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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Describes an wonderful mountain day scrambling and climbing on the west ridge of the Peñón de la Mata in the Sierra de Huetor, N of Granada and the more popular Sierra Nevada. We had seen this ridge on our last visit to the Peñón de la Mata when we did a scramble on the north eastern [...]
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Sometimes, quite by chance one comes across a gem. I had been on the summit of the Peñon de la Mata (1669m) before, but had failed to recognise the scrambling possibilities. This time there was to be no mistake. The 5 of us parked as close to the peak as we could get, which left [...]
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The little known Sierra de Huetor north east of Granada, Andalucia offers some really interesting and relaxed forest walking. In mid winter easy motorway access also offers the chance to enjoy superb snowshoeing terrain. We have been visiting the Sierra de Huetor since 2002. Mainly exploring and scrambling our way around the mountain ridges of [...]
Read More Firecrest, golden eagles, griffon vultures, Iberian Green Woodpecker, Nutchatch, Short Toed EaglesWalking Sierra de Huetor near Granadaby spanishhighs This area is quiet, unspoilt and relatively unknown to foreign visitors to Andalucia. It lies just north of Granada at the Puerta de la Mora turnoff on the A92 Malaga-Almeria motorway. Access from Granada takes less than 30 minutes. Taking the second marked turnoff to the Sierra de [...]
Read More WalkingShot on 13th April 2009 from Majalijar at 1887m in the Sierra de Huetor. Although cloud covers the major summit the photo Just shows how much snow remains on the high peaks. Snow level about 2000m. [ptviewer href="http://www.sierra-nevada-news.com/wp-content/plugins/wp-ptviewer/images/panorama-sierra-huetor.jpg" imagewidth="2592" imageheight="337" horizon="125" hfov="185" ] Move your cursor right and left to rotate image Photos © Spanish [...]
Read More panoramaThis area is quiet, unspoilt and relatively unknown to foreign visitors to Andalucia. It lies just north of Granada at the Puerta de la Mora turnoff on the A92 Malaga-Almeria motorway. Access from Granada takes less than 30 minutes. Taking the second marked turnoff to the Sierra de Huetor (also marked Prado Negro) we drove [...]
Read More huetor, WalkingThe area is quiet and unspoilt. The photos and maps below were taken on the long west to east ridge of Majalijar 1887m. This covers some 4 main tops with great views southwards to the northern Sierra Nevada mountains. Access is via the A92 Granada – Almeria motorway. Take the 2nd Parque Nacional de Sierra [...]
Read More huetor, WalkingOur trip to explore new routes in the Huetor found nothing new worth doing at the present time. Dennis, Clive and I had a go at a likely line but found it steep and loose, eventually having to abseil off. Nevermind, better look next time! Photo below showing Dennis leading
Read More climbing, granada, huetorThe recent heavy rain followed by Sunday evenings low temperatures left a large covering of the white stuff down to about 1800m. This has since retreated uphill but the whole situation for skiing and snowshoeing is much brighter. Above 2500m there is good cover and above 2750m, deep snow. I took the attached photo today [...]
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