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| RicardoEchanove1 | Route climbed: From la Granja...  Date Climbed: Aug 11, 2009 | |
| We went up from "la Granja de San Ildefonso" to Puerto de los Neveros. From Puerto de los Neveros we ascent Alto de las Neveras and then, by Risco de los Claveles to Peñalara. Going down we went up Hermana Mayor. From Hermana Mayor we went down to Zabala hut, and then, going along Peñalara lakes to Puerto de los Neveros. Then we went back to la Granja, after about 9 hours. In my opinion much more interesting than going from Cotos. | |
| Posted Aug 20, 2009 6:16 am | ||
| Diego Sahagún | As my last ascent Date Climbed: Apr 30, 2008 | |
| Nadie and me ascended Peñalara, Dos Hermanas Mayor and Menor in a windy day of April. | |
| Posted Dec 1, 2008 5:47 am | ||
| RicardoEchanove1 | Route Climbed: Cotos - Dos Hermanas - Peñalara - Laguna de Peñalara-Cotos Date Climbed: Aug 7, 2007 | |
| Fog in the morning and good temperature all the day. Few people during the day and lots of small birds flying arround the summit. My first summit in Guadarrama | |
| Posted Jul 23, 2008 10:38 am | ||
| eza | Second climb, first traverse Date Climbed: Dec 1, 2007 | |
| This trip was quite a change from my first climb to Peñalara (in June 2005), but I really enjoyed it. I traveled to the area with two friends and we reached the summit by the Dos Hermanas normal route, coming down afterwards by the Risco de los Claveles and the Laguna de los Pájaros. | |
| Posted Dec 4, 2007 6:49 am | ||
| Rafa Bartolome | Normal route Date Climbed: Dec 1, 2007 | |
| My first visit to the mountains of Madrid. Interesting ascent to Peñalara with wide landscape. The fog and the clouds cover us in the summit. Ww descended across Los Claveles (some of snow and ice in this ridge) and the laguna de los pájaros y laguna grande without views. Nice route. | |
| Posted Dec 3, 2007 3:14 pm | ||
| nikolai79 | Route Climbed: Dos Hermanas Normal passing Peñalara to Risco de los Claveles and back Date Climbed: Nov 3, 2007 | |
| Really good weather. Maybe the worst thing was Peñalara and Puerto de Cotos was crowded, even I found a friend near Dos Hermanas. I saw some pieces of ice, the first evidences that winter and snow will be there soon (I hope so). | |
| Posted Nov 3, 2007 10:06 pm | ||
| Unai Cruces | Route Climbed: Cotos - Dos Hermanas - Peñalara, and back Date Climbed: Dec 24, 2006 | |
| Following my brothers steps this was my first real mountain ascent. I like the snow very much. We had a pretty day !! | |
| Posted Sep 10, 2007 4:57 pm | ||
| Diego Sahagún | Dos Hermanas Normal in spring conditions Date Climbed: Apr 22, 2007 | |
| Nadie and me climbed Peñalara in a great evening. We reached the summit of Peñalara with excellent weather conditions. In the descent we ascended Dos Hermanas Mayor and Menor | |
| Posted Jul 26, 2007 8:04 pm | ||
| nikolai79 | Dos Hermanas Normal Date Climbed: Feb 10, 2007 | |
| I started early, alone. The day was no good, not cold but windy. There was heavy fog. Most of the people climbing the mountain turned back on Dos Hermanas. Fortunatelly I found somebody with a GPS and I joined him. He guided me to the summit. The weather over 2000 m was horrible, hard fog and strong wind. My pole, and my clothes was completely frozen. Later, 14.00 more or less, the fog run away and the sun started shining. | |
| Posted Feb 10, 2007 3:54 pm | ||
| Diego Sahagún | Dos Hermanas Normal in winter conditions Date Climbed: Dec 17, 2006 | |
| We both started on Puerto de Cotos at 2:05 PM. Once on the forest trail we went along it, left the top of Dos Hermanas Menor to the left and penetrated in the whiteout while leaving Dos Hermanas Mayor to the right. The temperature had descended from 6ºC on Puerto de Cotos to -1ºC, so we put our winter clothes on and ascended to the summit of Peñalara. We had seen many people descending, two of them without gloves and wearing light clothes. Though from the final section of the ascent we saw nobody. We reached te top of Peñalara at 4:15 PM and found some big rocks as shelter for eating something, the wind was strong next to the survey point. After 10 minutes we started the descent. It started to rain despite the freezing conditions so we put our hoods and big gloves on. We left Dos Hermanas Mayor to the left and reached the top of Dos Hermanas Menor (5:05 PM). Once on the forest trail the wind had almost stopped so it started to snow. It didn't snow a lot but it was late so we took the short cut along the old ski-run to Puerto de Cotos. I twisted my right ankle when I put my feet in a hole but it was only a fright. While writing this text my ankle is near perfect. At 6:25 PM we were in my car again. We could see a fox on the road when driving back home, it was between Puerto de Navacerrada and Puerto de Cotos and near the last. | |
| Posted Dec 20, 2006 12:12 am | ||
| Diego Sahagún | Dos Hermanas Normal in summer conditions Date Climbed: Aug 13, 2006 | |
| Nadie and me started the ascent at 5:30 PM on Puerto de Cotos. It was warm on the S slope of Dos Hermanas Menor but we pushed forward, passed to the right of its top and reached the summit of Peñalara at 7:10 PM. We stayed there 10 minutes and started the descent, reached the tops of Dos Hermanas Mayor (7:45 PM) and Dos Hermanas Menor (8:05 PM) and descended quick taking the short cut to the old Area 2100, the forest trail, the ancient ski-run and finally we went into the left (from the road pass) pinewood to Puerto de Cotos (9:20 PM). | |
