The Ridge Sierra

... expanding views back down the valley and towards the sea. The path soon flattened and began to traverse east, further into the Sierra. We crossed an aqueduct, one of many in an extensive network that supplies water to the Alpajurras, and passed into a ...

... a guide at an outrageous Bs125,000 per day ($60). The next best option was the 4710m Pan de Azucar in the dutifully FREE Parque Nacional Sierra de La Culata. We found a place hiring tents out for Bs10,000 and glanced at a map of the area. It should be ...

... I haven't a clue about. To the north west is the city of Granada. Eastwards, I can see the lower (and remoter) ridges of the Sierra Nevada. And to the south west, I can see the mountains near my home in Frigiliana, just visible over Veleta's south ridge - ...

... also to Mulhacen itself in front. I only catch up with the main party when we get to the Alto del Chorrillo, a minor bump on the ridge at about 2700m. Some of them look like they've been here for half an hour! Here the party is going to split into the ...

... to the guy who looked after the refugio, found out that it was possible to head to the trevelez mirador and then follow the ridge line that started near there up to the top of the mountain with only small patches of snow to cross. Nice refugio though I ...

A little late for this entry but we had no computer access for 2 weeks so here is what happened during our marathon walk between Sierra City and Yosemite National Park. Our plan was to cover 250+ miles in 8 1/2 days...an average of 30 mi/day...with 12 ...

... .  Cactus forests dominate the landscape, wild oregano blooms in arroyos, and the road begins to climb, entering the Sierra Gorda, a national protected area comprising nearly a million acres.  Climbing, rows and rows of mesquite covered hills ...

'Los Tres Miles' - Summary of a 5 day trek traversing the Sierra Nevada mountain range. So there we were, loaded up with 5 days of equipment and food. Richard, of Spanish Highs Mountain Guides, dropped us off at the trailhead near the Ventura Hut at ...

One definite highlight of our trip to Cuba was climbing the Commandancia de la Plata, in the Sierra Maestre Ridge, where Fidel and his revolutionnaries hid for over a year, planning their attack on Batista. The trek was a very hard one both because of the ...

... the best preserved human remains from 800,000 years ago.  Nice visitor´s center.  Climbed up and over a limestone ridge (Sierra de Atapuerca) to a beautifull view of Burgos in the distance.  A few km further was the albergue where we ...

beautiful little village (pop. 600) at an elevation of 7600 feet. A must ...

... Jessica and Sierra flew from Charleston to Chicago to Salt Lake without any problems.  The day before our wedding, Scott, Jessica, Sierra, Audrey, and myself flew from Salt Lake to Los Angeles.  Since we were getting married in Santa Barbara, we ...

... to ask what the latter was made of before we got some… I then went into a very dodgy liquor store to get Chris a Sierra Nevada Pale Ale for our next stop: a natural hot spring in the middle of nowhere before Mammoth Lakes.  They even gave me a ...

... us over the pass just in time to watch coming sunset. It was a bit cloudy and in the absence of good illumination the Sierra took a bit gloomy, tired, and monotonous look. The sublimity of the moment all but passed us out though it still felt like a good ...

... a couple days later that it had been a really bad storm and there was flooding and slides that killed people. The little town of Sierra de la Ventana was pretty cool actually. All the old guys loved to shoot the shit. It was really weird though cause ...

... name I later learned is Bugaboo. I have a trail name too but we'll get to that later. The day I left Sierra City I camped high on a ridge in position to view the Perseid Meteor shower, which reached its highest count at 4:00AM the following morning. This ...

... the loose broken stones and not very clearly marked trail. Once past the lava field we came to a short plain before Sierra Velluda, a high snow capped ridge. To our right was a low plain where the river drained into and to our left was Volcan Antuco and ...

... the majestically named settlement of Nombre de Dios, having covered a modest but creditable fifty-five kilometres. Los Alegres de la Sierra - norteño music Nombre de Dios is a small agricultural town of a few thousand souls, it's long main street, ...

... to their Ranger Checkpost Station on a ridge high above Chitral Valley in the Chitral Gol National Park.  That evening, I erected my Sierra Designs' Clip Flashlight tent under a large Deodar cedar tree at a high point on the ridge, with views of the ...