A 46 year old ski mountaineer was killed yesterday in the Sierra Nevada when he was caught in an avalanche and buried under 2m of snow. The accident happened on the western slopes near the Elorietta Hut. The snow conditions off piste in the Sierra Nevada are dangerous at present. Heavy snowfall last weekend overlays [...]
Read More avalanche, killed, Misc, mountaineer, Sierra Nevada, ski touringThe Granada area has had abnormally high temps this past week. Yesterday 22 deg was recorded in Granada! Whilst rock climbing yesterday at Alfacar the northern Sierras looked quite white above 2600m but I suspect that this is a little superficial. From the south the snowline is high at about 2800m and patches below. The [...]
Read More granada, ski touringVery very icy! The warm weather freeze/thaw conditions have produced a very icy crust anywhere off piste. Not very good for ski touring, unless you were some of those today using the pistes on Montebajo for ascent, (and, presumably descent?) On piste is hard packed everywhere.
Read More ski touringTemps reaching 18 deg in the valley, gave freezing levels of +3300m! Snow was dripping off the summit area. The photo shows a better snow cover than is actually there. It is suferficial above 2200m and only above 2700m does this overlay and old hard and consolidated snow. There is some drifting on N and [...]
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