact:
Centro Administrativo del Parque Nacional y Parque Natural Sierra Nevada
Ctra. Antigua de Sierra Nevada km7
18191 Pinos Genil (Granada)
Tel: 958026300
Fax: 859026310
Email: pn.snevada@cma.junta-andalucia.es

Emergency telephone numbers 112
Guardia Civil 062
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3 comments on “Regulations regarding wild camping in the Sierra Nevada”

  1. Rhett says:
    August 28, 2009 at 4:22 pm

    Great information on park rules. I have to say leaving a reply was difficult because the script is white and the boxes turned white so I was typing blind on the top tree boxes. I would like to make more comments but it is to difficult right now. Thanks for the post hope this gets fixed.
    Rhett Out

  2. admin says:
    August 28, 2009 at 4:46 pm

    Hi Rhett
    Thanks for the information. I’ll get working on it. Please check back soon.
    Regards

  3. admin says:
    August 28, 2009 at 5:17 pm

    Rhett
    Question? What web browser are you using. Seems to work on Chrome ok.

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