Sierra Nevada, Spain
Introduction
It seems amazing, wrong even, that you can quite easily snowboard in the morning in deep powder snow, then pop down to the beach just over an hour away for a huge seafood meal, a swim in the Mediterranean sea and a relax on a sun soaked coast, but that's exactly what you can do from here in this most southern resort of Sierra Nevada, located a short distance form the town of Granada. It's possible from the high point of Veleta to see the Atlas Mountains of Morocco across the Mediterranean. Sierra Nevada is an OK place to ride and is particularly well suited to beginners and hard boot carvers, as well as offering some cool off-piste freeriding in powder bowls. The purpose built resort is well located for the slopes. These are first accessed by the main gondola which deposits you in Borreguilles, directly onto fantastic beginner's piste. Go up higher and you will be on slopes whose angles are great for free carving - just that perfect angle to really lay 'em out in perfect control. Night-riding is done on the Rio slope, a 2 mile run that provides one of the best lit night trails anywhere. However, there are no set days or times for night-riding, you will need to check at the lift ticket office on a daily basis to get details.Resort Statistics
Resort Type:
Alpine
Winter: Dec to April
Summer: None
Lifts
Total Lifts: 19
Gondolas: 2
Chair lifts: 15
Drag lifts: 2
Other lifts: 2 Magic carpets
Max people per hour: 41,755
Board Leashes required: No
Mountain
Total pistes/trails: 79
Total ride area: 84km
Longest run: 6 km
Top lift: 3300m
Vertical drop: 1198m
First lift: 2102m
Piste suitability
Green runs: 47%
Red runs: 47%
Black runs: 6%
Lift Passes
Lift Passes:
Half day 29.5 euros
1 Day pass 37 euros
5 days 157 euros
Season 700 euros
Lift times:9.00am to 4.30pm
Snowfall
Artificial snowmaking coverage: 31%
Facilities
Night Riding: :
Saturdays 19.00 to 21.30 11euros
Snowboard Schools:
weekend 4hr group lesson 39 euros
Private lessons 30 euros per hour
Snowboard Hire:
Board & Boots 24 euros for a day, 70 euros 5 days
Heliboarding: :
Not available
Snowmobiles:
Not available
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