By admin on August 22, 2009
Yes its true, we were out with 3 Spanish Highs clients in the high Sierra Nevada and climbing a peak called Cerro de Caballo (3009m). Circling above us and the mountain were around 16 BIG birds, first thoughts were Golden Eagles but as we got higher and nearer to them, no for sure they were [...]
Posted in Trip reports, Videos | Tagged cerro de caballo, eurasian griffon vulture, gyps fulvus, sierra nevada
By admin on July 4, 2009
Whilst driving to the Ventura trailhead above Lanjaron at 2200m in the Sierra Nevada, we rounded the corner and were met by beautiful these sights. Ive never seen this before so it can only be the due to the fantastic winter that we have had. Normally this time of year the mountains are a dry [...]
Posted in Nature, Photos | Tagged cerro de caballo, Lanjaron, sierra nevada, trailhead, ventura
By admin on March 11, 2009
Here are some pictures from the latest dog walk taken on Sunday.
Khumbu and Bruno
Khumbu
Playing in the snow
Rocky
Walking out with peak Cerro de Caballo behind me and Khumbu
Tired hot dogs resting in the shade of the car
Posted in Dogs, Photos | Tagged bruno, cerro de caballo, khumbu, rocky
By admin on November 28, 2008
So off go the 5 of us happy campers for a 3 hour walk in to the Caballo Refugio. We intended to use tents to sleep in and use the hut to socialise in. As it turns out the walk in took 5 1/2 hours in deep snow. By the time we got to the [...]
Posted in News, Photos, Trip reports | Tagged caballo hut, cerro de caballo, mountaineering, sierra nevada
By admin on September 2, 2008
Khumbu and Bruno have added another summit of the 3000m peaks here in the Sierra Nevada to their list. Cerro de Caballo stands at 3009m high above Lanjaron, the lowest of the peaks. It was rather warm for us all but a great day enjoyed in the mountains. They now have 3 ticked off, Mulhacen [...]
Posted in Dogs, Trip reports | Tagged bruno, cerro de caballo, khumbu
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