Valdezcaray is a
ski area
A ski area is the terrain and supporting infrastructure where skiing and other snow sports take place. Such sports include alpine and cross-country skiing, snow boarding, tubing, sledding, etc. Ski areas may stand alone or be part of a ski resort.
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situated near the resort town of
Ezcaray
Ezcaray is a town and municipality in the Oja River, Oja Valley in the La Rioja (Spain), La Rioja region of northern Spain.
The name is of Basque language, Basque origin. in the upper
Oja Valley of the
Sierra de la Demanda
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The Sierra de la Demanda area provides the habitat for ''Lissotriton helveticus punctillatus'' (Schmidtler 1970), a subspecies of the palmate newt.
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Iberian System
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(province of
La Rioja
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,
Spain
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, national_motto = ''Plus ultra'' (Latin)(English: "Further Beyond")
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The resort
It has 22 km of marked
piste
A ''piste'' () is a marked ski run or path down a mountain for snow skiing, snowboarding, or other mountain sports.
This European term is French s, and is a growing family resort which has greatly improved its facilities in recent years. The highest point is ''San Lorenzo'' peak at 2125 m
AMSL
Height above mean sea level is a measure of the vertical distance (height, elevation or altitude) of a location in reference to a historic mean sea level taken as a vertical datum. In geodesy, it is formalized as ''orthometric heights''.
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, with a vertical descent of 600 m.
The base of the area includes the basic ski services and is located at an altitude of 1530 m
AMSL
Height above mean sea level is a measure of the vertical distance (height, elevation or altitude) of a location in reference to a historic mean sea level taken as a vertical datum. In geodesy, it is formalized as ''orthometric heights''.
The comb ...
. From there, the main
chair lift
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provides access to the pistes. All the hotels and apartments are in the resort town of
Ezcaray
Ezcaray is a town and municipality in the Oja River, Oja Valley in the La Rioja (Spain), La Rioja region of northern Spain.
The name is of Basque language, Basque origin. , 13 km downhill from the ski area.
Lifts
Almost all of the resort's lifts are new and high capacity. The resort has:
* 6 chair lifts.
* 1
ski tow
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.
Pistes
The resort offers 24 pistes of different difficulties:
* 6 Beginner.
* 6 Easy.
* 10 Intermediate.
* 2 Expert.
Services
* 2
restaurants
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.
* 1 skiing school.
* 1 ski hiring store.
See also
*
Picos de Urbión
Picos de Urbión, or "Urbion Peaks" is a mountain range in the Sistema Ibérico, Spain, limited by the Sierra de Neila and Sierra Cebollera of the same range. The ridge's highest summit, Pico Urbión, is 2,228 m) is one of the highest points ...
External links
* http://www.valdezcaray.es - Official resort site.
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Ski areas and resorts in Spain
Sports venues in La Rioja (Spain)