Our weather station in Lanjaron, Alpujarras, Andalucia, recorded the following weather data for August 2010. Links to the station which is live on the internet during daylight hours can be found below. Records for the month of August 2010 You may also be interested in: Visit the Lanjaron weather station live datafeed View past weather [...]
Our Davis Vantage Pro 2 weather station in Lanjaron has now been active and running now since October 2008. It is a useful resource for those who either live here or are visiting the Alpujarras. We have now incorporated a visual forecasting feature into our station reporting as a result of the technology devised and [...]
The Sierra Nevada still has some old snow remaining, unusual for this time of year. Particularly affected is the section SE and below the col de Cariguela and the traverse to Paso de los Machos. By the time you reach Loma Pelada little remains. Also the north side of the Tajos de la Virgen ridge [...]
Our weather station in Lanjaron, Alpujarras, Andalucia, recorded the following weather data for June 2010. Links to the station which is live on the internet during daylight hours can be found below. Records for the month of June 2010 You may also be interested in: Visit the Lanjaron weather station live datafeed View past weather [...]
Our weather station in Lanjaron, Alpujarras, Andalucia, recorded the following weather data for May 2010. Links to the station which is live on the internet during daylight hours can be found below.
Some of the normal walking and trekking routes in the Sierras are still badly affected by snow. Underneath a soft initial 6 inches of top surface there is at times hard snow/ice. The crossing below the Tajos de la Virgen is risky without crampons. We have noticed many parties expecting summer trekking that have neither crampons [...]
Yes, I know it’s June, but there is still plenty of snow fun to be had in the Sierra Nevada. An early start meant we managed to catch the best snow conditions and had a great days climbing around the Cerro de Caballo above Lanjaron in the Alpujarras.
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. [...]
Outside the tapas bars of Lanjaron temperatures reached 30 degrees. 2500m above we donned our duvet jackets as an icy wind tore across the white snow filled plateau. Such are the contrasts this year in southern Spain’s Sierra Nevada, a legacy of the worst winter weather in living memory.
As can be seen from the photo taken a few days ago from the Cerro de Caballo, winter still has the Sierra Nevada firmly in it’s grip. This may affect forthcoming treks such as the famous “Los Tres Miles” trek which aims to cover all the major 3000m plus peaks of the range in a 5 day push.
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