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 update on the state of the refuges, huts and shelters in the Sierra Nevada, Spain. This post was first published in March 2009. It has now been updated to give the definitive state of the mountain huts and shelters. Please note the ongoing work of Acción Sierra Nevada who have created a platform to restore [...]
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A report and video from guest writer Ian Tupman about a first time visit to the Refugio Elorrieta in Spains Sierra Nevada mountains. “This summer, Acción Sierra Nevada intends to undertake significant repairs to the Elorrieta refuge to render parts of it secure and weathertight so that it can be used more by the mountain [...]
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Carta abierta a todas aquellas «personas» insensatas y desconsideradas que arrojan basura, defecan y, en definitiva, destruyen nuestro maravilloso patrimonio de refugios de montaña aquí en Sierra Nevada. Read this in English A todos vosotros que vais a la montaña y leéis esto, ¡os lo pido de corazón! Cuando os quedéis en algún refugio no [...]
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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 important mountain hut in the Sierra Nevada, The Refugio Poqueira, now has it’s own website that gives useful information on access, prices, how to book etc. You can find the new website at http://refugiopoqueira.com/ The Poqueira Refuge was opened in March 1997 and is located at an altitude of 2,500 meters on the southern [...]
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In the past few months Acción Sierra Nevada has emerged as a credible independent platform for improving and conserving the Sierra Nevada mountain environment. The latest venture saw 26 people taking part in completing phase 2 of the restoration work on the Refugio de Caballo with the installation of a new door. It’s funny how [...]
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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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