Options - Tajos de la Virgen Ridge to Elorietta refugio

These photos were taken mid-June after a poor (relative) winter’s snowfall! The temperatures in Granada were above 30 deg C at the time. There are three options when travelling between the Cariguela and Elorietta huts in Spain’s Sierra Nevada mountains: (1) The ridge of Tajos de la Virgen. Mild scrambling (grade 1) in summer and [...]

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Foxy problems in the Sierra Nevada

It seems to me that the amount of fox related incidents is increasing in these mountains. I remember when I first came out here some 10 years ago that they were shy, retiring creatures, that you sometimes caught a glimpse of early in the mornings, or late at night. Not any more! Some high level [...]

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