Sierra Nevada Skiing
- Skiing Areas
- Equipment Rental
- Lessons & Classes
- Dreamland for children
- Disabled skiing
- Skiing Excursions
- Weather Reports
- Transfers from Granada airport
- Transfers from Malaga airport
Hotels in Sierra Nevada
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El Lodge Hotel |
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Hostal El Ciervo |
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Hotel El Guerra |
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Hotel Mont Blanc |
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Hotel Montesol Arttyco |
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Hotel Telecabina |
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Hotel Vincci Seleccion Rumaykiyya |
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Hotel Ziryab |
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Kenia Nevada Hotel |
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Maribel Hotel |
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Melia Sierra Nevada |
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Melia Sol Y Nieve Hotel |
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Monachil Hotel |
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Nevasur Hotel |
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Santa Cruz Hotel |
Apartments in Sierra Nevada
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Skiing Holidays in Sierra Nevada, Spain
Please call +34 - 952 243 242 to discuss your requirements.
We are able to book shorter holidays, or arriving on a different day, but only on a last minute basis (20 days before arrival or less). Please contact us for further information.
Skiing Holidays in Sierra Nevada, Granada, Spain
We can now make all the arrangements you need for your skiing holiday including:
- Accommodation (Hotels & Apartments)
- Skiing and Snowboarding equipment hire
- Skiing and Snowboarding Lessons
- Snowmobile Excursions
- and much more !!!
Please email us with your requirements and we will send you a very competitve quote right back!
* Do not forget to arrange in advance all you need for your ski holidays: ski lessons, ski hire and ski passes. It is the best way to avoid queues and not to waste time. So you can get the best from your holidays!
Sierra Nevada Skiing
Sierra Nevada´s ski courses have been designed by European and American specialists, guaranteeing superb conditions for the skier. With a total of 61 kilometers spread over 39 runs, plus 6 sensational off-course trails, Sierra Nevada offers the visitor a wide choice of activities.
Sierra Nevada has a vertical drop of 1,300 meters, and snow areas for all types of skiers, from beginners to experts. The highlights of its courses were those used in the World Alpine Ski Championships held in February 1996, which more adventurous skiers will be able to enjoy this season.
Also, with the new chairlift to replace the Montebajo lift, overall skier carrying capacity is increased to 31,965 passengers per hour, made possible by a total of 19 lifts: 2 gondolas, 12 chairlifts (four of which are detachable), and 5 ski lifts. Four of these provide direct access to the ski area, the Al-Andalus and Borreguiles gondolas, and the Genil and Jara chairlifts.
Ski lifts are open to the public from 09.00hrs. - 16.30hrs. daily, however, weather conditions may affect lift schedules. Lifts are also open Friday and Saturday evenings for floodlit night time skiing.
Ski Classes
La Escuela Española de Esquí or Spanish Ski School is the oldest of ski schools in Sierra Nevada, with centres at all Spanish ski resorts and boasting a highly-qualified team of instructors of all snow and mountain sports.
Snowboarding
Sierra Nevada offers the snowboarder a completely different experience.
Here you can take advantage of the open spaces, natural quarters, windlips and endless slopes under the sun, quite unimaginable for those who haven’t yet visited.
enjoy the magnificent facilities that provide access to the different areas of the resort. Free-riding at over 3,000m means the best snow quality for over 60km. You can visit our snowpark in the middle of Veleta.
This together with the possibility of night-time snowbaording (weekends) and breathtaking nightlife makes the Sierra Nevada an exceptional venue for this sport. Any time from December to May offers you good snow, from the purest dry powder in winter to the fastest Spring snow. We look forward to seeing you in the Sierra Nevada.
Artistic Skiing
Sierra Nevada, with a wealth of tradition in this sport and ‘birthplace’ of many great acrobatic skiers, continues to encourage this activity offering an Acro-Park for both Snowboarding and Free Style, as well as the typical moguls for training and competitions of all categories.
Currently, Sierra Nevada welcomes skiers from all over Spain who can enjoy the snow and après-ski. Introductory and advanced courses are available to perfect this spectacular and challenging sport. Alfredo Naranjo (National Acrobatic Trainer Tel. 630 88 65 10.)
