Note – 2023-03-19 08:37
3 day winter course for 6 members from Dublin-Wicklow Mountain Rescue Team. Skills that are needed out in winter mountains. Apart from the usual techniques we are adding the use of snowshoes, snow bel...
Tag: sierra-nevada
Note – 2023-03-14 18:14
This says it all about today. Warm sunshine and a beautiful isolated mountain summit with superb views and good friends. I could have stayed here for hours enjoying the peace and tranquility.
Note – 2023-03-13 15:47
Late afternoon sun on the dramatic northern faces of the Sierra Nevada. Alcazaba, Mulhacen, Veleta and Puntal de la Caldera looking spectacular. This is definitely "alpine" terrain, even in this relat...
Note – 2023-03-13 07:48
Eventually the light faded and the sun dropped low over the Vega de Granada. The last rays of light left the summits of the Sierra Nevada. Soul refreshed, it was time to head home. 2/2
Note – 2023-02-28 17:42
The illusion in a photograph. The top 3rd of the image shows the Sierra Nevada which rise some 3000m above the plains of Guadix (marked by the obvious horizontal line). The bottom 2/3rds of the image...
Note – 2023-02-28 16:22
Alcazaba (3371m) and Mulhacen (3482m) looking glorious late yesterday afternoon from the A92 Motorway north of Granada
Note – 2023-02-17 07:19
@jds so interesting to see your images from the "other" . Must visit one day
Note – 2023-01-31 17:33
Desert badlands and high mountains, Andalucia has it all!. Mulhacén and Alcazaba in the Sierra Nevada seen today from 80km away to the east from the summit of Cerro Alfaro, Tabernas, Almeria.
Note – 2023-01-25 22:17
@bergmeister This is the Refugio Poqueira, an 84 bed refuge in Spain's Sierra Nevada mountain range. It is at 2500 metres
Note – 2023-01-24 18:54
Today we have been enjoying views like this. The small, traditional village of Alcazar in the Sierra de Contraviesa backed by the snow clad mountains of the Sierra Nevada
Note – 2023-01-19 14:34
Lanjarón and the mountains of the south western Sierra Nevada today. From the left ... Cerro de Caballo, Tajos Altos, Cerrillo Redondo and Las Alegas.
Note – 2023-01-19 14:30
Sometimes it's hard to believe that I live just over 200km from Africa! After some much needed snow here is the Cerro de Caballo (3009m), Tajos Altos & Lanjarón Valley
Note – 2023-01-09 12:58
Panorama of the snow capped mountains of Spain's Sierra Nevada taken by https://chriswright.photography/. Shot from the Sierra Lujar to the south about half an hour before sunset.
Note – 2022-12-20 08:55
The Rio Lanjaron valley leading up to the initial snows of the Cerro de Caballo, 3009m
Even in August Nature and Beauty prevail
We decided to revisit the quiet and relatively unknown lake of Lagunillo Misterioso, an enchanting place. We would then drop down the streams to see possibly the highest waterfall in the Sierra Nevada, the Chorreras de Molinillo.
What is it like scrambling "Las Campanitas" Ridge in Spain's Sierra Nevada?
Las Campanitas is the ridge between Cerro los Machos and Veleta in the Sierra Nevada. It is a Grade 3 scramble that crosses the peaks of Zacatín, Campanario and Salón eventually reaching Veleta via a route known as "Fidel Fierro".
Ups and Downs of the Veredóns
Kiersten and I fancied escaping the heat and spending a few hours in the cool air at 3000m. Our target was the upper Guarnón valley below Veleta's northern face, an area of streams and green, lush grasses amid a sea of stones. The area was teeming with nature's sounds, sights and smells.
Tajos de la Virgen Ridge
It had been quite a number of years since I had last walked the ridge between Veleta and the Refugio Elorrietta. It's known as the Tajos de la Virgen ridge and is a rough but easy walk with some sections of very mild scrambling involved.
Las Campanitas Ridge to Veleta
The ridge didn't let our expectations down. It is a magnificent scramble, probably Grade 3 in places. The highlight for me is the spiky pinnacle of Campario which soars like a needle up intto the sky. It is an impressive and intimidating sight.
Camp at Laguna Peñon Negro
Yesterday in the heat of the afternoon we made our way uphill to a remote lake, rarely visited, that we had never been to before. Laguna de Peñón Negro.