Note – 2025-09-29 14:21
There's a village down there after all. Nice to have the first rains, since seemingly forever, today. Lanjarón, Alpujarras
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Note – 2025-09-24 09:11
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 jigs...
Note – 2025-09-17 07:35
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.
Note – 2025-09-12 13:20
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...
Note – 2025-09-11 16:21
Tough hike in the mountains south of Montejaque (Ronda) today because of the high afternoon temps. Superb views though with plenty of Griffon Vultures passing overhead, probably eyeing us out as a lik...
Note – 2025-09-10 16:28
Today a visit to the northern sector of the stunning Sierra de las Nieves. Circular hike from the village of El Burgo. Enjoyed it. Tomorrow we head into the Sierra de Grazalama mountains
Note – 2025-09-09 12:27
Quiet serene river waters reflect the surrounding vegetation and trees. Patches of sunlight filter through The banks of the Rio Guadalfeo during our dog walk today. This river quietly makes it's way t...
Note – 2025-09-03 15:15
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....
Note – 2025-09-03 10:19
Inside This Clay Jug by Kabir Inside this clay jug there are canyons and pine mountains, and the maker of canyons and pine mountains! All seven oceans are inside, and hundreds of millions of stars. La...
Note – 2025-08-29 14:16
Next week 6 of us are planning a "Ruta Nocturnal", a 26km night crossing of Spain's Sierra Nevada from Pradollano in the NW to Capileira in the SE. Most of the route will be above 3000m altitude with...
Note – 2025-08-21 07:22
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 (...
Note – 2025-08-16 10:19
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 o...
Note – 2025-08-16 07:33
A few more night shots from our backpacking trip a few nights ago. Night photography is a bit new for me but I enjoyed the experience and will certainly try some more
Note – 2025-08-11 12:54
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/
Note – 2025-08-08 08:51
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 ve...
Note – 2025-08-07 05:44
So, I was climbing up this steep rock slab a few days ago and out of a small cave in the rock above me appeared this Iberian Ibex (Cabra Montes). They are usually quite timid but this one stood his gr...
Note – 2025-08-06 06:12
Dropping down into the hugely impressive amphitheater of the Corral del Veleta yesterday. I never fail to be impressed by the scale of these huge rock walls. The Coral de Veleta was the site of the la...
Note – 2025-07-30 06:32
What a day! Trekked up the stunning Rio Durcal, navigated narrow acequias, and braved the refreshing plunge into the river to reach the breathtaking Cascadas de los Bolos—where some of us couldn’t res...
Note – 2025-07-23 08:01
Some more photos from yesterdays scrambling route on Tajos de la Virgen ridge, Sierra Nevada. Not especially difficult but utterly engaging and interesting high level hike/scramble