It has been historic season. The ski company, CETURSA has just released the data for the last winter season 2008/2009 The number of skiing days has been 148 days, with an average of 67 km of downhill runs open. A major upswing after the last two dreadful years, where the snow has been sadly lacking. [...]
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Today for the first time in the history of skiing in the Sierra Nevada, the ski company, Centursa, has pisted the Valle de San Juan. This is possibly controversial as the valley is outside the normal ski area but within the Sierra Nevada National Park. This brings the total skiable piste to over 100 kilometres [...]
I made contact with Centursa S.A yesterday asking for details of the lift opening in July and August. They normally open the Gondola (Al Andalus) and the Veleta chairlift, that gives walkers access to the cooler temperatures at 2900m. Centura informed me that this year they would not be opening the skifts as in previous [...]
So says Centura, the operator of the ski lift systems. This is some 18% down on last year’s figures. Not bad considering the worst snow year since I came here in 2001. There is still skiing available with 15km pistes still open. The ski centre date for closing will be decided this coming week by [...]
