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Encyclopedia > Valdezcaray
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General view of the resort.
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General view of the resort.
Cloud sea from San Lorenzo's top.
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Cloud sea from San Lorenzo's top.
The sun lits the top of San Lorenzo, view from the base of the resort.
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The sun lits the top of San Lorenzo, view from the base of the resort.
Ezcaray, the resort town.
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Ezcaray, the resort town.

Valdezcaray is a ski area situated near the resort town of Ezcaray in the upper Oja Valley of the Iberian Mountains (province of La Rioja, Spain). A ski area is a place where one goes to participate in the sports of skiing and snowboarding. ... View of Ezcaray from above Ezcaray is a town and municipality in the Oja Valley in the La Rioja region of northern Spain. ... Topographic map of Spain Spain is located in southwestern Europe and comprises about 84 percent of the Iberian Peninsula. ... Capital Logroño Area  â€“ Total  â€“ % of Spain Ranked 16th  5 045 km²  1,0% Population  â€“ Total (2005)  â€“ % of Spain  â€“ Density Ranked 17th   301 084  0,7%  59,68/km² Demonym  â€“ English  â€“ Spanish  â€”  riojano/a Statute of Autonomy June 9, 1982 Parliament  â€“ Congress seats  â€“ Senate seats  4  1 President Pedro Sanz...

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The resort

It has 22 km of marked pistes, it's a growing familiar resort which has greatly improved its installations in the last years. The highest point is San Lorenzo peak, 2125 m AMSL, with a vertical drop of 600 m. A piste is the name given to a marked ski-run or path down a mountain for the purposes of skiing, snowboarding, or other mountain sports. ... The term above mean sea level (AMSL) refers to the elevation (on the ground) or altitude (in the air) of any object, relative to the average sea level. ...


The base of the area includes the basic ski services and is situated at 1530 m AMSL. From there the main chair lift provides access for the pistes. All the hotels and apartments are in the resort town of Ezcaray, 13 km downhill from the ski area. The term above mean sea level (AMSL) refers to the elevation (on the ground) or altitude (in the air) of any object, relative to the average sea level. ... A chairlift A chairlift is a type of aerial lift, which consists of a constantly moving loop of steel cable strung between two end terminals and generally over intermediate towers. ... View of Ezcaray from above Ezcaray is a town and municipality in the Oja Valley in the La Rioja region of northern Spain. ...


Lifts

Almost all of the resort's lifts are modern and of high capacity, the resort has:

A ski tow, also called rope tow, is a mechanised system for pulling skiers uphill. ...

Pistes

The resort offers 22 pistes of different difficulties:

  • ██ 4 begginners.
  • ██  6 easy.
  • ██  10 intermediate.
  • ██  2 expert.

Services

The pistes being covered with artificial snow.
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The pistes being covered with artificial snow.

A typical restaurant in uptown Manhattan A restaurant is an establishment that serves prepared food and beverages to be consumed on the premises. ... Snow cannon at Mölltaler Gletscher, Austria A snow cannon (also called snowgun or snow maker) is a device used to produce snow artificially. ...

External link

  • http://www.valdezcaray.es - Official resort site.


 

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