Are there regulations regarding wild camping in the Sierra Nevada?

[El Perro Negro]

The Consejeria de Medio Ambiente of Andalucia states the following with regard to wild camping in the Sierra Nevada National Park.

• It is permitted to bivouac or wild camp overnight anywhere in the park.
• You cannot spend more than 1 night in the same location.
• Tents should be erected only after the sun has set and taken down before the sun rises.
• Groups of more than 3 tents and/or 15 persons must seek prior permission from the park authorities.
• Not permitted to camp within 500m of guarded huts, tarmac roads or forest roads.
• Not permitted to camp within 50m of lagunas (lakes) or borreguiles (high wet lands).
• Not permitted to camp within the Centursa ski boundary.
• Not permitted to camp in forest zones in periods of high fire risk 1st June to 15th October.

Contact:
Centro Administrativo del Parque Nacional y Parque Natural Sierra Nevada
Ctra. Antigua de Sierra Nevada km7
18191 Pinos Genil (Granada)
Tel: 958026300
Fax: 859026310
Email: pn.snevada@cma.junta-andalucia.es

Emergency telephone numbers 112
Guardia Civil 062
Weather in the Sierra Nevada at http://www.spanishhighs.co.uk/weather-sierra-nevada.php