Describes a multi day trek over the highest parts of Spain taking in the highest peak, Mulhacen and the remote and quiet fortress of Alcazaba. The route up the south ridge of Mulhacen from the Hoya del Portillo may not be the most exciting in the world but at least it gives a high start [...]
I guess it had to happen eventually. What is the world coming to when you can’t even walk the hills without having your gear stolen. I came across a recent incident when a spanish man had his crampons, boots and ice axe stolen whilst trekking from the ski centre and Elorietta to the Cerro de [...]
The heat necessitated an early start so by 9am we were high above Lanjaron in the Alpujarras and heading for the trail head forming the start of our ascent up the Cerro de Caballo (3009m). This mountain is in the SW sector of Spain’s Sierra Nevada and is generally quiet and free of the paraphernalia [...]
Little known to foreigners, and only a handful of locals, there is a way to cross the steep, seemingly impossible north and north west faces of both Mulhacen and Alcazaba in Spain’s Sierra Nevada mountains. These ways facilitate the crossing from the Col de Ciervo to Siete Lagunas and make the ascent of Alcazaba achieveable [...]
Describes the sources from where can you obtain reliable water when walking in the high peaks this summer or when trying to complete “Los Tres Miles” 5 day traverse of the main ridge. Water shouldn’t really be a problem after the wet winter just past, but the following should be a reliable guide even in [...]
Access Locations: (1) Hoya de la Mora (2500m). Follow the ski road from Granada to the ski town. Follow the signs left for œVeleta above the town and reach a car park at the road end. Good quick access for Veleta, Los Machos and Catujo sectors. Cariguela hut is 3hrs from here. (2) Cortijuela (1700m). [...]
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 [...]
Mulhacen in the summer is a fairly straightforward, but long and hard trek up and down the south ridge. There is normally a National Park bus service operating during the summer months from Capileira, but this year the access may well be affected by old snow and ice patches lying across the track. The description [...]
Yesterday’s walk up one of our favourite Sierra Nevada mountains, the Cerro de Caballo (3009m) turned out to be the least eventful. The summit was more reminiscent of Scafell Pike on a bad day than the Sierra Nevada. But we had a good day nevertheless!
Katie Porter and Simon Register recently ascended Mulhacen raising funds for Motor Neurone Disease. Our guide Mike Elston, helped them to reach the summit over 2 days staying overnight at the Poquiera hut
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