Sierra Nevada Ski Station

Sierra Nevada
Pradollano village at Sierra Nevada
Pradollano village at Sierra Nevada
Sierra Nevada is located in Andalusia
Sierra Nevada
Sierra Nevada
Location in Andalusia, Spain
Sierra Nevada is located in Spain
Sierra Nevada
Sierra Nevada
Sierra Nevada (Spain)
LocationSierra Nevada,
Granada, Spain
Nearest major cityGranada – 42 km (26 mi)
Málaga – 164 km (102 mi)
Coordinates37°05′N 3°24′W / 37.09°N 3.40°W / 37.09; -3.40
Vertical1,200 m (3,940 ft)
Top elevation3,300 m (10,830 ft)
Base elevation2,100 m (6,890 ft)[1]
Trails115 - 100 km (60 mi)[1]
 Green - 16
 Blue - 40
 Red - 50
 Black - 9
Lift system2 Cable cars
17 Chairlifts
2 T-bar lifts
2 Magic carpets
1 Ski tows
Snowmaking31 km2 (12 sq mi)
390 cannons
Websitesierranevada.es

The Sierra Nevada Ski Station is a ski resort in the Sierra Nevada in the province of Granada in southeastern Spain. The ski area is on the northwestern slopes of Veleta, the third highest peak in Peninsular Spain and the most southerly ski resort in Europe.

The resort hosted the FIS Alpine World Ski Championships in 1996 and occasionally hosts World Cup races, the last being the women's technical races in 2007.[2] In recent years World Slope and Freestyle events took place at the site, which also hosted the 2015 Winter Universiade, the world university games. In March 2017, Sierra Nevada hosted the FIS Freestyle Ski and Snowboarding World Championships.

  1. ^ a b "Sierra Nevada - EN - The ski resort - On ski slopes - Slopes map - Download map" (PDF). Sierranevada.es. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2016-08-01. Retrieved 2015-11-14.
  2. ^ "FIS Calendar". FIS-Ski. Retrieved 2012-03-09.

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