The following mountain condition report was issued by the Junta de Andalucia in their Safety Campaign for the Sierra National Park mountains this winter. Information at December 29, 2011. Original information in Spanish provided by Mammut Sierra Nevada All areas Ice, snow, ice, snow and snow crust vented. Thin snow in lower elevations. Hoya de [...]
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An interesting photo diary from Michelle Wakeley of her recent trip to the Patagonian Icecap, visiting El Chalten, Rio Electrico, Marconi Glacier, Paso Marconi, Cirque de los Altares and Paso del Viento before returning via the Tunel valley.
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Our group spent a rather wild 2 days ascending to the Refugio de Caballo with the intent to do some winter mountaineering in the area. In the event, strong winds and severe icing had them beating a retreat for the valley the following day. Thanks to Ian Tupman, from the Costa Tropical who sent in [...]
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This year our expedition was blessed by windless and sunny conditions, unusual on the Patagonian Icecap. A far cry from the year before. We managed to complete the full itinerary and had some of the most amazing mountain and wilderness views any of us had ever seen. Here is a short 10 minute video from [...]
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We have been reviewing and testing the Yellowbrick 3 Tracking system on the Southern Patagonian Icecap recently. This is a remote and wild place and a good place to put the Yellowbrick and it’s satellite network through it’s paces. Here are our findings and observations. Our Particular Requirements Our previous experience on the Icecap in [...]
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On 30 November 2011, The newspaper Ideal published an extensive article on the “Accion Sierra Nevada” initiative. We still need your support though to enable us to carry out important restoration work on the mountain refugios of the Sierra Nevada next summer. From the initiative we want to thank the interest shown by Alejandro Molina [...]
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The important mountain hut in the Sierra Nevada, The Refugio Poqueira, now has it’s own website that gives useful information on access, prices, how to book etc. You can find the new website at http://refugiopoqueira.com/ The Poqueira Refuge was opened in March 1997 and is located at an altitude of 2,500 meters on the southern [...]
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Poem by Michelle Wakeley about her time spent on our recent Southern Patagonian Icecap Expedition. THE ICE-CAP – SO WILD & STILL Finally, in El Chalten we arrive To face this southern cap of ice Our team of six come from far & wide Would we achieve her illusive prize? The Patagonian gods mocked us [...]
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The team have today made their final decent after crossing the river and back through the tunel valley and into the village of El Chaltern. Well done. Time to enjoy a nice cold beer and a homemade meal. For more information and dates on our trips to Patagonia see our Patagonia Icecap page.
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The group is making good progress on the trek back to El Chaltern. They are off the glaciers and have only the freezing cold glacial rivers to cross before their feet touch green grass again ! They will be camping another night and crossing the river in the morning.
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