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Tag Archives: Sierra Guadarrama
2019-2020, warm Winter of death
As a portent, the death of Blanca Fernández Ochoa at the end of last Summer wasn’t the best. No better were the fires that burned in Guadarrama over the Summer. In November we had surprisingly good snowfall – see the … Continue reading
Peñalara, easy hard-snow climbing
It’s weird..after late November and early December with the Sierra covered in snow..to arrive at Cotos in early January to find not a patch, not a shred of the white stuff. The mountains are apparently snowless. Washed clean by the … Continue reading
So..it’s back to Autumn
Like i said..it was too good to be true. Winter starting in November in Sierra de Guadarrama..that’s something that belongs to the past. I guess you could say that it was a false start, at best. And it was good … Continue reading
Autumn..in Cotos, 2019
Autumn in Guadarrama..once upon a time you would have expected snow from early November onward, but not any more. Or if snow does fall – and it does – you expect it to be quickly frazzled by the sun beating … Continue reading
Winter?!
A little bit hard to believe..and too good to be true..but, for the moment, yes, it looks like Winter..and it’s only mid-November!
Posted in Nature, ski, snow, the seasons
Tagged pine forests, pines, Sierra Guadarrama, Winter, Winter wonderland
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Otoño!
Autumn has arrived..with its magic of fallen leaves.
Posted in flora, Nature, the seasons
Tagged autumn, autumnal colour, nature, Sierra Guadarrama
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Black August
This last month of August has indeed been a black one..for many reasons. On the last day of July, late in the afternoon, my ten-year-old son tripped and fell in a relatively innocent way while walking down the lower Lliterola … Continue reading
Cool Summer so far..
What a strange year it’s been so far! Summery conditions to start the year, days and days of sun in January followed by a week of Winter at the month’s end, with rain and snowfall. Then two almost completely dry, … Continue reading
Incredible event..!
An incredible event at the top of Hermana Mayor, a mountain of 2270m in the Sierra de Guadarrama, after two ‘Winter’ months, February and March, without a single snowflake – hardly even a drop of rain – on the last … Continue reading
Posted in Climate change, Mountain, Nature, ski, snow, the seasons, Weather
Tagged cold Spring days, Dos Hermanas, lack of snow, Mountain skiing, Sierra Guadarrama, weird weather
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The Winter that never was
The Winter that never was..apart from a single week at the end of January-beginning of February. The one-week Winter. It’s true that we had a few days of serious snowfall at end October, followed by quite a lot of rain … Continue reading