| Posted Dec 19, 2006 11:41 pm | ||
| cuyaya | May Day Climb Date Climbed: May 1, 2006 | |
| I climbed up after more than a year of wanting to. Since none of my city-folk friends wanted to get down and dirty, I ended up tricking my girlfriend into coming along, understating the difficulty of the hike. The route up, the Dos Hermanas trail, wasn't too bad; most of the snow had melted by May, except for the trail which rode up from the lakes, which we didn't take, following the advice of climbers that had come that way. They said that there was way too much ice to go that way if one didn't have crampons and ice axes. | |
| Posted Oct 10, 2006 2:02 pm | ||
| nikolai79 | Normal over Dos Hermanas. Date Climbed: Mar 26, 2006 | |
| Great mountain day, I found the info from Summitpost page really accurate and usefull. Risco del los Claveles peak was the most interesting and exciting of the climb. | |
| Posted Mar 27, 2006 1:24 pm | ||
| John Climber | Normal over Dos Hermanas. Date Climbed: Mar 26, 2006 | |
| Me, together with Summitposter Nikolai79 climbed Peñalara over the Normal Route (Dos Hermanas). We continued towards Risco de los Claveles and took the Lagunas de Peñalara/Circo de Peñalara to descend back to Puerto de los Cotos. 2 hours to Peñalara. Good snow conditions. A lot of wind (aprox. 60 km/h) on the ridges and tops. Easy mountain but entertaining. | |
| Posted Mar 26, 2006 5:02 pm | ||
| pablo | Route Climbed: Peñalara South East Classic Date Climbed: Feb 4, 2006 | |
| My brother Gabi, our friend Jimmy and me wanted to test some climbs on ice. Finally as the day was excellent we did the ascend to the peak. It was a wonderful experience. A beautiful sea of clouds extended in the clean and sunny Sierra. | |
| Posted Feb 6, 2006 2:23 pm | ||
| Jon Cruces | Route Climbed: Normal 'Dos Hermanas' Date Climbed: Dec. 24th 2005 | |
| Second time in my life I climb this mountain in Winter. What a beatiful day with Unai, my 2 year old brother that Dad was carrying and Mum. | |
| Posted Dec 25, 2005 5:19 pm | ||
| mack78 | Route Climbed: Dos Hermanas Date Climbed: Summer 1999 and January 7 2002 | |
| Nice easy climb in the summer/winter, it takes you about 2 hours to 2 1/2 hours from the parking to the summit. | |
| Posted Aug 27, 2005 11:32 am | ||
| eza | Route Climbed: Dos Hermanas Date Climbed: 29 June 2005 | |
| Enjoyed this solo hike in a beautiful summer afternoon. I was lucky about weather, for it wasn't too hot (about 18º C) in the Puerto de Cotos and a cool breeze was blowing up in the ridge between Dos Hermanas menor and Peñalara. In spite of the advice from Diego, being on my own I did not dare to take the Lagunas de Peñalara Descent Route. Maybe next time... As soon as possible I hope to be able to post some of my pictures. | |
| Posted Jun 30, 2005 10:58 am | ||
| Diego Sahagún | Route Climbed: Dos Hermanas Normal passing Peñalara to Risco de los Claveles and back Date Climbed: 1 April 2005 | |
| Nadie and me started climbing at 2:55 PM on Puerto de Cotos. The ascent to Dos Hermanas Menor was on the normal route thought we stoped (20 min) for having lunch on the forest trail that leads to the top. The final section to the summit was straightly and we had to put our gaiters on before reaching the top. We wore hiking boots but previously (on Puerto de Cotos) we had put water-repellent on them. Once on Dos Hermanas Menor (4:35 PM) we ascended Dos Hermanas Mayor (4:55 PM) and continued to the summit of Peñalara leaving the big cornice to the right. At 5:35 PM we reached the top and did a break for 10 minutes eating something. Continued sinking in the snow to Risco de los Claveles. The mixed ridge to Risco de los Claveles was a little risky but the rocks were dry and we didn't slip though the snow was very wet. At 6:25 PM we were on the top of Risco de los Claveles, where we decided not to descend on the "Lagunas de Peñalara Descent Route" because it was late and there was deep snow in the area between the mountain lakes. So we traversed the ridge and ascended to Peñalara (7:05 PM) again, where we rested for 10 minutes. Then we descended leaving the big cornice to the left and avoiding the snow fields. Past Dos Hermanas Mayor to the right and ascended Dos Hermanas Menor (7:45 PM). Finally we descended mainly on the forest trail to Puerto de Cotos (8:55 PM). We found deep snow until the old Area 2.100 but later there was no snow. Tmin = 5ºC Tmax = 22ºC (in the sun). | |
| Posted Apr 5, 2005 8:51 pm | ||
| Diego Sahagún | Route Climbed: Dos Hermanas Normal on the right wood variant and the ski-run of La Pradera Date Climbed: 10 February 2005 | |
| I forgot my camera in the rear seat of my car while ski touring Peñalara, Sierra de Guadarrama, Spain. Nadie and me had to descend from an approximate height of 2085 m in order not to be stolen. There were many people that day on Puerto (pass) de Cotos (1830 m). After having lunch in my car I drove to Puerto de Navacerrada (1860 m) and we ascended Bola del Mundo (2255 m) and enjoyed a nice descent. | |
| Posted Feb 27, 2005 7:17 pm | ||
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