It’s always great when your mountain adventures can be accompanied by a four legged friend. I took my husky, Khumbu on a trek into the Sierra Nevada, camping in the upper Lanjaron valley by streams and under a spectacular night sky. This was to be his first overnight trip. My lightweight summer backpack felt strangely [...]
Read More bivvy, cerro de caballo, dog, dog adventures, husky, Rio Lanjaron, Sierra NevadaA one am start from Lanjaron, an hours drive to the trailhead, followed by 5 hours trudge uphill through the night might not seem the best way to climb a mountain. But when we approached the summit and the sun broke through the horizon, all the hard effort and discomfort seemed well worthwhile. We were [...]
Read More climb, Mulhacen, night, photos, sunrise
Report of a two day high level July trek in Spain’s Sierra Nevada, from the ski centre in the north to Lanjaron in the south camping by a high mountain lake overnight and returning down a lush green river valley. The high (2500m) access point at the Hoya de la Mora makes a convenient starting [...]
Read More borreguiles, cartujo, collado de las yeguas, Cuadrada, lagunillas, Lanjaron, virgen de las nieves
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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The following report from Kiersten Rowland describes a 2 day trek camping by high mountain lakes and enjoying some of the wildest scenery and nature that the Sierra Nevada National Park has to offer. Our plan was to be in the mountains for 3 days and walk from the rangers station at Hoya de Portillo [...]
Read More Accentor, fox deterrent, Griffon, Mulhacen, Sierra Nevada, siete lagunas, Trevelez, VulturesReport sent in from Pepe Badaje of his first ascent of Mulhacen in July 2011. Done in a long day from the Hoya del Portillo to the south above Capileira. We leave Lanjarón at seven in the morning from the petrol station, arriving at the Hoya del Portillo above Capileira, where no vehicles can continue [...]
Read More capileira, cerro de los machos, first ascent, geodetic, loma pelada, mainland spain, Mulhacen, Sierra Nevada
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
The following report has been sent in by guest writer, Muhz Ham, after sampling a June day in the high Sierra Nevada snows. In Fred Zinneman’s 1984 film “5 days one Summer”, Sean Connery plays the part of a pre-war climber in the Alps. Driven by a burning desire to conquer peaks (and, it must [...]
Read More Elorrieta, Lanjaron, Sierra Nevada, Tajos de la Virgen
Our guide, James Jackson took a client and Spanish Highs faithful hound, Max, on a night ascent of Mulhacen, the highest mountain in Spain. Normally this is a glorious trip seeing in the new day. But, rather than seeing the spectacular morning sunrise they had hoped for, they were met with a full on snow [...]
Read More highest mountain, Mediterranean, Mulhacen, Poquiera, Sierra NevadaSpectacular desert trekking in the badlands of Almeria with a group of 15 dutch students on a hot April spring day. We had set off pre-dawn from Lanjaron, but the early start was well rewarded by the sight of the sun coming up over the Sierra de Baza beyond the town of Guadix. We met [...]
Read More almeria, badlands, lawrence of arabia, mini hollywood, sierra de baza, Spaghetti, spectacular desert, tabernas, tabernas desert, Tours, walking trip