Cross-country Skiing
Of the many possibilities Sierra Nevada has to offer, one of the most interesting is cross-country skiing. This is simply involves getting from A to B with the only help of skis and poles and is considered as one of the healthiest physical activities in direct contact with nature. A wealth of nature that Sierra Nevada has to offer such as la Hoya de la Mora, Cauchiles, Peñones de S. Francisco and Loma de Dilar, suitable for safe cross-country skiing.
Sierra Nevada offers two competition cross-country skiing circuits, one located in Borreguiles and another in Pradollano itself. Both circuits require good technique and resistance, not only due to the duration but the height and rough terrain.
Inflatable Toboggans
The use of lifts without ski equipment is permitted on the Parador Chair Lift, Al-Andalus & Borreguiles Cable Cars. Waterproof clothing and footwear is recommended. Walking on the slopes is both dangerous and prohibited.
There are activity areas where non-skiers can have fun on inflatable toboggans, snowmobile excursions to discover unforgettable views or experience a polar adventure in the sun.
Snowmobile excursions
The use of lifts without ski equipment is permitted on the Parador Chair Lift, Al-Andalus & Borreguiles Cable Cars. Waterproof clothing and footwear is recommended. Walking on the slopes is both dangerous and prohibited.
There are activity areas where non-skiers can have fun too, on inflatable toboggans, snowmobile excursions to discover unforgettable views or experience a polar adventure in the sun.
Dog Sleighs
Dog sleigh routes, a different way to enjoy the snow, available for families, corporate groups, couples, etc, suitable for all ages.
Horse-drawn sleighs: panoramic routes on sleighs under the warmth of blankets. Pony-trekking in the snow.
New to the Sierra Nevada, appaloosa and pinto horses, Canadian saddles, and possibility to have a coffee and brandy at Laplander outlets… Pioneering activity in Spain. Anything is possible in the Sierra Nevada…
What could you do in the Borreguiles Area if you don’t ski?
When you have already bought the ticket for the Telecabina (Al-Andalus or Borreguiles) in the ticket office, please go to the entrance of it. The Al-Andalus Telecabina is situated at the end of Andalucia Square (next to the slopes). The Telecabina Borreguiles is in the Pradollano Square. Please, introduce your ticket at the entrance of the Telecabina, inside the groove of the winches.
Pneumatic cameras for slides of snow.
This activity will give you the opportunity to slipe for the snow whithout any type of danger in a zone prepared specially for it. Activity very funny for adults and children.
Once outside the Gondola Al-Andalus, please, go to your right hand side.
Those that they do not want to make none of these activities, have the option to take the sun in the qualified terraces it or to taste a food in some of the restaurants with magnificent views to the zone of ski. Also it will be able to take a walk by the new Commercial Gallery, located when coming out of the Telecabina Borreguiles, and to acquire some of products or to souvenir from his visit to Sierra Nevada.
How to get here
Sierra Nevada Ski Resort, situated in the municipal area of Monachil, is reached by the highest road in Europe, just 25 minutes from Granada. With 3 national and international airports nearby, Granada, Malaga and Seville, train and bus station, Granada is an extremely well-connected city. And now, with a modern motorway network, we are under 4 hours from Madrid.
Parking
Sierra Nevada boasts an underground car park with a capacity for 2,644 vehicles. The largest underground car park in Spain. Sierra Nevada also has an exterior coach park for 100 vehicles.
Nearest Airports
Granada Airport
Located 48 kilometres from Sierra Nevada and 17 from the city of Granada, the airport is only 15 minutes from the city centre and has daily flights to and from the international airports of Madrid and Barcelona, both reached in under one hour.
It connects with the cities of:
- Madrid.
- Barcelona.
- Pamplona.
- Valencia.
- Palma de Mallorca. -Tenerife.
- Las Palmas de Gran Canaria.
enabling transfers with other national and international flights.
Malaga Airport
Malaga is the nearest international airport, 90 minutes by car from the Airport to the Ski Resort.
Further Information
For more information including lift prices and slope conditions please visit the Official Sierra Nevada website.