Distance
11.6 km to summit
27.9 km total
Elevation
2,514 m start
3,473 m max
Vertical
1,638 m gain
Time
6 hr 45 min to summit
10 hr 26 min total
Despite the near-constant strong winds, great day exploring the (original) Sierra Nevada. With a few routefinding mistakes, we took an incredible northern route down the ventanas ramp, didn’t see a single person the entire time. Started to fade a bit on the final summit push but recovered and jogged down to the refugio. Took the standard road route back with the Paso de las guias shortcut — quite intense. Long out-of-body descent back down the slopes of Veleta to the car at Hoya de la Mora. A huge day and great loop!
ryancoburn
Awesome