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The Sierra Nevada is the icing on the cake for those fortunate to live in southern Spain, writes Jon Clarke
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T is hard to believe that just below me are the glistening white beaches of the Costa Tropical and its nearby sister, the Costa del Sol. Way over to my east are Tunis, Sicily and Athens, while to the west are Sevilla and the Algarve. Yet somehow, just somehow, I am wrapped up in a parka with a warm hat and gloves and completely surrounded by fluffy white snow as far as the eye can see. Yes, this is the Sierra Nevada, Europe’s most southerly skiing resort and mainland Spain’s highest mountain. The geography of the area is simply staggering given its proximity to the beach and getting so much snow here is all to do with its altitude, which goes up to a staggering 3,482 metres (11,423 feet) above sea level. Its highest peak, Mul-
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