Mountain Guides in Spain's Sierra Nevada since 2002. We toot about the mountains, our trips, expeditions, weather and conditions. Inspiring the Adventure in you!
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An afternoon of adventure high above the ground! Tajo de las Viñas, #ViaFerrata at Lentegi yesterday
Lenticular clouds in the Sierra Nevada near Conchar - they never fail to impress me, sculpted in real time by the air currents over the mountains, the shapes and colours can change quite radically in a matter of minutes. #landscape
After a bit of a grey and dismal long weekend in the UK, today it was nice to head up above home on 4WD tracks and get the clearest view of the African continent we've had this year. Morocco did indeed seem very close, although in reality is some 220km away in a direct line across the Mediterranean.
View from the summit of las Alegas, #SierraNevada 2700m looking south over Salobreña to Al Hoceima in Morocco
Unusual view looking down on the village of Capileira in the Alpujarras from high up on the slopes of Las Alegas (2700m) in the Sierra Nevada.The morning sun has reached all parts of the village but the Barranco de Poqueira remains in shadow,
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Hard photographing birds in flight isn't it? Especially for a landscape photographer who's subject is pretty much static. Thing is with birds, the little blighters just won't stay still, will they?
Here's 4 images of the Griffon Vulture from a photo shoot I did a few days ago at the amazing El Chorro cliffs in the Sierra de Cazorla a few days ago. Keep rate was probably 1/50 🤣
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Fantastic half-day hike up the isolated peak of Gilillo in the stunning Parque Natural de la Sierra de Cazorla.
Begins with gentle ascent through beautiful forests before breaking out onto the open hillside. Trail leads up to the Puerto Gilillo pass and onto a summit that is far more dramatic than we expected.
The summit itself is sharp and rocky, and because the peak stands so alone, the 360-degree views of the endless sierras are absolutely breathtaking.
High mountains one day, river valleys the next. Two very different days for our latest group.
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Another hot day so we settled for an early start and a short hike to the magnificent viewpoint of Coros (1305m) in the Sierra de Grazalama mountains via Puerto de las Palomas. Great scenery 360° views. Must come back in the winter.
Loads of vultures overhead probably looking at us as a prospective next meal 😆. Think @khusky may have some incredible images in due course.
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Hiked down the San Juan valley in the Sierra Nevada yesterday. Surprised to find the waterfall at Piedra Resbaladiza still flowing quite well even towards the end of a long, hot, Spanish summer.
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1/ Over the years we must have had over a hundred days walking and scrambling in the Sierra de Huetor just north of Granada. Yesterday, though we filled in the final piece of our Sierra de Huetor jigsaw!
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Mission Accomplished! ✅
Four days of hiking through the beautiful landscapes of the Alpujarra and Sierra Nevada. Today we stood at the top of Mulhacén (3479m), the highest mountain on the Spanish mainland!
An incredible trip with a fantastic group from Norway. Thank you for all the laughs and the good conversation along the way. 🇳🇴🥾🇪🇸
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1/ "Ruta Nocturna - Sierra Nevada"
Started with a 6pm bus uplift to los Posiciones del Veleta. Hiked to Col de Carihuela and hence to our dinner/sunset viewpoint on top of Loma Pua at just over 3200m. Amazing location with views in all directions
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Cool day on Veleta yesterday!
Took the classic Paco Pepe route (4+) but decided to spice things up. After 1st 4 pitches, traversed R along the narrow & exposed Paso de Lagarto to the Variante Silvia (5) for 2 spectacular & sustained finishing pitches
Needed help from the rope at top of the crux which verges on 5+ for few meters. Thankfully Felipe there to assist. Will come back & try to climb 100% next summer. Training on arm strength is required!
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Wandering into the Sierra Nevada's Forgotten Zone - A few days ago I had a wonderful overnight trip into a quiet and remote corner of Spain's Sierra Nevada. The access areas were busy but once clear of them, despite the August bank holiday, we didn't see anybody on the trails for 16 hours
https://elperronegro.com/posts/2025-08-16-wandering-forgotten-zone-sierra-nevada/
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Last nights view southwards past the slopes of Tozal del Cartujo.
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2/2 Then its glorious scrambling to the exit of the Canuto Norte del Veleta. From here the Fidel Fierro route to the summit is taken, care needed on the broken rock walls.
The climb finishes on the very summit of Veleta. Yesterday our group (average age 65+!) reached the summit to the bemused stares of groups of younger hikers who had walked up to the summit.
A superb day scramble for the adventurous.
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I enjoyed this scramble so much I decided to write a blog post
https://elperronegro.com/posts/2025-08-11-scrambling-campanitas-ridge-sierra-nevada/
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1/2 The "Arista de las Campanitas" from Cerro los Machos to the summit of Veleta is a superb scramble with an alpine nature. We did this in the hot sun, the ridge never falling below 3000m.
Grading wise, a grade 3S scramble but there are some very exposed sections and some short rock climbing 3 sections.
It passes over the easily scrambled, though sharp, ridge of Zacatin 3327m before arriving at the crux section, the ascent of the Campanario pinnacle 3328m. Rope could be useful here.
Incredibly hot between 3000-3400 meters yesterday in the Sierra Nevada. No wind & a scorching sun beating down all day. No shade nor escape from the heat.
Not really the day for 6 of us (average age 65+ 😀 ) to go scrambling around on narrow ridges. Anyway we enjoyed it, especially the bit where we pulled up and over onto the very summit of Veleta to the obvious astonishment of the groups of young people who had walked up.
Don't often find videos of me playing about on the rocks but here's one.
We've just had the pleasure of guiding Robert from Edinburgh for 5 days, covering much of the Sierra Nevada "Tres Miles" mountains. Spent most of the 5 days at or above 3000 meters and mostly alone or with few others around.
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https://spanishhighs.com/trekking-sierra-nevada-3000m-peaks.html
