Describes a multi day trek over the highest parts of Spain taking in the highest peak, Mulhacen and the remote and quiet fortress of Alcazaba. The route up the south ridge of Mulhacen from the Hoya del Portillo may not be the most exciting in the world but at least it gives a high start [...]
Aug 192010
The heat in Lanjaron (40+!) drove me up into the mountains today. Using the Sierra Nevada ski lift for access I quickly reached 2500m. Within 45 minutes I walked up to the Collado de Las Yeguas and reached the blue mountain lake of Las Yeguas. Patches of snow still lingered artound the lake and the [...]




