Sierra ekes out near average snowpack despite warm winter

Sierra ekes out near average snowpack despite warm winter

The central Sierra Nevada experienced the fourth warmest winter on record, according to Western Regional Climate Center researcher Dan McEvoy of the Desert Research Institute.

Scattered in the woods in bad weather with their dogs. Two women, then tracked down and rescued by rescuers. It was the police of the Cerveteri station who intervened following a distress call to 112, concerning two women lost in the woods of Monte la Guardia...

The Civil Guard rescued two people who had climbed to the Mulhacén peak. The mountain specialists had to travel one kilometer on foot, at night and in the middle of a blizzard in one of the coldest points in Spain, with temperatures close to the - 35oC. After the rescue one of the agents had to be attended by

The Guardia Civil has recently rescued several hikers in Sierra Nevada who, without the proper equipment, were in danger situations. In one of the incidents, three hikers were surprised at night in the area of the Queen's Washers without warm clothes or lighting, which prevented them from continuing their march and caused them symptoms of hypothermia. The agents, after locating them in the early morning, provided them with warm clothes and food …

The Guardia Civil has rescued two people who last Friday went out to do a mountain activity in Sierra Nevada despite the erasca 'Martinho', victims who did not carry adequate material to climb the Mulhacen and who were found with symptoms of hypothermia.