El Perro Negro

Grumpy old mountain man living in Spain

Tag: snow

Note – 2026-06-22 06:28

Note – 2026-06-22 06:28

I was surprised by the amount of snow still remaining in the Pyrenees. It's going fast though and leaving behind some incredible snow tunnels

Mountains, Snow, Pyrenees, Nature

Note – 2026-03-18 07:02

Note – 2026-03-18 07:02

Its a white, very white world! From yesterdays excursion on Veleta 3394m in the Sierra Nevada

Hiking, Snow, Mountains, Spain, Landscapes, Landscapephotography

Note – 2026-02-28 10:46

Note – 2026-02-28 10:46

The stunning winter mountain scenery of the upper Lanjaron valley looking towards the peak of Veleta 3394m. Taken from the Cerro de Caballo summit 3009m, a few days ago.

Hiking, Backpacking, Walking, Mountains, Spain, Photography, Landscape, Landscapephotography, Outdoors, Andalucia, Snow

Note – 2026-02-01 10:37

A friend just shared this video he took from a ski touring trip we did together way back in January 2013. Must admit it has got me feeling all nostalgic for times past. Nobody on the mountain, some go...

Ski, Spain, Snow, Mountains

Note – 2026-01-25 08:35

Note – 2026-01-25 08:35

Some cold images I took during this weeks excursion into the high Sierra Nevada for this

Silentsunday, Mountains, Snow, Spain, Landscape

Note – 2026-01-18 07:11

Note – 2026-01-18 07:11

Blizzard conditions in a whiteout in Kamchatka. Our camp had been hastily erected in the gloom

Expeditions, Mountains, Snow, Landscapes, Photography

Note – 2026-01-17 10:20

Note – 2026-01-17 10:20

We had come to Kamchatka to make a ski descent of Klyuchevskaya Sopka, at 4750 metres in height, the highest volcano in the northern hemisphere. But the weather had not been kind. For two weeks we wer...

Expeditions, Kamchatka, Mountains, Snow, Landscapes

Note – 2026-01-13 08:33

Note – 2026-01-13 08:33

Practice, practice, practice

Mountaineering, Winter, Hillwalking, Snow

Note – 2025-02-04 18:05

Note – 2025-02-04 18:05

Today we've been breaking trail through fresh powder!

Sierranevada, Spain, Mountains, Snow

Note – 2025-01-12 10:50

Note – 2025-01-12 10:50

So proud of my two daughters. I just couldn't ever get them interested in climbing hills & mountains. Now, both in their 40's, they are qualified mountain leaders, do SAR stuff and go out at night int...

Mountains, Night, Snow, Peakdistrict

Note – 2025-01-02 08:14

Note – 2025-01-02 08:14

@jds some images from . Descriptions in the alt text

Kamchatka, Expeditions, Mountains, Landscape, Landscapephotography, Snow

Note – 2024-06-20 08:06

Note – 2024-06-20 08:06

Did I tell you I like snow tunnels? This image from the upper Lanjaron Valley a couple of days ago

Snow, River, Hiking, Spain, Sierranevada, Spring, Springtime

Note – 2024-06-05 06:36

Note – 2024-06-05 06:36

What a morning! This was our view when the suns rays reached us yesterday morning after a 2 hour ascent through the dawns shadows. In front of us the magnificent Cerro de Caballo, Europe's most southe...

Spain, Hiking, Snow, Mountains, Landscape, Landscapephotography, Sierranevada, Backpacking

Note – 2024-06-04 16:04

Our first sight of overnight camp last night, a small, well hidden lake (Laguna Carnero) nestled amongst crags.

Hiking, Sierranevada, Spain, Backpacking, Snow

Note – 2024-04-26 08:13

Note – 2024-04-26 08:13

Being interested in photography means I don't have a lot of images of myself. That's normal eh? Here's a brilliant one of yours truly though, taken a few days ago by expert @chriswright. Thanks Chris....

Mountains, Landscape, Landscapephotography, Snow

Note – 2024-04-17 05:54

Note – 2024-04-17 05:54

A tree with a view!

Spain, Andalucia, Mountains, Snow, Trees

Note – 2024-04-14 07:54

Note – 2024-04-14 07:54

Overnight Camp - post 3/3 As light dawned on a very cold and windy morning we hurriedly packed up our tent and waited in the lieu of some rocks for the sun to arrive. The cold wait was worthwhile as t...

Mountains, Spain, Backpacking, Hiking, Snow, Sunrise, Sierranevada

Note – 2024-04-13 06:54

Note – 2024-04-13 06:54

Overnight Camp - post 2/3 As the sun went slowly down to the west of Granada we were left with a brief but beautiful sunset over the peaks of the Sierra Nevada. We watched the sun dip below the horizo...

Mountains, Spain, Backpacking, Hiking, Snow, Sunset, Sierranevada

Note – 2024-04-12 15:06

Note – 2024-04-12 15:06

Overnight Camp 11th/12th April - post 1/3 Images of the northern faces of Spain's Sierra Nevada mountains from yesterday afternoons arrival at our campsite at 1900m. Details of each mountain image are...

Mountains, Spain, Backpacking, Hiking, Snow, Sierranevada

Note – 2024-04-11 17:11

Note – 2024-04-11 17:11

Camp erected ready for the night. Beyond are the snows of the Sierra Nevada. Hoping we get a good sunset and sunrise. With @chriswright @khusky @chriswright

Mountains, Backpacking, Spain, Snow, Camping