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Cumbre Verdes
Walking in the Cumbres Verdes near Granada
The Cumbres Verdes (Green Peaks) are well known to the local spanish Granadinos as they are very close to the Granada ring road (20 mins), so access is [...]
Ski Touring on the Loma de Dilar. Report and Video
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 [...]
360 deg Panorama from the summit of Trevenque, Sierra Nevada
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Trevenque west ridge, Sierra Nevada
This has for many years been a favourite mountain ascent of ours. Situated in the glorious Cumbres Verdes south east of Granada it is a shapely mountain with the best summit in the Sierra Nevada. In summer the west ridge provides an easy scramble to Trevenque’s 2079m sharp summit and is the best line [...]
Trevenque. The best summit in the Sierra Nevada?
Trevenque (2079m) is an old favourite. We have known this peak in all weathers, at all times of the year. It stands isolated and proud on the outskirts of Granada in the Cumbres Verdes range of hills. It is not linked by ridges to any other peak, has the ideal mountain profile and has one [...]
Cold bivouac on Los Alayos de Dilar ridge near Granada
Why a bivouac on a ridge so close to Granada? Well, to do the full Alayos de Dilar ridge proper, you need to establish yourself at the Pino de Collado at the eastern end of the ridge. This takes 4.5hrs (with normal stops included) from the trailhead at Area de la Naturaleza. Access is alongside [...]
Early morning start for the Peak of the Fishes Mouth
The spanish tend to be quite descriptive with the names for their mountain peaks. The “Boca de la Pesca” or the “Fishes Mouth” does indeed look vaguely like, when seen from Cerro Huenes in the Cumbres Verdes to the north west.
This is marvellous scenery just to the south east of Granada. Walking in the Cumbres [...]
Corazon de la Sandia, small mountain, big heart
When you hear the word Eiger, or Matterhorn, or Cerro Torre, the name strikes a chord with every mountaineer. The name invokes recollections of epic battles of men against mountains. Here, in Spain’s Sierra Nevada, we have our own mini epic, the “Corazon de la Sandia”. Unfortunately, translated, this doesnt live up to its status, [...]
