Sierra Nevada amadziwika chifukwa cha malo ake ogulitsa. Ili ndiye malo ogulitsira akum'mwera kwambiri ku Europe yonse. Malinga ndi chifukwa ichi, kuchuluka kwakukulu kwa alendo kuno kumagwera miyezi yozizira. Kuchita bwino kumakhala ndi njira zamakono kwambiri, malo abwino ogona komanso hotelo zapamwamba.
Sierra nevada amayamba kudzigwiritsa ntchito yekhayo anayamba kugwira ntchito kuyambira zaka za m'ma 900. Malo okongola komanso mawonekedwe owoneka bwino. Apa mutha kukhala nthawi yochita holide yogwira, komanso mosavutikira kusangalala ndi zokongola zachilengedwe. Kuyamba kwa nyengo ya alendo, kumagwera pa Disembala mwezi umodzi, komanso kutha kumapeto kwa Epulo.
Pakati pa nyengo ya alendo ku Sierra Nevada, mitengo yapamwamba kwambiri imagwiranso ntchito. Ndipo mitengoyo imafukula chilichonse, kuyambira ndi zida zamasewera, ndikutha ndi malo okhala ku hotelo. Kuyambira kumapeto kwa Epulo ndi kumayambiriro kwa Disembala, nthawi yakufa imayamba ku Sierra Nevada. Anthu am'madera panthawiyi, khalani chete moyo ndikupuma kuchokera kwa alendo, kukonzekera nyengo yotsatira ya tchuthi. Nyengo ku Sierra nevada ndi yofewa kwambiri, yomwe ndi njira yayikulu kwambiri yosinthira ski.
