Sierra Nevada opens this Friday the ski season

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Fotos del 11/12/2024

Imagenes de Video de acondicionamiento de pistas

The winter resort of Sierra Nevada will open this Friday the ski season 2024/25 with an inaugural ski offer that will be established in the snow report of tomorrow Thursday (16:00 hours approx).
The slopes and lifts that will be put into service on the opening day will depend on the progress in snow production and the eventual snowfall that some weather forecasts indicate.
Slopes and lifts in the Borreguiles Beginners area are considered guaranteed for this Friday, although this initial forecast may vary for the weekend.
Currently, the snowmaking system is concentrating production in the Principiantes and El Río areas. The snow groomers are already performing snow conditioning works, prior to the opening of the ski season.
The snow activities for pedestrians, which until now have been operating next to the Borreguiles carpet, will be moved to their usual location and to the Mirlo Blanco activity complex in Pradollano.
The subway parking lot in the Plaza de Andalucía, which has been free since November 30, will become pay parking this Friday.
The Parador chairlift, which runs through the urbanization of Pradollano, will open from Saturday.
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Sierra Nevada maintains the tourist opening for the long weekend

Sierra Nevada will continue this bank holiday with snow activities for non-skiers in the Borreguiles area, which will be accessed by the Al Ándalus gondola lift and the Borreguiles carpet, which will be operational during the usual winter timetable, from 09:00 to 16:45.
In Borreguiles, users will find a snow area for sledges and donuts next to the Borreguiles carpet. The shop located at the top station of the Al Ándalus gondola lift will be open. &nbsp;The Central Grill restaurant in the Borreguiles building and ‘The puro Burger’ hamburger bar will also be open.
In Pradollano, the Mirlo Blanco activity complex will be up and running with the Mirlo sledge, slides with sliding carpet with donuts, as in summer, and the ice rink from 6 December.
The Al Ándalus and Borreguiles rentals will be open for use of the ski lockers and lockers.
The underground car park in the Plaza de Andalucía will be free of charge.
Sierra Nevada, which has produced occasional snow in recent days, is waiting for the abrupt drop in temperatures from Saturday to activate the snow system in optimal conditions, with the forecast that the ski season can be inaugurated in the second half of next week.
In the meantime, the offer of activities for non-skiers in Sierra Nevada will be maintained, until further evaluation of the weather situation and snow conditions in the first days of next week, when information on the opening for skiing will be given.

Sierra Nevada open only for tourist use

Sierra Nevada has opened on Saturday, 30 November, snow activities for non-skiers in the Borreguiles area, which is accessed by the Al Ándalus gondola lift and the Borreguiles carpet, which will be operational during the usual winter timetable, from 09:00 to 16:45.
In Borreguiles, users can enjoy a snow area for sledges and doughnuts next to the Borreguiles carpet. The shop at the top station of the Al Ándalus gondola and the Central Grill restaurant in the Borreguiles building are also open to the public.
In Pradollano, the Mirlo Blanco activity complex is in operation with the Mirlo sledge, slides with sliding carpet with doughnuts, as in summer, and the ice rink from 6 December.
The Al Ándalus and Borreguiles rentals are open for ski storage and lockers.
The underground car park in the Plaza de Andalucía is free of charge until 5 December.
This offer of activities in Sierra Nevada will be maintained until further evaluation of the weather and snow conditions in the first days of next week.

Sierra Nevada opens the summer season with a concert by rock band Apache

Fotos Verano Sierra Nevada

A concert by the band Apache, in collaboration with the Granada Music and Dance Festival, opens this Saturday (21.30h in the Plaza de Andalucía, free) the summer programme in the ski and mountain resort, which will continue with mountain activities, electric bikes, sports, music and astro-tourism activities until 25 August.
&nbsp;The recital by the legendary cover band is already a classic at the start of summer in Sierra Nevada. Hours before the Apache start with their repertoire of the best pop rock of all time, the summer facilities and activities on the great mountain of Granada will already be up and running.
&nbsp;Two ski lifts (the Al-Andalus gondola lift and the Veleta chairlift) will take users from the 2,100 metres of Pradollano to 3,000 metres above sea level, from where some of the most attractive mountain trails in the Sierra Nevada, such as the route to the Veleta, Tajos de la Virgen, Elorrieta or Mulhacén and the excursions to the lagoons around the resort (Yeguas, Lagunillos de la Virgen or La Caldera) will start.
&nbsp;At the same time, the Mirlo Blanco activity park will open with facilities for children and families, the swimming pool at the Montebajo sports club and the guided routes on electric bicycles.

