Along the way they slid down snow slopes into icy mountain lakes, completed the highest “Full Monty” in Spain and got raided by foxes. Needless to say, they are a bit crazy!

The 10 minute video does show the varied and interesting, mountain scenery found among the Sierra Nevada ridges and includes footage of some of the best camping locations to be found anywhere. A full report on their experiences will appear shortly on this site.

Have a look at Trekking the 3000m Peaks of the Sierra Nevada If you are interested in similar adventures.

Starting from the Puerta de la Ragua they headed west up Morron Sanjuanero (2614m) and then to onto Morron del Mediodia (2756m). Just past the puerto del lobo they reached the summit of San Juan (2788m). From there the undulating ridge led on to the Penon del Puerto (2758m). A high point was reached at Cerro del Gallo (2913m). Near the Puerto de Jerez at 2873m they found a stream and made camp for the night. A long 8hr walking day.

Next day running out of time they returned to the Puerta de la Ragua.

This area is certainly not as dramatic as the main Sierra Nevada mountain chain further south west but does give varied and interesting trekking with far and distant vistas. Unless you have 2 cars or a friendly driver then horseshoe walking is difficult and you must return the same way. The advantage is that you will have solitary walking. Only 1 other person was encountered in the 2 days trekking.

Access is best via the Puerta de la Ragua or via the Postero Alto hut and Jerez de Marquesado.

A short 3 minute video showing the mountain conditions and type of walking is shown below.

In the province of Granada, the N-340 near Motril also presents difficulties because of strong winds.

Furthermore, the adverse weather conditions have allowed the opening of only 16km of ski pistes at the Sierra Nevada, say the owners, Cetursa Efe. It is expected that during the day the weather conditions will ease somewhat, but still remain very cloudy and windy.

The outlook for the next few days is very mixed. The AEMET forecast is reprinted below in spanish.

Fuente AEMET: ESTATAL DE METEOROLOGIA
PREDICCION PARA SIERRA NEVADA.
DIA 25 DE ENERO DEL 2009 A LAS 15 HORA OFICIAL.
PREDICCION VALIDA PARA LOS DIAS 26 AL 29:

LUNES, DIA 26 :
ESTADO DEL CIELO: CIELOS NUBOSOS, O MUY NUBOSOS CON NIEBLAS EN
COTAS BAJAS, DISMINUYENDO LA NUBOSIDAD DURANTE LA TARDE.
PRECIPITACIONES O TORMENTAS: SI,NEVADAS DEBILES A MODERADAS
HASTA LA MANANA.
COTA DE NIEVE: 600M
VIENTO DIRECCION: NOROESTE MODERADOS A FUERTES, CON
INTERVALOS DE MUY FUERTES
V. MAXIMA: RACHAS MAXIMAS EN TORNO A LOS 80 KM/H
VIENTO A 1500M. EN LA ATMOSFERA LIBRE: NW-65 KM/H
VIENTO A 3000M. EN LA ATMOSFERA LIBRE: NW-70-80 KM/H
TEMPERATURAS:
PRADOLLANO: MINIMA: -9 C MAXIMA : -6 C
BORREGUILES: MINIMA: -12 C MAXIMA : -9 C
ALTURA PREVISTA DE LA ISOCERO EN LA ATMOSFERA LIBRE: 1100 M.
ALTURA PREVISTA DE LA ISOTERMA DE 10 C. EN LA ATMOSFERA LIBRE:
XXXX M.

MARTES, DIA 27 :
CIELOS POCO NUBOSOS AUMENTANDO DURANTE LA MANANA A NUBOSOS
CON POSIBILIDAD DE PRECIPITACIONES DEBILES. LA COTA DE NIEVE EN
TORNO A 1200M. TEMPERATURAS EN MODERADO ASCENSO. VIENTOS DEL
NORTE MODERADOS A FUERTES CON INTERVALOS MUY FUERTES EN COTAS
ALTAS.

MIERCOLES, DIA 28
CIELOS NUBOSOS A MUY NUBOSOS CON INTERVALOS DE NIEBLAS Y
POSIBILIDAD DE PRECIPITACIONES DEBILES. LA COTA DE NIEVE
ASCENDERA DE 1500 A 1700M. TEMPERATURAS EN LIGERO A MODERADO
ASCENSO. VIENTOS DE COMPONENTE NORTE MODERADOS A FUERTES.

JUEVES, DIA 29 :
CIELOS NUBOSOS A MUY NUBOSOS CON INTERVALOS DE NIEBLAS Y
POSIBILIDAD DE PRECIPITACIONES DEBILES. COTA DE NIEVE EN TORNO A
1700M. TEMPERATURAS EN LIGERO ASCENSO. VIENTOS DE COMPONENTE
OESTE MODERADOS CON INTERVALOS FUERTES.