Tag Archives: Sierra Guadarrama

2019-2020, warm Winter of death

Posted on February 14, 2020 by

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 →

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Peñalara, easy hard-snow climbing

Posted on January 4, 2020 by

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 →

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So..it’s back to Autumn

Posted on December 21, 2019 by

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 →

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Autumn..in Cotos, 2019

Posted on November 25, 2019 by

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 →

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Winter?!

Posted on November 22, 2019 by

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!

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Otoño!

Posted on November 2, 2019 by

Autumn has arrived..with its magic of fallen leaves.

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Black August

Posted on September 12, 2019 by

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 →

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