DESCRIPTION

 

We would like to invite you to discover Sierra Nevada walking over the massif from

Northeast to Southwest, always above 3000 meters of height.

 

During this trek, you will also enjoy the views of Granada, the Mediterranean Sea and Africa, if climate helps. We will approach to the mythical summits of the Sierra Nevada range, all of them over the 3000 meters, like Picón de Jeres, Picón de Vacares, Alcazaba, Veleta, Caballo and, of course, the hights summit in Spain in land, Mulhacen with 3479 meters.

 

It is an advanced trek in which we’ll have to spend the nights under the stars, except one night at Poqueira hut, we will find water by ourselves and the felling of loneliness will be present.

Besides, there is a possibility of doing an integral trek completely autonomously, without going through the Poqueira Hut.

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We offer you 4 trekking days and 3 nights. The first one in bivouac, only covered by stars.

We will spend the second night in a guarded hut where you can recover energies and provisions. The last one night, will be in a non guarded refuge or if you want, under the starry sky again.

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ITINERARY

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DAY 1:

Postero Alto Hut (1.900 m) – Vacares Lagoon (2.885 m)

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Arrival with our vehicle to the Postero Alto Refuge from where we will head SW passing through the Picón de Jérez, Tajos Negros, Puntal de los Cuartos, Pico de la Justicia and Pico del Cuervo, all of them over the 3000 meters, to end the first day at Laguna de Vacares where we will spend the night (bivouac).

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Distance : 14 km.

Altitude+ : 1517 m.

Altitude- : 508 m.

Average time : 7 -8 h.

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DAY 2:

Vacares Lake (2.885 m) – Poqueira Hut (2.500 m)

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We head northwest towards the Alcazaba (3366 m), we go down to Siete Lagunas and from here we continue our route to the Poqueira Refuge, where we will spend the night with a good dinner and a nice shower.

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Distance : 15.5 km.

Altitude+ :  1100 m.

Altitude-  : 1545 m.

Average time : 7 - 8 h.

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DAY 3:

Poqueira Hut (2.500 m) – Carihuela Hut (3.200 m)

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The itinerary begins with the ascent to Mulhacén, the hights point in our trek, through the valley of the Mulhacén river to later go to Pico del Veleta. Dinner and overnight in bivouac in the unguarded refuge Elorrieta..

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Distance : 16.79 km.

Altitude+ : 1651 m.

Altitude- : 984 m.            

Average time: 7- 8 h

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DAY 4:

Carihuela Hut (3.200 m) – Niguelas Viewpoint (2.200 m)

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Lagunillas de la Virgen, Elorrieta (3183 m), Cartujo (3152 m) and Cerro del Caballo (3013 m). We will go down the Loma de los Tres Mojones to the Rinconada de Nigüelas, at whose viewpoint an all-terrain vehicle will pick us up and take us to the town of Niguelas.

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Distance : 12 km.

Altitude+ : 360 m.

Altitude- : 1250 m.

Average time: 6 - 7 h.

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