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| John Climber | Excellent activity!!  Date Climbed: Apr 29, 2009 | |
| Viento and me climbed it through the 'Canuto Route' (north Colouir), a snow and ice route. This time it was full of snow (fallen on the evening of the 27th), so we were opening the path through deep snow (till almost our knees at some points). The entrance was easier than normally (due to the snow), but as steep as always (50 degrees). Finished to the top over the Fidel-Fierro, partially covered with snow. Recomended!! | |
| Posted Apr 30, 2009 2:32 pm | ||
| StarMan | Great day! Date Climbed: Sep 29, 2008 | |
| Hiked up from Albergue with gracia. There was an early snow storm occuring above 2800 meters. | |
| Posted Oct 13, 2008 8:11 am | ||
| oconnellr | Route Climbed: Refugio del Poqueira up Río Seco and sw ridge Date Climbed: Jul 4, 2008 | |
| A great way to finish a short trip in the mountains. Also went up Cerro de los Machos just for good measure. Descended to Pradollano to catch the bus back to Granada | |
| Posted Jul 5, 2008 11:29 am | ||
| chugach mtn boy | N side Date Climbed: Mar 15, 1980 | |
| A sunny, warm snow climb in March | |
| Posted Jun 28, 2007 1:12 pm | ||
| Rafa Bartolome | Poqueira route Date Climbed: Jun 15, 2007 | |
| We climbed from refugio de Poqueira (2500m) across the ravine of Río Seco. We climbed as well Cerro de los Machos (3327m), Tajos del Nevero (3228m), Crestón del Río Seco (3122m) and Puntal de Loma Pelada (3187m) after the return to refuge in 10 hours of walk. | |
| Posted Jun 17, 2007 6:42 pm | ||
| pablo | Route Climbed: Canuto Central / Central Tube-Couloir-Corridor Date Climbed: Dec 29, 2006 | |
| We (Jonas and me) start from Albergue Universitario (2500m) at 7h00am... the Canuto Central looks pretty vertical from "Posiciones del Veleta" (3000m). It's bloody cold and we look for areas of sun to get prepared (harness, helmet...). At 8am we begin to descend in diagonal to reach the starting point of the corridor. Snow looks better than expected. We use the 2 ice axes to negotiate the slopes, some of them with ice. We reach the exit at 11h00am and then proceed climbing to the summit of Veleta where we arrive at 13h00. At 15pm we are back in the Albergue Universitario celebrating with some beers this beautiful ascend. | |
| Posted Jan 4, 2007 9:29 am | ||
| igneouscarl | Grand Date Climbed: Aug 12, 2006 | |
| Caught the bus from Granada to a point just above the ski resort (around 2300m) then headed up the path cutting through the road. Found it tough going straight from sea level, until I realised I'd packed a fair bit more water than I'd intended (9 litres!)Followed the ridge all the way to the summit, avoiding the tourist train, with excellent views of the east face. | |
| Posted Aug 14, 2006 7:12 am | ||
| Xim | Route Climbed: Normal Route Date Climbed: February 1992 | |
| Nice views over to Africa from the summit and darn cold and windy too. Nice walk up to the top, but tough with the thin air during the last 500 height-metres or so for a smoker like me in those days ;-). | |
| Posted Dec 9, 2005 4:16 pm | ||
| onlynine | Route Climbed: Normal (from Capileira) Date Climbed: 22 Sep 2005 | |
| We were a group of 10 MTB riders from Denmark who biked up from Capileira (a climb of 2000 hm). A very nice and steady climb with quite a few nice views! | |
| Posted Oct 1, 2005 12:05 pm | ||
| Thomas Gurviez | Route Climbed: normal route Date Climbed: 26 june 2004 | |
| Veleta climbed on a munificent day : 40°C in Granada, blue sky storm and still 3 to 4 meters of snow in some portions of the road | |
| Posted Feb 7, 2005 3:44 am | ||
| Diego Sahagún | Route Climbed: Normal Date Climbed: 6 June 2004 | |
| After passing a weekend in Granada, Nadie and me drove to Sierra Nevada ski resort, where we parked at Refugio Universitario (2.555 m / 8,383 ft). Started walking at 10:50 AM, left Observatorio Astronómico and Virgen de las Nieves to the right and joined the road again. We took many short cuts in order avoid all the curves of the road, we only followed the trail. Past Borreguiles crossroads and took all the short cuts across Cauchiles, where the road does plenty of bends. The wind was strong from the east so we had to deal with it. We past El Campanario, at 12:00 PM we did a stop just at the point (2.895 m / 9,498 ft) where the snow began to cover the ground, near Panderones. We put some clothes on and ate something, a pair of well covered climbers past but there wasn?t so cold, it was only the effect of the wind. We wore plastic boots so the soft and rotten snow didn?t wet our feet though we didn?t wear gaiters. We crossed Posiciones del Veleta, left Veredón to the left and reached the NW face of Veleta. Then the snow on the road was flatten so after putting our shell pants on we followed it in order to avoid the deep snow. At 1:50 PM we stayed on a chair lift station (3.300 m / 10,827 ft) having lunch while seating on a bench. Then I drop the cap of my canteen so it fell in a crack between the wall of the station and icy snow. We decided not to descend for finding it because it couldn?t be glimpsed, the snow was icy (we hadn?t crampons) and the crack was so narrow. So