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60 skiable kilometres and 76 runs to wind up 2022/23 Ski season in Spain’s Sierra Nevada

FATHER'S Day weekend in Sierra Nevada saw users enjoy 60 skiable kilometres and 76 runs as the ski resort winds up the 2022/23 Ski...

Spain’s Sierra Nevada gradually reopens after unusually strong winds force closure

STRONG wind gusts forced the Sierra Nevada ski resort to close on Saturday as a major storm blew into the Granada mountains. The strong winds...

RANKED: Top five ski resorts in Spain

WE love Spain for its sun and sand (and sangria, seafood, drool…) but who goes to ski in Spain?  If you’re flying to southern Spain...

CHILLING OUT: Living on the snowline in Spain’s Granada region

DESPITE the start of 2023 being unseasonably warm, the mercury plummeted in mid-January and early February, with constant minimum temperature warnings from Spain’s meteorological...

Around the clock work continues on the A-395 access road to Spain’s Sierra Nevada in bid to open for...

SKILLED road maintenance operatives work around the clock in an effort to open the blocked Sierra Nevada road this weekend. At least eight people were...

Baza in Spain’s Granada drops to a chilly -6.3ºC and registers lowest urban temperature this Tuesday in all Andalucia

SEVERAL areas in Andalucia are still experiencing freezing temperatures at night, specifically Braza, a captivating Moorish town in the north-east part of the province...

Spain’s Sierra Nevada opens slopes for expert skiers and snowboarders

THE Sierra Nevada ski resort in Granada has opened the amazing runs of the Laguna de las Yeguas area, restricted to expert skiers and...

Dramatic rockfall in Spain’s Sierra Nevada injures 8 including four-month-old baby and a two-year-old boy

AT LEAST eight people have been injured in a hair-raising moment when a landslide swallowed an entire stretch of road on the A-395 highway...

King Felipe VI spends weekend skiing in Spain’s Sierra Nevada which opened Loma de Dílar and other ski lifts...

KING Felipe VI has spent the weekend skiing in Sierra Nevada. His Majesty the King travelled this Saturday, January 21, to Granada’s ski resort accompanied...

Huge dumping of snow in just 24 hours forces Sierra Nevada ski resort to close

A huge dumping of snow has forced the closure of Spain’s Sierra Nevada ski resort. About 15cm of snow fell at the Sierra Nevada Station...

Man falls 200 metres to his death in Spain’s Sierra Nevada

MOUNTAIN rescue teams have recovered the body of a man who fell 200 metres to his death whilst hiking in Granada’s Sierra Nevada. The tragic...

Spain’s Sierra Nevada ski resort closes Christmas period with nearly 160,000 visitors

THE Sierra Nevada ski and mountain resort closed the Christmas holidays—from December 22 to January 6—with more than 158,000 visitors. Of the almost 160,000...

Spain’s Sierra Nevada opens El Rio piste and reaches 30 kilometres of skiable slopes—plus new Alhambra chairlift goes into...

SIERRA NEVADA now exceeds 30 skiable kilometres thanks to the opening of El Rio piste. The opening of Sierra Nevada’s most emblematic slopes, El Río,...

Spain’s Sierra Nevada ski resort hits 100% capacity for first time this season

THE southernmost ski resort in Europe, Sierra Nevada, has reached full capacity for the first time this season. This past Wednesday, December 28, the ski...

Three villages in Granada among most beautiful in Spain

GRANADA city hosts some of the most beautiful monuments in Spain and the province can now also boast to being home to several of...

More ski lifts, new hotels and even a ‘glamping’ site: What Spain’s Sierra Nevada has in store for the...

FANS OF skiing, snowboarding and all things Alpine are in for a treat over the coming years, as Sierra Nevada in Spain’s Granada province...

Peak of good dining: Where to eat in Spain’s Sierra Nevada

A PIPING hot raclette, a burger and chips and a few stale tapas used to be the basic offering in the Sierra Nevada two...

Two women freeze to death at Sierra Nevada ski resort in Spain’s Andalucia

THE bodies of two women in their mid-fifties were found on Monday afternoon in a Sierra Nevada ski resort with no apparent sign of...

Spain’s Sierra Nevada receives heaviest snowfall of the autumn and prepares to open more ski areas

THE Spanish ski resort has registered the biggest snowfall so far of the season. Sierra Nevada kicked off the winter season with good snow conditions on five slopes...

Snow billowing down across Sierra Nevada as cold snap brings storms, rain

Snow is billowing down in Spain's Sierra Nevada as a cold front sweeps across the country. The Monachil fire station shared footage online of...

WATCH: Lightning strikes remote Cadiz mountain village as extreme wind and rain lashes Gibraltar

GUSTS rising to 67km/h, torrential rain of 113mm/h, thunder and lightning have lashed Gibraltar and the surrounding area during some of the worst weather...

Spain’s Sierra Nevada closes first weekend of winter season with more than 2,800 users

THE Sierra Nevada winter resort has closed the first weekend of the 2022/23 winter season with 2,830 users, of which 1,750 were skiers/snowboarders. An additional...

Sierra Nevada kicks-off the winter ski season this Saturday for what could be the best season in the history...

THE ski and mountain resort of Sierra Nevada starts its winter 2022/23 ski season this coming Saturday, December 3. Sierra Nevada is looking forward to...

On top of the world: Granada’s Sierra Nevada is the perfect active tourism destination in Spain

JUST south of Granada, Mulhacen is the Iberian Peninsula’s highest peak. Part of the Sierra Nevada range, nestling between the Vega de Granada, Lecrin...

Switchbacks in Southern Spain provides the perfect mountain biking holiday

WITH its diverse environment, the Sierra Nevada is the perfect destination for cycle tourism. Formed of ancient glacial valleys and terraces, it has a...

Spain’s Sierra Nevada exceeds its all-time record of advance ski pass sales

SIERRA NEVADA'S Ski, Snowboard and Mountain Resort, nestled on the north facing slopes of Spain's third highest mountain, has surpassed this week its all-time...

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