Tag: snow
Note – 2024-02-21 09:17
Came across a strange phenomenon that I haven't seen in 25 years of coming to the Sierra Nevada. Last weeks overnight snowfall was followed by days of sun, heat and high humidity. This caused streams...
Note – 2024-02-20 18:53
A few images from the Tajos Campanario ridge in Spain's Sierra Nevada today. Some hard neve on sheltered slopes made for a great crampon ascent. By the time we came to the steep descent gully the snow...
Note – 2024-01-24 08:44
This is a trailer for the Wilderness - Patagonia series with Simon Reeve. Brought back so many memories from 2016 as, after 3 days on the trail, he approached the Marconi Pass and the entrance to the...
Note – 2024-01-16 17:37
Practice day on crampons and ice axe for us today. No matter how often you have done this, it's still good to practice. Enjoyable too. Coming up the slopes out of the Barranco de San Juan, Sierra Neva...
Note – 2024-01-16 16:32
Out with the gang in the snow today. Bit breezy and not a lot of sunshine but a great day out nevertheless
Note – 2024-01-14 09:20
A few images from my trip into the Spanish Sierra Nevada mountains last Friday with @khusky
Note – 2024-01-12 15:49
A few from today's excursion into Spain's Sierra Nevada mountains. Once away from the ski area we saw nobody all day and had to make our own tracks through the snow. Varying conditions, some hardpack,...
Note – 2024-01-12 15:20
After 2 winters with either health problems, poor snow conditions or just plain bad luck, it was nice to get back into the high Sierra Nevada again. I forgot just how much I love this environment and...
Note – 2023-12-22 15:35
A photographer's beautiful timelapse showing the onset of winter. It took him five years to shoot. Amazing! https://vimeo.com/896231378
Note – 2023-12-20 09:24
Snow and ice on the highest peaks of Spain's Sierra Nevada yesterday. Mulhacén 3482m, Veleta 3394m and Alcazaba 3350m
Note – 2023-12-20 09:18
The northern faces of the Sierra Nevada, Spain seen yesterday from the Alto de Calabozo 1651m
Note – 2023-12-03 10:26
3 Dec 2010. Patagonian Icecap. Probably my most difficult mountain day ever. I remember well the exhaustion and tiredness and also the relief when we were able to retreat the following day, albeit a t...
Note – 2023-10-20 09:51
Highest mountain in mainland Spain, Mulhacén, 3482m, this morning with snow blowing from the summit in the strong winds. Snow level 2500m.
Note – 2023-10-20 08:58
Always nice to see the first snows of the winter arrive here in the Sierra Nevada. Here is a photo from 2500m at the ski area. The mountains change from summer to winter in an extremely short period,...
Note – 2023-05-26 16:20
Today we are guiding a couple on Mulhacen. After a poor winter, snow-wise, it seems like things are looking up towards the end of May! 😂 Photos show the summit and clients descending the west flank to...
Note – 2023-05-23 14:47
Klyuchevskaya Sopka 4835m and Kamen 4575m from the near the col just SW of Vulkan Sredniy 2978m. I had just made my way across the plateau from our base camp between the two mountains. It's a white an...
Note – 2023-05-19 21:16
Fresh snow on the southern slopes of Mulhacen 3482m, the highest mountain in mainland Spain, this afternoon. Most welcome late season precipitation for the
Note – 2023-04-01 08:08
I have to admit that I am fascinated by snow tunnels. One glance inside opens up another world, almost other worldly. A world that has laid dormant and asleep for months. Strange colours and textures...