Panticosa-Los Lagos, officially called ''Aramón Panticosa'', is a

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situated near the town of

Panticosa Panticosa (in Aragonese: ''Pandicosa'') is a municipality located in the province of Huesca, Aragon, Spain. During the late 19th century and early 20th century, it was a successful spa town, famous for its pure mountain waters, that supposedly cu ...

in the upper

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of the western

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(province of

Huesca Huesca (; an, Uesca) is a city in north-eastern Spain, within the autonomous community of Aragon. It is also the capital of the Spanish province of the same name and of the comarca of Hoya de Huesca. In 2009 it had a population of 52,059, almo ...

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The resort

It has 34 km of marked

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s, being one of the most familiar resorts of the Pyrenees. The highest point is ''Sabocos'' peak, 2200 m

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, with a vertical drop of 850 m.
The base of the resort is the town of Panticosa, which includes several hotels and apartments and is situated at 1350 m

. From there a

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provides the main access for the resort. The resort itself occupies two different high mountain valleys, defining two sectors: ''Petrosos'' and ''Sabocos''. The upper Sabocos valley is accessed by a fast 4 seat

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Lifts

Many of the resort's lifts are modern and of high capacity but some are obsolete though the resort is continuously improving them, the resort has: * 1 gondola lift. * 6 chair lifts. * 5

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s. * 3

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lifts.

Pistes

The resort offers 38 pistes of different difficulties: * 4 beginners. * 14 easy. * 16 intermediate. * 4 expert.

Services

* 1

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. * 1 skiing school. * 1 snow gardens for children. * 1

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* 1 ski hiring stores.

External links

* http://www.panticosa-loslagos.com - Official resort site. {{coord, 42.702989, N, 0.274594, W, source:frwiki_region:ES_type:mountain, format=dms, display=title Ski areas and resorts in Aragon Pyrenees