Fuente Dé
A single beginner drag lift in the Picos de Europa, opened in 1968 and abandoned in the late 1990s when the regional tourism company lost interest; the cable car above it still runs for walkers.
- Region
- Cantabria
- Country
- Spain
- Status
- abandoned
- Year opened
- 1968
- Year closed
- late 1990s
- Reason for closure
- Loss of interest by the operating company, the Cantabrian regional tourism body CANTUR. The installation was dismantled and the refuge-cafeteria left abandoned.
History
Fuente Dé sits at the head of the Liébana valley in Cantabria, beneath the wall of the Picos de Europa, and is far better known for its cable car - a spectacular near-vertical lift opened in 1966 that still carries visitors to the Áliva plateau. The small ski installation was a separate and much humbler affair: one drag lift with 26 seats on an easy slope, opened in 1968 and run by CANTUR, the Cantabrian regional tourism company. It was never developed further, CANTUR lost interest through the 1990s, and the lift was taken out and the refuge-cafeteria abandoned. This is a deliberately thin entry: beyond the opening year, the single lift and the reason for closure, nothing else about the ski operation is documented in accessible sources, and the fields are left empty rather than filled with guesses.
Lifts
| Name | Type | Manufacturer | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Unnamed lift | Surface lift | A single drag lift with 26 seats, described as ideal for beginners because of the gentle slope. Dismantled after closure; no name, length, manufacturer or exact closure year is recorded |
Sources and further reading
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Location
43.1437, -4.8115