Walking in the Sierra Nevada - A Walker's and Trekker's Guide

The 45 walking routes (3km–56km) in this guidebook to the Sierra Nevada, Spain’s highest mountain range, provide tremendous scope for the adventurous mountain traveller. Covers the Alta Montana (3000m+), the lower Baja Montaña, the Alpajurras and Marquesado Forest. Mountain-bike routes also indicated.

At the time of writing, there is only one other English guide to the Sierra Nevada, Robin Collomb’s Gredos Mountains and Sierra Nevada, which is largely devoted to the Gredos near Madrid, and which contains only 24 pages of information on the Sierra Nevada. This guide is now very much out of date. In Spanish, the choice is obviously wider, with at least two fairly comprehensive walkers’ guidebooks, a mountain bikers’ guide, and a large coffee-table book covering walking, skiing, and climbing in the Sierra.

Other Walking Guides in Spanish

Andar por Sierra Nevada by Jorge Garzon Gutiérrez Contains 25 routes in low and medium mountains (up to 2500m), colour photographs, maps, diagrams and sketches.

A Buho Viajero (‘owl guide’) published by Acción Divulgativa, S.L., Enrique Velasco, 40, 28038 MADRID (1992)

Andar por las Alpujarras by Agustín García Martínez Similar to the above but covering the Alpujarras

Sierra Nevada Guia Montañera by Pablo Bueno Porcel The definitive Spanish guide with 65 routes, 8 maps, numerous photos in colour and black and white, some with climbing routes illustrated (564 pages in total). The latest edition was published in 1987 by Granada University, Campus Universitario de Cartuja, GRANADA.

Other Books in Spanish

Rutas BH de Mountain Bike (Granada) by Alejandro Ortega 25 bike-friendly routes in Sierra Nevada and surrounding area, sketch maps, route relief diagrams.

A Rutas BH guide, published by Ediciones Tutor, Sebastian Elcano, 30, 28012 MADRID.

La Aventura de Sierra Nevada 1717-1915 by Manuel Titos Martínez Historical accounts of the early ‘excursionistas’ explorations of the Sierra. Many interesting historic photographs, maps and diagrams. Published in 1990 by Granada University, Campus Universitario de Cartuja, GRANADA.

Other Books in English

Wild Spain by Frederic V. Grunfeld General traveller’s and naturalist’s guide. Contains much good information on Spain’s wild areas including Sierra Nevada. Published in 1988 by Ebury Press, Colquhoun House, 27–37 Broadrick Street, London W1V 1FR.