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Veleta

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Location:	Located in the province of Granada in southeastern Spain and belongs to Sierra Nevada, in the mountains Penibética. Its 30S 675013 UTM is taking the Hayford ellipsoid.
Height:	The Veleta is, 3,392 meters, the third highest peak in the Iberian Peninsula and second of its range.
Description:	Beneath it in the area known as Corral del Veleta area there is a fossil permafrost ice is estimated from the last Ice Age, 13 000 years old, which shows that Sierra Nevada glacier area was active until the Corral del Veleta glacier, melted completely in the summer of 1913. Since then, the southernmost glacier in Europe is located in the Gran Sasso peak in the Apennines. The foothills is the ski resort of Sierra Nevada, in Pradollano, which begins at 2,100 feet and ends near the summit of Veleta. From Granada, coming round by the south to Sierra Nevada. Upon exiting the tunnel we Seraglio turn right again towards Sierra Nevada. Continue the road and arriving at the station Pradollano, instead of going to take a left turn towards Veleta. The road is closed by a barrier height of the shelters, where we leave the car in one of the car parks located there. To raise the Veleta from the shelters have two choices: follow the road or take the road curves countless shortening it. Obviously it is longer and heavier road climb, although the slope is less than the road. The data displayed in the tab are taken up the road and down the road. If we make the climb on the road simply must follow it. Soon we started to climb the monument to the Virgen de las Nieves, and just then a branch to the right that leads to Borreguiles. The road continues along the Cauchiles ravine, where it is commonly found in early summer, a glacier on the pass between two walls of snow. The road passes the head of the ravine and continues to rise, sometimes by the side of the ravine of San Juan (left), sometimes by the river Monachil (right). We reached a point called "vane positions, where we see that there is only the rise to peak, From here the road skirts the hill looking Veleta Carigüela to change the slope. From the positions we can peek into the corral del Veleta, with its dramatic gorges, among which formed by the north side of peak object of our excursion. Continuing road, which in early summer there are large glaciers, find a fork. We follow the left (the right goes through the Carigüela to the southern slopes of Sierra Nevada and continues to Capileira), which continues, we will stop a few meters from the top. If we go by the way we look at the car park is to the right, just where on the corner of the road. At the crossroads with the ramp to borreguiles, we must walk by it a few meters and a wooden sign to take the path that follows the left slope Cauchiles Ravine (right side in our direction of travel). We will continue to give sight to corral the Veleta and once there, follow the road to the summit. From the Veleta the views are stunning. To the north we see the pen and the deep gorge formed by the river Guarnón, on the east line of peaks ranging from Cerro de los Machos to Mulhacén, Fortress, Vacares and all the headwaters of the river Genil. To the south, the river and Lake Veleta Aguas Verdes, and west, the valleys of Dílar (with the gap in the mares) and Monachil, and the westernmost mountain peaks: Cuts of the Virgin of Nevero Tajos, Tajo Males, Carthusian, Upper Cuts and Horse. to descend the way we look at the aforementioned "Veleta positions" described in the climb up the road.
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Curiosities:	The hanger-shaped silhouette is very characteristic and notes from Granada, so that the vane is one of the most photographed peaks in the world, to be behind the Alhambra. The best time for this tour is when there is still some snow. The views throughout the route are stunning, overlooking much of the province. Since the peak of Veleta can see the sea and on a clear day, Africa. Duration: 5 hours 15 minutes. Distance: 18 km Elevation: 875 m. Water: No Difficulty: Medium.
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