On the 13th August yet another fall from the narrow snow and ice covered trail by the Paso de los Machos, in the Sierra Nevada, resulted in a call out for the emergency services. The man, whose age and identity were not disclosed, suffered head injuries and bruises and open wounds to different parts of the body. [...]
Those enterprising folk in charge at the Sierra Nevada ski station are opening the lifts on Friday 13th August to allow for sky observation and in particular the spectacular Perseids meteor showers. The Gondola Al Andalus will open from 21:30 to 01:30 on Friday night. The expected time of the greatest concentration of meteor showers. [...]
I guess it had to happen eventually. What is the world coming to when you can’t even walk the hills without having your gear stolen. I came across a recent incident when a spanish man had his crampons, boots and ice axe stolen whilst trekking from the ski centre and Elorietta to the Cerro de [...]
The counselor of the Medio Ambiente, José Juan Diaz Trillo, and the director general of Aguas Font Vella and Lanjarón, Jordi Miró, on Wednesday visited the area of the Sierra Nevada Natural Park affected by fire in 2005 and ratified their commitment to continue to work on forest restoration through the project ‘Monte Siglo XXI’. [...]
The Lodge is situated at Semilla Besada, a conservation research farm in the Sierra Nevada Natural Park in Andalucia. It provides a wonderful opportunity for self guided walking in the higher mountain range. Bird watchers and wild flower enthusiasts can also appreciate this unique landscape.
Although we are in mid-June, the Sierra Nevada, as previously reported, has lots of snow and many objective dangers remaining from the last winter. Yet another accident occurred yesterday in the Cerro de los Machos area. The utmost care is required as the accident occurred in a zone of steep, consolidated and possibly icy snow. [...]
Andalucia’s Sierra Nevada lends itself to 2 or 3 day mountain trekking. There are high start points that give access to magnificent mountain scenery. For those with limited time available in Spain, these crossings of the range allow you to experience the mountains at their best. Spanish Highs Mountain Guides of Lanjaron, in the Alpujarras, have developed these crossings into a series of excellent adventures.
A mountaineer aged 45 died yesterday morning as a result of injuries sustained after falling into a crevasse in the area of the Corral de Veleta in Güéjar Sierra (Granada). The Coordinator of Emergency Services received a call at 8.25 am in the morning when he was alerted to the accident. The emergency Services and [...]
The Sierra Nevada ski centre will open a main Gondola and the Veleta II chair for access to the mountains again this summer from June 26th until August 29th.
Our climbing trip to the Cordillera Real in Bolivia draws ever closer and final preparations are under way for our departure in June. Kit is being finalised for what should be a testing few weeks, raising much needed funds for the Brain Tumour Research Campaign. Itinerary: Week 1. Acclimatisation in and around La Paz trekking [...]
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