El programa de astronomía volverá a girar sobre las observaciones del amanecer y atardecer desde el Veleta, visitas al observatorio astronómico, excursiones para la observación de la luna o el cielo nocturno y las jornadas de observación de las Perseidas (9 y 10 de agosto) como fechas más destacadas.

La oferta cultural se completará con el festival de rock Sierra Nevada por Todo lo Alto, que volverá a ser el plato fuerte del programa musical (23 y 24 de agosto). El viernes 23 tendrá como cabeza de cartel al grupo Mujeres y también actuaran Alerta Cross y Berrinches. El sábado es el turno de Hins, Jornada B y Red Soul Community.
&nbsp;La festividad de la Virgen de las Nieves de Pradollano, del 2 al 5 de agosto con la tradicional romería a los Tajos de la Virgen la madrugada del 4 de&nbsp;agosto.
&nbsp;La Cicloturista al Veleta (cicloturismo) y el Subida Internacional Pico Veleta (ultrafondo) componen el programa deportivo del verano&nbsp;2024.
&nbsp;Durante el verano, un buen número de restaurantes y establecimientos de alojamiento garantizarán el disfrute estival de Sierra Nevada, donde el paisaje de alta montaña y las suaves temperaturas volverán a ser sus grandes atractivos.

Hinds and Mujeres, headliners of the Sierra Nevada Por Todo lo Alto Festival

The SIERRA NEVADA POR TODO LO ALTO Festival, the highest altitude musical event of the summer in Spain, has a full line-up for its 14th edition which, as always free of charge, will be held on 23rd and 24th August in the Plaza de Andalucía in Pradollano.
Three bands per night and a morning children's programme dedicated to the little ones make up the combination of rock, mountains and family for one of the most unique events on the national festival scene. 
The first of the most important names to come up to the mountain this year is one of the female rock bands that the organisers have had their eye on for years and that had been impossible to book due to scheduling: THE HINDS. In this 14th edition of the SIERRA NEVADA POR TODO LO ALTO Festival, the guitar rock of one of our most international bands will be playing at the top.
The other leading group is MUJERES. MUJERES is part of the emotional memory of several generations: of those who, like them, went back to striped T-shirts and old instruments. Once again they are back with new songs.
The Granadian festival, which is characterised as a family festival to be enjoyed in the middle of nature, cannot forget its musical workshops for children given by the music school Gabba Hey, which are held every year in morning sessions and divided by age. These workshops are usually sold out in minutes. Very soon we will be announcing the dates and instruments chosen for this year's workshops, remembering that places are limited. With the sponsorship of San Miguel beers, the SIERRA NEVADA POR TODO LO ALTO will once again be one of the most awaited festivals to say goodbye to the summer. 
FRIDAY 23RD: WOMEN - ALBERTA CROSS - TANTRUMS SATURDAY 24TH: THE HINDS - JORDANA B - RED SOUL COMMUNITY
*entry is free, times to be announced soon. - Organised by: Cetursa Sierra Nevada-Junta de Andalucía-Ayuntamiento de Monachil.                                      - Sponsor: Cervezas San Miguel - Collaborators: Apartahotel Trevenque / Apartamentos Inside Plaza / Apartamentos Monte Gorbea
- Media Collaborators: Mondo Sonoro, Diario Granada Hoy / Cadena Élite y VivaPop 
More information: www.sierranevada.es

Sierra Nevada faces the last week of the season with 19 kilometres of skiable slopes

Fotos Sierra Nevada 21-04-2024

Sierra Nevada faces the last week of the winter season with 19 skiable kilometres concentrated in the Veleta and Borreguiles areas with the usual winter timetable (8.30am to 4.45pm). The snow, with thicknesses in the open areas ranging from 20 to 90 centimetres, is of spring quality. Until Sunday 28 April, the last day of the 2023/24 season, five ski lifts will be open (Al Ándalus gondola lift, Emile Allais and Veleta chairlifts, Dauro II carpet and Zayas chairlift) which will provide access to this ski offer, the only one of its kind in Southern Europe. The resort will also keep facilities open for non-skiers in Pradollano (Mirlo sledge) and Borreguiles (snow slides). Likewise, Sierra Nevada will offer very special prices on ski passes and access to the underground car park for this last week. On the other hand, the resort closed the season's sports calendar this weekend with the celebration of the Asogaf charity trophy (moguls) and the Fernando Rivera Memorial, in ski mountaineering. In addition, the riders of the national team continue in this last week with their post-season concentration with morning training sessions on the Cordón slope, in the Veleta area.

