Mulhacén, Spain

Latitude/Longitude (WGS84)	37° 3' 12'' N, 3° 18' 41'' W 37.053405, -3.311461 (Dec Deg) 472307 E 4100842 N, Zone 30 (UTM)
Country	Spain
State/Province	Andalucía (Highest Point)
County/Second Level Region	Granada (Highest Point)
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Ascent Info Total successful ascents logged by registered Peakbagger.com users: 108      Show all viewable ascents/attempts (Total: 108) Selected Trip Reports from this site:      2002 by Norman Ouellette      2003 by Norman Ouellette      2005-12-11 by Lee Humphries      2007-02-28 by Matthias Fieles (Unsuccessful)      2008-03-24 by Patrick Folan      2008-05-01 by Lee Newton      2009-08-14 by Rob Woodall      2010-03-22 by James Warren (Unsuccessful)      2012-10-20 by Mark McAllister      2013-05-22 by Matthias Fieles      2013-07-01 by Martin Richardson      2013-08-21 by Simon Ulyett (GPS Track)      2014-08-26 by Tom Milliard      2016-09-18 by Susan Mackenzie      2016-10-31 by Andrej Gerber      2017-01-06 by Nikolaus Zulinski      2017-04-27 by Robert Garneau      2017-07 by Garrett Stewart      2017-12-01 by Alex Lennon      2018-07-05 by David Hart      2018-07-07 by Urszula Jelen (GPS Track)      2019-09-24 by David Howells (GPS Track)
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Mulhacen's rocky profile, from the summit of Veleta (1985-07-23).
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Prominence	Key Col Page  (Detailed prominence information)   Clean Prominence: 3289 m/10,791 ft   Optimistic Prominence: 3289 m/10,791 ft   Line Parent: Balmhorn   Key Col: Canal du Midi    190 m/623 ft
Isolation	Isolation Page  (Detailed isolation information)    Distance: 526.31 km/327.03 mi    Isolation Limit Point: 32.495, -4.9058 Nearest Higher Neighbor in the PBC database:     Arin' Ayachi  (SSW)
Ranges	Continent: Europe Range2: Iberian Peninsula (Highest Point) Range3: Andalucian Ranges (Highest Point) Range4: Sierra Nevada Ranges (Highest Point) Range5: Sierra Nevada (Highest Point)
Ridges/Divides	Eurasia Continental Divide
Drainage Basins	Alboran Sea Mediterranean Sea Atlantic Ocean Guadalquivir (HP) Gulf of Cadiz Atlantic Ocean
Ownership	Land: Parque nacional de Sierra Nevada
Route #1	Scramble Trailhead: 3100 m/10,171 ft Vertical Gain: 379 m/1243 ft Distance (one way): 1.05 km/0.65 mi
Data Source	1:25,000 (or larger) Topographic Survey Map
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Other Photos

The north face of Mulhacen as viewed from Juega de Bolos. My route started up the prominent gully right of the cairn, traversed left midway up at the upside down snow triangle, and finished up the "Canuto Central" to summit. 3.5 hours from my bivouac site at Laguna de la Mosca. (2017-04-26). Photo by Robert Garneau. Click here for larger-size photo.

Icefall midway up the North Face (2017-04-26). Photo by Robert Garneau. Click here for larger-size photo.

On the summit, view to the south-east. HP # 18 (2014-05-30). Photo by Iwan Auderset. Click here for larger-size photo.

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