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Corredor Diagonal Alhorí
PD Mountaineering route in the Barranco del Alhori in Spain's Sierra Nevada mountains. Video by Leonardo Ruiz Platt. More details at https://www.spanishhighs.co.uk/intermediate-winter-climbing-sierra-nevada.html
Scrambling Adventures in Andalucia
They travelled to Andalucia. In search of warm rock and superb situations. They found it. Where skill is everything. And failure is not an option. This winter get your hands dirty! Scrambling Andalucía https://www.spanishhighs.co.uk/scrambling-sierra-nevada-spain.php
Alpine Ridges of the Sierra Nevada
This is a year round 5 day high mountain tour that takes in some of the finest ridges of the Sierra Nevada. Wild camping or unguarded refuges.
Via Ferrata Los Vados, Motril
Scrambling in the Sierra de Huetor Oct 2014
John Yeldham takes his first steps in the scrambling experience at the Peñon de la Mata in the Sierra de Huetor north of Granada. This is a superb location. Big views of the Sierra Nevada range and good solid limestone rock in most places. A scramblers heaven!
More details at https://www.spanishhighs.co.uk/scrambling-sierra-nevada-spain.php
Verticality! Roped Via Ferrata, Los Vados
Superb exposure and situation yet so close to Granada and the sea. One of the best Via Ferratas in Spain. Thanks for Felipe Nieto, of Spanish Highs, for the video
Gran Espolón de Alcazaba
The "Gran Espolón de Alcazaba" a classic of the Sierra Nevada and a grand day out with mountain companions.
Thanks to Felipe Nieto for excellent route finding on tricky terrain, Nick Cranham for massaging severely cramped calves at the Collado de Puntal de Siete Lagunas and Andrew Phillips for spotting the rare Lammergeier Vulture and Merlin.