Sierra Nevada faces the first weekend of April with all the areas open

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Sierra Nevada faces the first weekend of April with more than 90 skiable kilometres, with slopes in all areas of the resort, the entire operating vertical drop (1,200 metres), up to two and a half metres thick, and an extensive sports and music programme in what is one of the busiest and liveliest moments of the 2023/24 winter season.  After last weekend's snowfalls and strong winds, the resort's technical services have recovered the offer prior to the passage of the Nelson squall, which, in addition to bringing between 50 and 80 centimetres of new snow, hit some of the resort's ski lifts hard, generating blocks of ice on pulleys and rockers, and unhooking the cable of chairlifts such as Stadium, Monachil or Virgen de las Nieves.  All in all, the resort faces the spring season with great snow conditions. The Laguna and Borreguiles areas accumulate up to two and a half metres of powder snow, the same quality as in the Veleta area with almost two metres of snow on some pistes. The other three sectors of the resort, Loma Dílar, Río and Cauchiles-Parador accumulated between 75 and 130 centimetres of spring snow.

Intense sporting and musical agenda
As for the rest, the sporting and musical agenda this weekend is one of the most intense of the winter season.
The Sun and Snow festival kicks off this Friday with its fifth edition, the most ambitious electronic music event held at the highest altitude in southern Europe, with four stages distributed from Pradollano to Borreguiles, where - until Sunday - 36 musical sessions will take place.
The sports agenda includes five major events. The most popular will be the Ultra Sierra Nevada with more than 1,500 mountain runners registered in its four distances: Ultra, Trail, Marathon and Half Marathon. The main event, the 100 km Ultra, starts this Friday (22.00h) in Granada; the first runners will arrive at Pradollano, after reaching an altitude of 3,000 metres, at midday on Saturday.
Another of the big events will be the National Veterans Trophy, which will attract the best Spanish skiers in the Masters category to Sierra Nevada. This edition will be dedicated to the late former president of the FADI, Juan Luis Hernández, who was one of the driving forces behind this competition.
On the other hand, one of the best Spanish skiers of all time, Carolina Ruiz, will be at the head of theAudio Quattro Cup-Carolina Ruiz Challenge, considered one of the most important ski competitions for children on the national scene. 
The Andalusian University Alpine Skiing Championship and theTrofeo Ruralito - Copa Andalucía de Esquí Alpino complete the sports agenda for the first weekend of April.

Sierra Nevada expands new snowpark for spring

The new snow situation in Sierra Nevada has allowed since this weekend the extension of the snowpark to four lines of modules and jumps (and a fifth under construction) on both sides of the Loma de Dílar chairlift, with which the freestyle offer experiences a significant growth for the spring season in the winter resort of Granada.
This is the implementation of the new snowpark project designed at the beginning of the season in collaboration with the Andalusian Winter Sports Federation and which has finally been carried out now thanks to the snowfall recorded in Sierra Nevada just over a week ago.
The construction of the snowpark, which will be finished in the first days of this week with new modules, has followed criteria of evolution by levels, from beginners to experts. Its location on the side of the Loma de Dílar chairlift allows for a high frequency of descents on the different lines.

