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 [...]
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The area called Lagunillas de la Virgen is only a stone’s throw from the ski paraphernalia of the Sierra Nevada ski restaurants at Borreguiles. Head SE from there (in July and August you can even get a lift to Borreguiles courtesy of the ski centre gondola!) and over a small pass at Collado de las [...]
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 [...]
