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 [...]
Read More peñon de la mataAscend the highest mountain in mainland Spain and highest in North Africa in one week? If your time is precious then Mulhacen and Mt Toubkal await you! We have developed an itinerary to climb these wonderful peaks in the same week on the same trip. It is quite intensive both in travel and in trekking/mountaineering but is [...]
Read More charity fundraising challenges, morocco, toubkalAn interesting photo diary from Michelle Wakeley of her recent trip to the Patagonian Icecap, visiting El Chalten, Rio Electrico, Marconi Glacier, Paso Marconi, Cirque de los Altares and Paso del Viento before returning via the Tunel valley.
Read More el chalten, Icecap, Michelle Wakeley, paso marconi, patagonian icefields, southern patagonia
Our group spent a rather wild 2 days ascending to the Refugio de Caballo with the intent to do some winter mountaineering in the area. In the event, strong winds and severe icing had them beating a retreat for the valley the following day. Thanks to Ian Tupman, from the Costa Tropical who sent in [...]
Read More accion sierra nevada, bivouac, caballo, refugio
Sometimes a basic snow wall is not sufficient to keep the elements at bay. The wind can drop spindrift on the leeward side thus burying the tents. Is there a solution in the way we can construct snow walls that would make them more efficient? I asked this question on the Worldwide Expedition professional group [...]
Read More construction, expedition, patagonia, snow wall, spindrift, tents
The rock climbing at Naranjito, Peña Cabrera just west of the town of Diezma is accessible on good clean rock with 70 routes of all grades from 4 upwards. It is south facing so gives pleasant climbing outside the summer months. Access is very easy as the crag is just north of the A92 between [...]
Read More diezma, granada, Naranjito, Peña Cabrera, rock climbing
The Postero Alto Refugio is a wonderfully situated guarded refuge located on the north side of Sierra Nevada, within the National Park, in the region of the municipality of Jerez de Marsquesado and Guadix. It commands a wide panoramic view stretching from the Hoya de Guadix-Baza to the ridges of the Sierra Nevada mountain peaks [...]
Read More huts, mountain huts, postero alto, refuges, refugio postero alto
The jagged ridge of the Raspones provides a high class scramble and mountaineering route to the main ridge line of the Sierra Nevada. It is not done very often, so we decided to check it out. The Raspones emerges from the upper reaches of the Poqueira gorge, just west of the Rio Seco. It is [...]
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Sometimes you need to do a bit of lateral thinking for your mountain adventures. We might be only two hours from the sun drenched beaches of the Costa del Sol, but there is still some good mountaineering sport to be found. An early alpine start is the chief requirement. The snows are still quite plentiful [...]
Read More Badaje, Elorrieta, granada, ridge, scramble, Sierra Nevada
Yes, we are heading back to the Patagonian Icecap. In November 2011, a year earlier than planned, we shall be renewing our tussle with the magnificent but ferocious elements of the “Hielo Continental Sur” (Southern Continental Ice Sheet) in southern Patagonia. Due to the difficult nature of the expedition we keep the group small. Only [...]
Read More cerro torre, continental ice sheet, hielo continental, southern patagonia