Sierra Nevada goes (almost) to 100

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The ski and mountain resort of Sierra Nevada has reached today, with 97 kilometres (118 slopes), the largest skiable surface since the 2019/20 season thanks to the accumulations of snow registered during the past weekend, with up to 2 metres in areas such as Borreguiles.
The opening of almost all the slopes in the Laguna area and a good part of the runs in the Parador-Cauchiles area has allowed Sierra Nevada to reach the last third of the season in the best moment of the 23/24 winter season.
The resort is also recovering some of the facilities affected by the storm, such as the snowpark, which from this weekend will have around 30 modules on both sides of the Loma de Dílar chairlift, as well as a platform in the big jumps sector, which will be used for the Spanish Slopestyle Championships on the weekend of 23 and 24 March.
Meanwhile, this weekend the resort will host four official sporting competitions: the Reyes Santa Olalla and Nazarí bumps trophies, as well as the White Camp and Club Monachil alpine skiing trophies, both of which count towards the Jesús Serra inclusive trophy.
Sierra Nevada also brings back the music sessions in Borreguiles with the performance of the DJs Julián Movilla and Rober Peinado this Friday 15th March on the Chill Out terrace.
Also, the activities for non-skiers in the Borreguiles area are back and the Mirlo blanco activities are still open in Pradollano with its toboggans, sledges, ice rink and Mirlo sledge.
The weather forecast for the next few days predicts predominantly clear skies, no significant winds and slightly rising temperatures.

FIS praises Sierra Nevada SBX World Cup

The International Ski Federation (FIS) has praised the organisation of the Sierra Nevada Snowboard Cross World Cup double World Cup this weekend, with the best SBX riders on the planet, in which the Granadan winter resort has shown its versatility to adapt to the circumstances arising from a very changeable weather.
                  The FIS Chief Director of Snowboard Cross Racing, Uwe Beier, underlined that "the World Cup in Sierra Nevada has been one of the highlights of our World Cup calendar in recent years". Sierra Nevada has hosted five SBX World Cups in 2020, 2023 and 2024. 
"Once again this year, despite the difficult snow conditions, they managed to fully commit and deliver two great World Cup competitions," said Beier, before continuing the discipline's world circuit this weekend in Cortina d'Ampezzo.
According to the FIS head of snowboard cross, "the level is really good and we would love to keep Sierra Nevada on the World Cup calendar in the coming years". For this reason, he hopes that the FIS will receive "confirmation of the application for the 2024/2025 calendar soon so that we can confirm it at the FIS spring meetings".
For his part, the CEO of Cetursa Sierra Nevada, Jesús Ibáñez, thanked the national and Andalusian federations, volunteers, the army, businessmen and sponsors, "especially Turismo Andaluz and the Consejería de Fomento", for their "work and involvement" in bringing off an event which, despite the difficulties in building the circuit, has been "a complete success".
"The resort and the organisation have adapted to the weather and snow conditions at all times, creating a great sporting spectacle at the highest level, which has not only been compatible with tourist skiing, but has also been an incentive," added Ibáñez, who, as has happened in the last World Cups, hopes for the involvement of public and private sponsorships to continue on the world snowboard cross circuit.
The Sierra Nevada SBX competition, sponsored by the Andalusian Ministry of Tourism, Culture and Sport with co-financing from the European Union, and organised by Cetursa Sierra Nevada and the Andalusian and Spanish winter sports federations, was the seventh event in this season's Snowboard Cross World Cup calendar, and after the World Cups on 2 and 3 March in Sierra Nevada, three more events remain to decide which riders will win the discipline's crystal globe.

