Grandvalira First in Pyrenees To Offer 200km Of Piste
Grandvalira First in Pyrenees To Offer 200km Of Piste
Published : 21-Nov-2012 02:31
The Grandvalira ski resort in Andorra (grandvalira.com) reports it is the first ski are in the Pyrenees to offer more than 200km of lift-linked piste.
The last published data from the area claimed a total of 193km of piste for the giant ski areas that draws together the inter-linked ski areas formerly known by their base village names including Soldeu E Tarter and pas de la Casa.
However early reports ahead of winter 2012-13 indicate that the number of piste kilometres available has increased by 17km to 210km and that the number of runs is up 22 from 110 previously to 132 now. The rest operates more than 60 lifts, including more high speed quad and six-seater chairlifts than almost any other. A sis day high season adult lift pass in the once bargain-basement ski area is now 232 Euros.
The new runs appear to be half easy greens and half blacks - the number of which has increased from 20 to 33, perhaps in part to combat a criticism of Pyrenean skiing that much of the skiing is intermediate cruising. Grandvalira also hosted a World Cup race for the first time last winter.
Grandvalira is now more than a third larger than its closest rivals on size in the Pyrenees. Three Spanish areas, Baqueira Beret, Formigal and Masella claim between 100 and 140km piste total, the closest to the Andorran giant.
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