Although this is southern Spain the Sierra Nevada should never be underestimated. We supported Australians Ryan and Emma as they did a self guided 5 day trip in the Sierra Nevada, intending starting at Guejar Sierra, crossing Mulhacén and dropping down to the Alpujarras. They sent us in this interesting report of their experiences. As [...]
Read More guejar sierra, mojon alto, Mulhacen, pena partida, siete lagunasTheres a first time for everything and we decided to test out our new GoPro Hero 3 helmet cam using it’s built in time lapse capture facility here at our base in the Alpujarras region of Andalucia. Our roof terrace overlooking the spa town of Lanjaron was an ideal spot to locate the camera. It [...]
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Mulhacen is a technically straightforward peak but high altitude (3482m) and bad weather sometimes catch people out. The fact that is the highest mountain in mainland Spain provides a big attraction. There have been accidents though especially in the changeable seasons of spring and autumn. If in doubt a mountain guide should always be taken, especially when [...]
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Nothing beats ski touring up and down a mountain (skijoring) with man’s best friend, in my case our husky, named “Khumbu”! Spain’s Sierra Nevada mountains offer many opportunities for backcountry skiing with or without our four legged friends. The mountain side above Puente Palo looked bare. The thaw had devastated the snowpack. But we know [...]
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I have done this walk in Las Alpujarras at every time of the year but, in my opinion, it is best undertaken in the autumn. On this occasion, I was accompanied by Meg, our border collie pup. Words and photos from guest writer, Ian Tupman I parked the car at the Hoya del Magalite, a [...]
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A report from Jens Foell of a 3 day combined ski tour and mountaineering route in the Sierra Nevada combating very cold and icy conditions, knife edge ridges and finishing in the dark. Jens continues…………….. “This year we had a big drop in temperature here in the Sierra Nevada at the end of November. This [...]
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Tim Salter from Australia went up Veleta a few days ago with our guide Luis. He says……… “We had a great day. It was freezing on the way up (snowing for most of the way) and on top, but the sun came out as we headed down. Luis was fantastic, we went up to and [...]
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Report from our guide, Jens Foell as he ascends the highest mountain in mainland Spain in poor weather conditions. The weather forecast was looking pretty bad. Rain, rain, and yet more rain for the whole week. But Xavier Wang had come all the way from Singapore to climb Mulhacen, at 3482m the highest peak in [...]
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Yesterday we continued our development of this quiet area with 3 more scrambling routes in this fascinating mountain area just north of Granada and the Sierra Nevada. Approach is via Cogollas Vega just off the A92 north of Granada. We have climbed and scrambled on the Peñon de la Mata for some time now and [...]
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A day walk in the Tabernas Deserts Sometimes you can get caught out by the weather, normally bad weather. But this time the weather was good, too good! Our day trek in the Tabernas desert badlands of Almeria turned into a very hot walk indeed. Due to the heat we don’t normally visit the deserts [...]
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