Snow affected access tracks meant we only had a thin ribbon of snow in the gully to ascend and descend the mountain but it turned out to be a superb ski tour in wild and quiet surroundings in a little known area of the Sierra Nevada. Not sure it has ever been skied before either? [...]
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Full and interesting report from guest writer, Yvonne Holland, who returned to the Sierra Nevada in May 2012 to do a trek from Trevélez to Lanjarón, covering all the major peaks of the Sierra Nevada between the two villages, including the rarely climbed Juego de Bolos and Puntal de la Caldera. In early June 2008 [...]
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Caught by a blizzard our group took shelter in the Refugio de Caballo for 2 extra nights. The lack of mobile phone signal showing the importance of satellite communication alternatives to keep contact. The Plan On Friday the Sierra Nevada looked stunning. Javier and Jim set out from the Ventura trailhead above Lanjarón to ascend [...]
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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 [...]
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When we dropped our trainee guide , Clive Fenn, off at a high trailhead at 9 in the morning we didn’t expect him back for 2 or 3 days. Certainly didn’t expect him to stagger, totally spent, into our house at 11pm that same night, after a mega tough 14 hour walking day in the Sierras, including about 2000m of ascent and 3000m of descent!
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The Cerro de Caballo is a stunning mountain, when seen from the costa tropical coastline near Salobrena. Now the bad weather has cleared it seems to rise above the surrounding mists and float in the sky.
Read More cerro de caballoYesterday’s walk up one of our favourite Sierra Nevada mountains, the Cerro de Caballo (3009m) turned out to be the least eventful. The summit was more reminiscent of Scafell Pike on a bad day than the Sierra Nevada. But we had a good day nevertheless!
Read More cerro de caballo, TrekkingWhilst on a recent trek in the Sierra Nevada up the Cerro de Caballo we came across a Refugio that is unmarked and un-named as far as we can tell. It is not that big, maybe sleeps 3 or 4 persons, but looks weatherproof and a good bivvy site. Worth knowing about. It is located [...]
Read More cerro de caballo, huts, Misc, refugioThe peak of the Cerro de Caballo has been a long time favourite of mine. I guess it’s my “home” mountain, as it sits above the town of Lanjaron in the Alpujarras, Andalucia, where I live. Yesterday we took guests Simon Fenn and his family on a day trip to the summit. The dirt tracks [...]
Read More bird, cerro de caballo, griffon vulture, Lanjaron, sightings, ventura, WalkingLast weekend I joined a group of local spanish walkers in, what for them was a pilgrimage to find the source of the spa waters of their Alpujarras town of Lanjaron. The source is high up in the Sierra Nevada mountains at the Laguna de Lanjaron at the head of the Rio Lanjaron valley. We [...]
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