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NATURAL SHELTERS

There are natural shelters and caves at:

 Cueva Secreta, 1780m, lower Valdeinfiernos valley, Genil (grid reference 709 052)

 Refugio ‘Natural’ Siete Lagunas, 2870m, next to Laguna Hondera where there are natural shelters and walls (grid reference 740 004). A shovel may be required in winter.

Respecting the environment

Spectacular lenticular clouds over Mulhacén (Route 21)

The Sierra Nevada gained national park status in 1999. Most of the zone to which this guide relates is within the national park boundaries. It is a very special place and it is therefore important that visitors treat it with great respect.

 You do not need to obtain authorisation for climbing and mountaineering in the high mountains.

 You do not need permission to use the unguarded refuges, but please take all litter away with you, leave the place in as clean a state as possible and close the door and windows so that snow does not enter.

It goes without saying that you should not:

 make fires

 feed the wildlife