Access Locations: (1) Hoya de la Mora (2500m). Follow the ski road from Granada to the ski town. Follow the signs left for “Veleta” above the town and reach a car park at the road end. Good quick access for Veleta, Los Machos and Catujo sectors. Cariguela hut is 3hrs from here. (2) Cortijuela (1700m)…. Read more »
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Huts & bivvies of the Sierra Nevada
MANNED: Poqueira Hut (2500m). Guarded Hut – 87 beds. Tel:958343349. V.good. Just SE Rio Mulhacen. Approach from Capileira or Hoya de la Mora. Postero Alto (2000m). Guarded Hut – winter quarters. Tel:958760106. Firebreak main route Picon de Jeres above Jerez. GOOD CONDITION: Cariguela (3200m). Sleeps12. Hut, wooden bunks. Between Veleta and Tajos de la Virgen. 3hrs from… Read more »
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