Describes a fine day out in the mountains with “Accion Sierra Nevada” and learning of the plans to repair and maintain our mountain refuges in the Sierra Nevada. 13 members of Accion Sierra Nevada met last Saturday at 8:30am at the Hoya de la Mora and made the 3 hour ascent to the Refugio Elorrieta (3187m) [...]
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An open letter to the mindless, thoughtless, “people” who litter, defacate and ultimately ruin our glorious mountain refuge heritages here in Spain’s Sierra Nevada Leer en Español To all you mountaingoers out there who read this. A plea from the heart! When you stay at any unguarded refuge in the Sierra Nevada would you kindly: [...]
Read More accion sierra nevada, elorietta, mountain huts, refuges, refugio de caballo, refugiosOn 30 November 2011, The newspaper Ideal published an extensive article on the “Accion Sierra Nevada” initiative. We still need your support though to enable us to carry out important restoration work on the mountain refugios of the Sierra Nevada next summer. From the initiative we want to thank the interest shown by Alejandro Molina [...]
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The Postero Alto Refugio is a wonderfully situated guarded refuge located on the north side of Sierra Nevada, within the National Park, in the region of the municipality of Jerez de Marsquesado and Guadix. It commands a wide panoramic view stretching from the Hoya de Guadix-Baza to the ridges of the Sierra Nevada mountain peaks [...]
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The door of the Refugio del Caballo has been broken again from it’s hinges. Admittedly we did see this it coming as it was somewhat precarious. When we attempted to fix it 2 weeks ago it was in a poor condition with torn frames and few “anchors” to hold it in place. We must fix [...]
Read More accion sierra nevada, caballo, environment, refuges, refugios, restorationThe past month has seen the rise of a popular local movement to restore and maintain the old refuges of the Sierra Nevada. It can help, improve and conserve the Sierra Nevada mountains for the short, medium and long term for the benefit of future generations. “Acción Sierra Nevada” is an independent platform for the improvement [...]
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A rather sad video showing the sorry state of the Elorrieta hut in Spain’s Sierra Nevada mountains. Now a new action group has been formed to reform the old mountain refuges. It needs the support of the local mountaineering community to achieve it’s goals. Located at 3187m in the heart of the Sierras the Elorrieta [...]
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Good news from the National Park in the Sierra Nevada who are willing to assist grassroots initiatives to improve mountain huts and refuges. Last week we conducted a reformation of the Refugio del Caballo. The initiative came from a few friends and fellow mountain lovers. In three days we managed to clean up the shelter, put [...]
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Pepe Badaje and his love of the environs of Lanjaron holds no bounds. Latest offering from Pepe is a video showing the situation of the mountain huts in the upper Lanjaron valley accompanied by some chill music! Check out his entertaining local blog (in spanish).
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