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Tag Archives: Siete Picos
Where’ve i bin? Skiin’!
Not bin bloggin’ much recently..nor anything much else, apart from working, sleeping and skiing. Skiing the soft, skiing the hard, skiing the wet, skiing the cream, skiing the deep, skiing the crust, skiing the sweet, skiing the light. And while … Continue reading
Posted in Conservation, Mountain, Nature, ski, snow
Tagged cold Spring days, Mountain skiing, Peñalara ski, pine forests, Sierra Guadarrama, Siete Picos
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Trees, rocks, streams.. in the snow.
This is a tree that i visit regularly in Winter..on days of bad visibility it’s often as high as you can go, or at least the last reliable landmark on the way to the top of Hermana Menor. How many … Continue reading
Posted in flora, Mountain, Nature, snow, the seasons
Tagged Dos Hermanas, nature, pine forests, pines, Pinus sylvestris, Sierra Guadarrama, Siete Picos, Winter, Winter wonderland
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Powder frenzy..North of Siete Picos!
Severe oscillations in the weather over the last week..a deluge of rain last Friday – 107mm in Cercedilla in 24 hours – threatened to wipe out the snow right up to the tops of the mountains, but several days of … Continue reading
Posted in Mountain, ski, snow, Weather
Tagged Mountain skiing, pine forests, pines, Sierra Guadarrama, Siete Picos, Siete Picos ski, Winter wonderland
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Spring comes, bringing with it..Winter!
Well yes, it’s Spring isn’t it? Officially since last week..though in reality we’ve had three weeks of Spring weather since the beginning of March. But yesterday and today, surprise, Winter’s back..at least in the Sierra. In Cercedilla we awoke this … Continue reading
Posted in Nature, ski, snow, the seasons, Weather
Tagged cold Spring days, lack of snow, Mountain skiing, Siete Picos, Spring
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Siete Picos – Day of the Family?
Last Sunday we decided to visit Siete Picos, so we took the train to Puerto de Navacerrada and headed up towards the highest of the Seven Peaks..for some the Seventh, for others the First. It’s a relatively easy hike from … Continue reading
Shangri-La..is on the other side of Siete Picos
What we see from Cercedilla when we look towards Siete Picos is the impressive South Face of the mountain. As beautiful as any mountain anywhere. At the moment it presents a snowy aspect with lines of white crisscrossing among the steep … Continue reading
Posted in flora, Nature, ski, snow, Weather
Tagged getting back to nature, Mountain skiing, pine forests, Sierra Guadarrama, Siete Picos, Winter, Winter wonderland
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