Michaela Moioli and Merlin Surget win in the second Sierra Nevada SBX World Cup

Fotos segunda final SBX

2018 South Korea Olympic champion Micaela Moioli of Italy won the second Sierra Nevada SBX World Cup today in an eventful final round in which two of the world's best riders, Chloe Trespeuch (FRA) and Charlotte Bankes (GBR), collided metres before the finish line as they battled for first place. Trespeuch, with a heavy impact to the face, was knocked out of the race, while Bankes, trailing, came in third behind Australia's Josie Baff.
Moioli, surprised by the crash that gave her the win, admitted after stepping off the top of the podium, "I thought I was going to be third, but sometimes you get lucky and I'm happy about that. I'm also happy that Charlotte and Chloe are doing well".
In the men's category, Lucas Eguibar's absence from the final, after crashing in the last corner of qualifying, dampened the atmosphere on the Loma de Dílar SBX circuit, which until this weekend had been favourable to him. "I wanted to be too aggressive, I found a bump in the last corner and I crashed. You always have to be concentrated. But I'm already looking forward to the next races to get rid of the thorn from Sierra Nevada", explained the Spanish rider.
Without Eguibar - neither Toni Toledo nor Bernat Rivera - the Spanish representation in the final rounds was reduced to Álvaro Romero.
The young Spaniard from San Sebastian came out in the first of the final heats (round of 16) but came up just a few centimetres short of reaching the quarter-finals.With Lucas out, the big favourites of the world circuit went through the rounds, among them the leader of the SBX World Cup, the Canadian Elliot Grondin, and the current world champion, the Austrian Jakob Dusek.
However, Merlin Surget, supported by the French fans in the stands of the Loma de Dílar, dominated the final round and, despite the strong pressure to which he was subjected by Grondin, he obtained in Sierra Nevada the second victory of his World Cup record.With Grondin second - consolidating his lead in the overall standings - Jakob Dusek took the third step of the podium.  "It's not easy to win.We were expecting a lot of wind - then it didn't come - and it was a tough day.It's my third time here; now always Sierra Nevada for this victory", said the French rider.
The Sierra Nevada SBX competition, sponsored by the Consejería de Turismo, Cultura y Deporte de la Junta de Andalucía with co-financing from the European Union, and organised by Cetursa Sierra Nevada and the Andalusian and Spanish winter sports federations, was the seventh event in this season's Snowboard Cross World Cup calendar, and after the World Cups, it was the seventh event in the Sierra Nevada World Cup calendar. 
The Sierra Nevada SBX competition, sponsored by the Consejería de Turismo, Cultura y Deporte de la Junta de Andalucía with co-financing from the European Union, and organised by Cetursa Sierra Nevada and the Andalusian and Spanish winter sports federations, was the seventh event in this season's Snowboard Cross World Cup calendar, and after the Cups on 2 and 3 March in Sierra Nevada there will be three more rounds left to decide which riders will win the discipline's crystal globe.
Without Eguibar -neither Toni Toledo nor Bernat Rivera-, the Spanish representation in the final rounds was reduced to Álvaro Romero. The young rider from San Sebastian went out in the first of the final heats (round of 16) but was just a few centimetres short of passing the final.

Charlotte Bankes, SBX legend in Sierra Nevada

Fotos 1ª Final SBX

British rider Charlotte Bankes has prolonged her love affair with Sierra Nevada by winning the first of two Snowboard Cross World Cups this weekend, adding to her two wins in the Granada resort in 2023. Bankes already won a silver medal at the 2012 World Junior Championships in the mountains of Granada and also climbed to the second step of the podium at the 2017 Sierra Nevada Absolute World Championships.
In a race marked by interruptions due to foggy visibility, Bankes maintained his dominance in all rounds until the final series. "Although the weather conditions were difficult I managed to recover well between heats. Tomorrow the weather will be bad but, like today, we will fight to the end," she said after stepping off the podium.
The women's podium was completed by Czech rider Eva Adamczykova (second), followed by the World Cup leader, French rider Chloe Trespeuch, who remains at the top of the overall World SBX circuit after the first of the two World Cups in Sierra Nevada.
In the men's category, Spanish rider Lucas Eguibar, after having dominated all his heats, just missed out on the podium after finishing fourth in the final round. Eguibar, who had already warned in the qualifiers that the start could penalise him, left the starting gate last and, despite his attempts to make a comeback, reached the finish line in the same position.  
"I was very focused and, although the weather conditions were not good, but I don't even care about the wind. We took the second gate in the final and maybe we made a mistake because those who came out of there didn't do well. Then I tried to be aggressive at the bottom, but in the end I fell," said Eguibar.
The winner of the first World Cup, after examining the photo finish, was 19-year-old German Leon Ulbrich, who thus achieved his first victory on the world SBX circuit. Ulbcrich was followed by World Cup leader Elliot Grondin from Canada, while American Jake Vedder was third.
The second round of the Sierra Nevada SBX World Cup will be held this Sunday.
The Sierra Nevada SBX competition, sponsored by the Andalusian Ministry of Tourism, Culture and Sport with co-financing from the European Union, and organised by Cetursa Sierra Nevada and the Andalusian and Spanish winter sports federations, will be the seventh event in this season's Snowboard Cross World Cup calendar, and after the cups on 2 and 3 March in Sierra Nevada there will be three more events to decide the riders who will win the discipline's crystal globe.