Camp at Laguna Peñon Negro
Yesterday in the heat of the afternoon we made our way uphill to a remote lake, rarely visited, that we had never been to before. Laguna de Peñón Negro.
Trekking the Northern Flanks of the Sierra Nevada
The Veredon Inferior deserves to be known as the most spectacular path in the Sierra Nevada that nobody knows about! We now head down onto a vasar, a descending rake which rather cleverly circumvents the vertical cliffs above and below.
Hiking at First Light in the Sierra Nevada
There's something special about striking campsite pre dawn and hiking in the first daylight hours, whilst the rest of the world is seemingly still in bed.
Trekking the Upper Lanjaron Valley
To the people of Lanjaron, their Shangri-La is the upper Lanjaron valley, it's lakes and it's rivers. It's the source of it's life giving waters. A special place that we were privileged to walk and spend the night in.
The Vasar de Mulhacen, Sierra Nevada
The North Face of Mulhacen, Sierra Nevada. Its long been an ambition of mine to view the sunrise from Mulhacen's north face. This morning I got my wish and it didn't disappoint!
An Alpine Start (nearly)
It's a long time since I had a pre dawn start in the mountains and I had forgotten how wonderful an experience it was moving at first light.
The Northern 3000m peaks of the Sierra Nevada
An amazing 2 day trek covering the northern 3000m peaks of the Sierra Nevada. Circular walk to camp at Lavaderos de la Reina and next day over the northern mountains