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Summit of Veleta, Sierra Nevada

By ricardo on June 17, 2008

Just had a great day out with clients on Veleta with the dogs. Funny to be sliding down snow slopes when Granada is baking in 32 deg C heat!

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Good snowshoeing and its mid-May!

By ricardo on May 19, 2008

Unbelievable but true. About a foot of new snow overnight down to 2400m and its 19th May! We started off from a snowy Hoya de la Mora at 9am and headed south for Veleta before donning snowshoes and dropping down leftwards into the San Juan bowl. Good job we had the snowshoes on as the [...]

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Ski touring on Veleta

By ricardo on May 17, 2008

Today was a ski touring day. We parked at the Hoya de la Mora. A short 15 min walk took us to the snow at 2600m. We skied via Borregueilles to near the summit of Veleta. Surprisingly there is a lot of snow! The snow was hard in the morning (perfect for skiing) but by [...]

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