after 40 minutes there we restarted ascending the SW slope of the mountain. We sometimes sank almost to our knees and others walked on scramble. At 3:00 PM we trod the summit, there weren?t anybody but soon a climber appeared from the N face of the peak. We talked with him a lot, they lived in Almería and were coming from the same parking where we had our car, but they had descended to Corral del Veleta, ascended a wide gully and finally climbed the N face. He was waiting the others to come for some minutes so we asked him to take a photo of us. He showed us all the peaks though we had a map, told us all the huts, etc. When his mates reached the top we took some photos of them while other climbers appeared on the normal route. After 40 minutes on the summit we started the descent on the NW ridge, reached El Lastrón and descended on the snow to the flatten snow. The temperature had lowed to 9ºC / 48F and some high grey clouds covered the mountain. We did a break at Veredón where there are beautiful views of Veleta and Corral del Veleta. The climbers from Almería past and soon we followed them on the trail. We past 2 lonely climbers, one ascending and the other descending. Our descent was slow but without long stops. At 6:00 PM we reached my car, we were a bit tired but satisfied of our ascent, it was the first 3000er by Nadie. | |
| Posted Jun 23, 2004 7:09 am | ||
| Diego Sahagún | Route Climbed: Normal Date Climbed: Late June 1994 | |
| On 1994 I went back to Veleta, this time my father and a cousin of mine climbed from Pradollano (2.100 m) to Refugio-vivac La Carihuela (3.204 m). Then slept, climbed to the summit and departed to Mulhacen. | |
| Posted Jun 7, 2004 7:09 pm | ||
| Tereska | Route Climbed: from Pradollano Date Climbed: August 2003 | |
| I was not well prepared for summitting. I stopt 200meters below the summit. It was rather chilly because of the wind. | |
| Posted Feb 25, 2004 3:09 pm | ||
| Phillip Stasiw | Route Climbed: Normal Route Date Climbed: 5 January 2004 | |
| Helped take a group of students up to get used to walking on crampons and using axes etc,great mountain spoiled a little by the Ski run next to the route normal,wish id taken my ski's though!But plenty of scope for climbing out there,some great gullys on the west face which looked fantastic. | |
| Posted Feb 17, 2004 9:44 am | ||
| Tim Vossenberg | Route Climbed: from Pradollano Date Climbed: August 2003 | |
| My first climbed mountain. It was a test for the Gran Paradiso wich I did in september 2003. | |
| Posted Nov 30, 2003 5:07 am | ||
| panda- | Route Climbed: walked the road from the parking lot above pradollano Date Climbed: 21/6 2000 | |
| Tried this summit as a test of a little altitude before climbing Kilimanjaro. The road from pradollano was easy to walk and had several shortcuts. Some of them were partly covered in snow. At 2850 meters there were some kind of paragliding contest. Alot of people were gathered around here I was passed by a couple of bikes, but they stopped around 3000 meters looking completely exhausted. The bikeride from Granada must be demanding with an altitude gain of almost 3000 meters. The weather was really bad with almost no visibility above 3000 meters. I pushed on to about 3350 and got a glipse of the Refugio at collado di Veleta thruogh the rain. Also I saw a deer-looking animal (ibex?) high on the mountain. Wondered why, as there couldnt have been anything to eat up there. I felt some altitude high up, and it was very cold and windy, so I did not walk the last bit. Still it was a satisfying trip. Bjorn | |
| Posted Apr 3, 2003 4:03 am | ||
| eza | Route Climbed: Normal Route from Pradollano Date Climbed: May 2, 1999 | |
| Made a lone climb walking along the snow slopes of Sierra Nevada ski resort. I did not enjoy a good weather, and clouds closed over me in the very moment I reached the final pyramid (right at the end of the mechanical ski lifts). In the middle of the fog, with a little bit of snowfall and within that distance of the summit, I consider it to be a complete succesful climb. Being alone, to go on would have been dangerous because of the steep eastern cliffs of the peak. | |
| Posted Nov 22, 2002 9:26 am | ||
| maulwurf | Route Climbed: Normal Route from Prado Llano Date Climbed: June 2001 | |
| The route itself wasn't that scenic. But the good weather allowed us to see the Mediterranean Sea in the distance and this definately was worth it! | ||
| Posted Feb 20, 2002 8:58 am | ||
| Diego Sahagún | Route Climbed: Prado Llano Date Climbed: Holy Week of 1982 | |
| First time that I climbed Veleta I was 12 years-old. My father took me an 2 of my brothers to 3010, height where you drop from Veleta III chair lift. Then we climbed along the marked snow courses up, between the skiers, to the summit. There were ice on all rocks and constructions (to be dismantle shortly?). | |
| Posted Feb 14, 2002 4:40 pm | ||
| Pommes | Route Climbed: Bike trip from Granada Date Climbed: July 1996 | |
| Summitted in 5 hours. Took the gravel raod to Capileira in additional 5 hours slipping down snow fields with loaded street bikes. | |
| Posted Aug 17, 2001 10:39 am | ||
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