April 2012
8 posts
Wonderful mountain day scrambling and climbing on the west ridge of the Peñón de la Mata N of Granada http://ow.ly/azIlx
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A good climb with friends, then chatting & eating bocadillos with the sierranevada as a backdrop. A perfect day? http://ow.ly/i/AJeY
See wild side of Morocco. High mountain and desert trekking. All welcome. Exploratory trip. Pay your own costs http://ow.ly/aviYg
Early closure of the Sierra Nevada ski lifts presented us with an opportunity for grand ski tour on deserted pistes! http://ow.ly/avh4V
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Lanjarón in the alpujarras. Fresh mountain air, friendly locals, fine ham and the best drinking water in Spain! http://ow.ly/ap5H4
Report, photos and videos of a great days rock scrambling in the hills north of the Sierra Nevada http://ow.ly/amHmr
A hike to the summit of Trevenque, a peak in the foothills of Spain’s Sierra Nevada mountains, just SE of Granada http://ow.ly/acPuw
Whey hey! Raining gently here in Lanjarón, Alpujarras!
March 2012
10 posts
The dangers of Pine Processionary Caterpillars in the Sierra Nevada National Park for you and your pet http://ow.ly/9XpWZ
Little known Sierra de Huetor NE of Granada offers easy access to relaxed forest walking and superb snowshoeing trails http://ow.ly/9T8hq
To the mindless “people” who litter, defacate, ultimately ruin our glorious mountain refuge heritages in Sierra Nevada http://ow.ly/9MBQm
Panorama of Hoya de la Mora, Sierra Nevada ski area, Veleta, Cartujo, Caballo, Loma de Dilar and Trevenque http://ow.ly/i/w2qn
Climb Mulhacen (3482m) & Toubkal (4167m), highest peaks in both mainland Spain & N.Africa in amazing week of trekking http://ow.ly/9IQlb
Vamos arriba Sierra Nevada. Whey hey!
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We are delighted to be supporting the vision4kids charity challenge in the Sierra Nevada in September. Please support http://ow.ly/9E1XV
Report of ski touring week on Veleta, Pico de Cartujo and the Picon de Jerez, Sierra Nevada http://ow.ly/9pVVu
Ski touring with group from Italy. We made the most of marginal conditions. Skied Veleta, Pico de Cartujo and Picon Jerez http://ow.ly/9pVLv
Ski touring Sierra Nevada with a group from Italy. We made the most of marginal conditions. Skied Veleta, Pico de Cartujo and Picon Jerez.
February 2012
2 posts
Weather station shows 0 deg at 22:00 hrs. Not news for those living in N of europe but doesnt happen often in Lanjaron http://ow.ly/8QcnT
Heading for Sierra Nevada this weekend? Issued by Junta de Andalucia showing mountain access & snow conditions http://ow.ly/8PK2l
January 2012
9 posts
Trail running in the Monachil gorge near Granada, Spain http://bit.ly/yPNvZR
What is it like to launch off and paraglide from the highest mountain in mainland Spain? Ian Tupman found out! http://bit.ly/zbw8Lc
Now that it’s snowing I thought we should have a more wintery look to our homepage http://bit.ly/A3O7Ko
What a difference a year makes! Contrast the view towards the Cerro de Caballo in Jan 2012 and in Jan 2011 http://ow.ly/i/qkPI Little snow!
Walking, Trekking, Mountaineering & Ski touring, Sierra Nevada & Alpujarras, Spain. All activities in full flow http://ow.ly/8wtOh
If climbing Cerro de Caballo above Alpujarras town of Lanjaron, Sierra Nevada, see weather forecasting model http://ow.ly/8uE1D
Yellowbrick tracker signal from Mulhacen summit. Just arrived there with 4 clients from Ireland http://ow.ly/8hEv8
Were going back to Patagonia in Nov. Cant keep away! Only 6 places available for Icecap tho http://ow.ly/8hBl0
Here’s something to do in 2012! http://ow.ly/8eY17
December 2011
17 posts
Good time to reflect on the past year. Experiences in Sierra Nevada & Patagonia taught me things I thought I’d share http://ow.ly/8dTdd
I like mountaineering. I like gear. That’s mostly what I blog about @sieto http://ow.ly/8ahFj
Walk to Refugio de Cebollar Tues am. Mince pie/mulled wine for all. Good views and company. Meet El Volante, Lanjaron 10am. All welcome.
New service aims to lessen response times to mountain incidents in the Sierra Nevada elperronegro bit.ly/w12KxO
Icy conditions. Winter mountaineering in full swing in the Sierra Nevada http://ow.ly/83dmt
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Cerro de Caballo, sierranevada. Very high winds. Whole mountain one gigantic sheet of verglas and ice! Wild night up at the refugio!
Mountain and access conditions from the Junta de Andalucia for this weekend (in spanish) http://ow.ly/80QRs
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Winter season underway. More snow reqd for skitouring and snowshoeing but mountaineering activities in full swing! http://ow.ly/8067C
RT @henderson_colin: @spanishhighs Ahhh, Patagonia river crossings - http://ping.fm/Elsuj Great weather in Altares.
Great open source map planning tools, apps anywhere in the world for cycling, mountaineering, hiking, trekking etc http://ow.ly/7Z0ib
Video showing some of the wonderful sights we saw on our latest adventure onto the Patagonian Icecap http://ow.ly/7YOBN
Review on Yellowbrick Tracking System testing on Southern Patagonian Icecap recently. http://ow.ly/7XUhm
Brilliant photo from space of Patagonian Icecap. I have tried to show our route/camps. Insignificant weren’t we? http://ow.ly/i/nfxC
Ideal publish article on “Accion Sierra Nevada” who carry out important restoration work on the mountain refugios http://ow.ly/7Vygk
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Refugio Poqueira sierranevada has it’s own website. Gives useful information on access, prices, mountain conditions http://ow.ly/7V06n
Oh, Patagonia, to leave you we shall weep! Nice poem by Michelle Wakeley about Southern Patagonian Icecap Expedition http://ow.ly/7TVEg
Patagonia Expedition Update No 11 - Team back to El Chaltern http://ow.ly/7NZMd http://ow.ly/i/mIGn
November 2011
9 posts
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Tomorrow we set off for the end of the world, but what will we find there? http://ow.ly/7yarE patagonia expeditions
Early start. Heading for the hills east of Guejar Sierra. Should be great photos of the north faces of the Sierra Nevada later.
Busy day uploading videos, photos, docs etc so that I can work in the “cloud”. As a mountaineer I’ve been doing that for years ha!
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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…