Before you start rushing around looking for your skiing equipment, it was a sprinkle of snowfall that lasted only about a quarter of an hour before melting.
Snow on the Sierra
by Martin Myall •
Sierra Nevada
News on Sierra Nevada, the ski resort and other activities
Elderly Driver Rescued
by Vivienne Hughes •
A 70-year-old man had to be rescued yesterday after his car crashed down a barranco, some 20 metres deep within the municipality of Güéjar-Sierra.
A String of Rescues
by Martin Myall •
Few people would argue that having an active life in our senior years is not a good thing, but hiking around the second highest peak of Sierra Nevada in your late 60s could be viewed as reckless… however.
The Stars are Never Brighter
by Martin Myall •
When the snows disappear on the slopes of the ski station, activity does not cease (for better or for worse) because August is when hundreds flock to see the shooting stars.
Two Sierra Nevada Rescues
by Martin Myall •
The Guardia Civil mountain-rescue service was called out on Wednesday to rescue three hikers in the Sierra Nevada.; one in Monachil and the other two in Cerro Huenes.
Sierra Nevada Rescues
by Vivienne Hughes •
You assume that mountain-rescue missions are a thing of the winter and snow but nowadays there are just as many people up there in the summer.
Sierra Nevada Record
by Louise Powell •
The Sierra Nevada ski station reports that it has had its best season ever, despite the late arrival of snow and 14 days closed because of high winds.
Biosphere Reserve Expansion
by Vivienne Hughes •
UNESCO awards the category of Biosphere Reserve to those areas that have an ecosystem that can serve as an example for others of combining the environment with sustainable use.
Ski Season Ends Tomorrow
by Vivienne Hughes •
The Sierra Nevada ski resort has not had an easy season, with late-arriving cold weather and rain, topped with high winds when they had to shut the lifts.
Skiing Season Extended?
by Hugh MacArthur •
Yesterday the Sierra Nevada slopes, despite the arrival of spring, had 92.6 km of skiable slopes with a depth of between 100 and 175 cm, making it one of the best ski resorts still open.