A total of 49 pupils and four teachers from IES Historiador Chabàs (Dénia, Alicante)) were trapped for two days in a mountain refuge on Sierra Nevada.
Pupils Trapped on Sierra Nevada
by Vivienne Hughes •
Sierra Nevada
News on Sierra Nevada, the ski resort and other activities
Sierra Nevada News
by Vivienne Hughes •
Last weekend up in the Sierra Nevada saw the opening of the Pistas Negreras (most difficult slopes) giving the ski station a total of 90 kilometres of ski slopes.
Sierra Nevada Death
by Martin Myall •
While Saturday the 30th was a busy day for the mountain rescue teams on Sierra Nevada, Sunday turned out to be a tragic one because of a death up there.
18 Climbers Rescued
by Hugh MacArthur •
(RGO) The Guardia Civil, mountain-rescue team had to assist 18 climbers from an 22-man-strong climbing excursion belonging to a local climbing club.
Snowing on Sierra Nevada?
by Hugh MacArthur •
Whilst you were moaning down on the coast about the heatwave, last night it snow a little of Sierra Nevada – daytime temperatures in the city around 40ºC.
Sierra Night Rescue
by Martin Myall •
A mountain climber phoned the 112 emergency number at 19.15h on Thursday the 3rd with the night falling asking for help after a fall.
Sierra Nevada Snow
by Martin Myall •
Whilst down on the Costa Tropical the soggy inhabitants waded through the habitual puddles and mounds of mud, the Sierra Nevada wore its white crown.
Starry Night, Nevada Night
by Louise Powell •
If you really want to see a night’s sky crammed with stars, then there is no place better than on top of the Sierra Nevada, and the best starry night of the year is the 12th of August!
Family Rescued on Sierra Nevada
by Vivienne Hughes •
A couple and their 15-year-old daughter decided to walk up to Los Peñones de San Francisco in the Sierra Nevada – it was a sunny day and the snow was soft and easy to cross.
Austrian Woman Dies in the Sierra Nevada
by Hugh MacArthur •
The body of a 65-year-old Austrian woman was found on the morning of the 29th, close to the mountain refuge Carihuela, near the Veleta peak. She had gone missing the day before.