Sierra Nevada, the renown ski resort of Andalucia, Spain, is opening early its ski season this coming Saturday, one week in advance to its programmed opening date.
Sierra Nevada is having the best conditions in its history for its opening with 9 lifts and 43.5 km of trails in the áreas of Borreguiles, Veleta, Loma de Dílar and Rio.
The ski resort and mountain of Sierra Nevada will open its 2018/19 ski season one week prior to its announced opening date and it will do so with the biggest skiable terrain in the history of the ski resort.
The area will open more terrain in the following dates, but now Sierra Nevada will open with 53 trails for all type of skiers with a vertical drop of 1.100 meters.
The trails are concentrated in the áreas of Veleta, Borreguiles, Loma de Dílar (parcially) and Río. The depth of the snow varies between 20 cm and 1.5 meters, and is probable that there are áreas with even more snow than that!
To access the skiable domaine for the opening, the Lifts deparment is operating the góndola Al-Andalus, the chairlifts, Stadium, Veleta, Emile Allais and Emilio Reyes, the surface lift Zayas and the magic carpets Borreguiles, El Bosque and Dauro.
Also this Saturday the activities park Mirlo Blanco will open to the public, with the “russian sledging”, the tubbings and the sledge trail.
More info: https://sierranevada.es/en/
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Featured Image: Sierra Nevada opens this Saturday 24th November, one week earlier than stipulated. Photo: Sierra Nevada.
