Spanish Highs logoHuts and Refugios Sierra Nevada

This classification is based upon the following map:
Parque National de Sierra Nevada La Alpujarra (Editorial Penibetica) 1:40000 (www.penibetica.com)
(Not all Grid Refs have been checked on the ground)

List of Huts and their state

NAME:
Ventura
Lanjaron
Caballo
Penon Colorado
Elorietta
Cariguela
Vadillo
Cucaracha
Cueva Secreta
Caldera
Poqueira
Siete Lagunas
Postero Alto
STATE:
Ruin but good bivouac shelter
Ruin
Bivouac Hut sleeps 10
Ruin
Roomy bivouac shelter
Hut with wooden bunks sleeps 20
Poor shelter, partly ruined
Partly ruined but adequate shelter
Overhanging rock shelter
Hut with wooden bunks sleeps 20
Guarded Hut - 84 beds. Very good
Natural shelters, walls and outcrops
Guarded Hut - winter quarters open
AREA:
20 mins via trailhead above Lanjaron
Hoya del Zorro
Next to Laguna de Caballo
Head of Lanjaron valley
SW of Tajos de la Virgen ridge
Col de Cariguela S of Veleta
Rio Genil, Vadillo confluence
Cuesta del Calvario above Rio Genil
Lower Valdeinfiernos valley, Genil
E of Laguna de la Caldera
Just SE of the Rio Mulhacen at 2500m
Next to Laguna Hondera Sieta Lagunas
Firebreak main route to Picon de Jeres