PRACTICAL INFO ABOUT THE SIERRA NEVADA SKIING AREA
LOCATION
- Nearest town: Monachil, 20km
- Nearest city: Granada, 32km
- Highest mountain peak of ski area: Veleta, 3,398m
ALTITUDE
- Resort base level (Pradollano): 2100 m
- Top station: 3300 m
- Vertical drop: 1200 m
- Slope orientation: north/north-east
RUNS
- Number of ski areas: 6 (Veletas; Laguna de las Yeguas; Borreguiles; Lomar del Dilar; Rio Monachil; Parador)
- Total distance of marked runs: 105Km
- Total number of runs: 117
- Green runs (very easy, beginners' or "nursery" slopes): 18
- Blue runs (easy): 40
- Red runs (intermediate): 51
- Black runs (expert): 8
- Longest run: Pista del Águila (5,990 Km)
- Cross-country circuits: 1 (5.8 Km marked)
SKI LIFTS
- Total number of ski lifts: 21
- Gondola lift: 2 (detachable)
- Chair lifts: 16 (6 detachable)
- T-bars: 1
- Carpet lift (conveyor belt): 3
Ski lifts in special areas
- Superpark Sulayr (see below): 2 chairlifts
- Fuente de Mirlo recreational area: 1 carpet lift
- Dreamland (Children's snow park): 4 carpet lifts
Total ski lift capacity: 50,011 skiers/hour
SNOW-MAKING FACILITIES
- Snow producing machines: 350 canons and 725 hydrantsReservoir capacity for exclusive use of snow machine: 190,000 cubic metres of water
- Artificial snow runs: 43
- Total km of artificial snow: 35 Km
- Number of ski schools: 15
- Number of teachers: 415
- Night skiing: Saturday 7pm-9.30pm (subject to conditions)
OTHER WINTER SPORTS AND ACTIVITIES
Snowparks: Superparque Sulayr (see below), plus 1 minipark (jumps and rails)
Superpàrk Sulayr:
- Length: 1080m (in 3 areas)Width: 80mVertical drop: 210mAltitude: 2360-2625mFormat: slopestyleLevel of difficulty: intermediate to expertSnow obstacles: 6Artificial snow obstacles: 20Lifts: 2 four-seater chairlifts
- Opening hours: 11am - 4.30pm
Snow parks for other winter sports:
- Borreguiles - tubing, parallel slalom, private competition hosting
- Pradollano (Fuente de Mirlo)- "Russian sledge" (Roller-sled on rails, a cross between a roller-coaster and a bob-sled, for 2 passengers)
- Toboggans, ski-bike, ski-scooter, ski-seat, slalom bike, mini-snowboarding, mini-ski, open air skating rink
OTHER FACILITIES
- Nurseries: 2 (1 in Borreguiles and 1 in Pradollano)
- Sports clubs: 1 (Club Deportivo Montebajo)
- Covered car park: 2644 places
- Open car park: 1600 places
- Motorhome parking: 100 places (Los Peñones)
Some useful words:
- remonte - ski lift
- telecabina - gondola lift
- telesilla - chair lift
- telesquie - T-bar
- telecuerda - rope lift
- cinta transportadora/alfombra magica - carpet lift (moving conveyor belt)
- forfait -ski pass
- esqui de fondo - cross-country (Nordic) skiing
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