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Refugio del Caballo (Routes 11, 24, 31)

This one-room bivouac hut takes the form of a small, semi-cylindrical domed shelter and is located at an altitude of 2860m next to the Laguna del Caballo at the base of the north east face of Cerro del Caballo. Sleeps 8. In the summer of 2011 the ‘Acción Sierra Nevada’ initiative (www.accionsierranevada.org) installed a door, painted the inside, put in a window and cleaned the refuge from top to bottom. Work to the roof in 2014 has improved it as a suitable winter shelter. The lake a few metres west meets all water requirements.

Refugio Elorrieta (Routes 21, 24, 31)

The Elorrieta Refuge is located at 3197m, south west of the Tajos de la Virgen ridge. It was built between 1931 and 1933 and named in honour of the Director General Octavio Elorrieta. It was the most ambitious of a network of shelters created in the 1930s in the Lanjarón river valley. It originally had central heating, water, and power for lighting. It consists of two parts: a domed outside shelter and another series of galleries and tunnels dug out of the rock. However, the annual seasonal temperature extremes have taken their toll, and the roof is in particularly bad shape. Time and vandalism have done the rest. It was partially rebuilt in the 1960s but is now once again in a dismal state. It can nevertheless be useful for shelter from inclement weather.