With the onset of winter in the Sierra Nevada mountains, our winter mountaineering and climbing season will start shortly. Although we had an exceptional snow year last year, the mountains were all but inaccessible until February due to incredible amounts of precipitation and wind, leading to accumulated snow depths of 15m+! But, what will this year bring? [...]
Had great day yesterday ski mountaineering with client, Jackie Belbeck in the Sierra Nevada. We parked behind Trevenque in the Cumbres Verdes just SE of Granada at the Casa Forestal de Cortijuela Botanical gardens (1700m). A walk up though the forest to the Collado de Matas Verdes and onto the Collado del Pino at 2045m [...]
May 172008
Today was a ski touring day. We parked at the Hoya de la Mora. A short 15 min walk took us to the snow at 2600m. We skied via Borregueilles to near the summit of Veleta. Surprisingly there is a lot of snow! The snow was hard in the morning (perfect for skiing) but by [...]
High temps in the last few days will have had an adverse effect on the snowpack. The ski centre still has 60km runs open and snow is still ok for ski touring in the following zones……. NW of Cerro de Caballo; NW of Pico del Cartujo and Veleta area. Mulhacen and south of the range [...]
