- Mountain news round up for the week 2010-03-14
- The unprecedented dangers in the Sierra Nevada mountains this winter
- Mountain news round up for the week 2010-03-07
- Alpujarra weather station records February 2010
- Sierra Nevada mountain and snow conditions 1st March 2010
- Mountain news round up for the week 2010-02-28
- ‘We are all born, we all die, it’s what you do in between that counts’
- Mountain news round up for the week 2010-02-21
- Snowboarder gets stuck overnight on chairlift and burns his money to attract attention
- 8 Backcountry ski descents from the peak of Mulhacen, Sierra Nevada
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Mountain news round up for the week 2010-03-14
Experienced spanish mountaineer killed by rockfall whilst returning to his car near Guejar Sierra http://ping.fm/ObXT3 #
More than 200 skiers and snowboarders have set a new "world record" for the most people in kilts going down a piste http://ping.fm/BW7mw #
@louisehartley is that pronounced scone or scon? in reply to louisehartley #
Jens and clients at Poqueira hut [...]
The unprecedented dangers in the Sierra Nevada mountains this winter
The tragic freak death of an experienced, much loved 58 year old mountain guide from Granada, has demonstrated the unprecedented perils of this winter season in Spain’s Sierra Nevada. Heavy rain and gale force winds have brought a series of blizzard conditions to the high mountains since mid-December. What are the dangers and how do we deal with them?
Mountain news round up for the week 2010-03-07
Sierra Nevada authorities start putting up signs to help mountaineers stranded in the mountains……..photo 1 http://twitpic.com/16eli9 #
and the second photo depicting the Sierra Nevada authorities putting up signs to help stranded mountaineers http://twitpic.com/16elo7 #
Photo of N side Cerro de los Machos showing avalanche fracture. Significant snowfall due again in next 2 days http://twitpic.com/16f6b6 [...]
Mountain news round up for the week 2010-02-28
Nice video showing ski touring on Las Alegas in Spain's Sierra Nevada Nevada http://ping.fm/t1Iqy #
A 16 hour 2 day epic winter trip snowshoeing to and from the Poqueira refugio in Spains Sierra Nevada. Photos http://ping.fm/Qsnhp #
Video of long snowshoe in deep snows through a winter mountain wonderland to Poqueira Refugio in Spains Sierra Nevada [...]
Mountain news round up for the week 2010-02-21
Had great day snowshoeing in the Alpujarras today. Deep fresh powder above 1800m. http://ping.fm/EpAbG #
Roofs, rain and rescuing trees. Life in an Alpujarras farmhouse http://ping.fm/eqtvP #
In the Sierra Nevada mountains the Cariguela & Caldera huts have disappeared under the snows. No access to inside without a JCB digger! #
A days snowshoeing in the forests [...]
Snowboarder gets stuck overnight on chairlift and burns his money to attract attention
A German snowboarder had to literally burn the money in his pocket, because he had fallen on a chair lift that had stopped leaving him high and dry. He did not have a mobile phone to call for help. The height of the chair was considerable and he feared he would break his legs if he jumped. It is estimated that he burned about 110 euros.
Twitter Weekly Updates for 2010-02-14
Our weather station on the roof recorded a daytime high of 23.1 deg C in Lanjaron! http://ping.fm/LVxcW #
Holidays, vacations and activities to do here in southern Spain http://ping.fm/bCDwP #
The Hotel Central now has a website. Good clean comfortable and well priced accommodation in Lanjaron http://ping.fm/O7eIg #
Wonderful photos and images of Andaluca taken by local photographer, [...]
Our new Lanjaron webcam is up and running
Our webcam overlooking the town of Lanjaron in the Alpujarras has been upgraded after a successful 3 year stint. We decided the time has come for a replacement and we invested in a Y-Cam White housed in it’s own weatherproof shell. The new camera is an improvement in quality over the old one and gives a much wider angled view. It has been repositioned, as a tree has started to impose itself on the old one and the plastic bucket that acted as a rain housing has started to crack!
Mountaineering north side of Veleta, Sierra Nevada video
If you ever needed convincing of the winter mountaineering potential here in Spain’s Sierra Nevada, then you should take a look at this atmospheric video.
Twitter Weekly Updates for 2010-02-07
Reading "Forever On The Mountain" (McKinley) by James Tabor. The truth behind mountaineerings most controversial and mysterious disaster #
http://ping.fm/p/fxSOf – Picnic in the snow^Skiers and dogs take a break above Puente Palo forest #
http://ping.fm/p/BpwuL – Picnic in the snow^Skiers and dogs take a break above Puente Palo forest #
Good conditions in the Sierra Nevada but [...]

