Valle del Sol
A low Burgos station in the Sierra de la Demanda that gave up alpine skiing in 2005 and reinvented itself as a winter recreation park for sledging and snowshoeing.
- Region
- Castile and León
- Country
- Spain
- Status
- closed
- Year opened
- 1975
- Year closed
- 2005
- Reason for closure
- Obsolete equipment, insufficient snowmaking capacity and an altitude too low for dependable snow - the ski terrain topped out at 1,820 m.
History
Valle del Sol stood above Pineda de la Sierra in the Sierra de la Demanda, in the province of Burgos, with about 1.5 square kilometres of skiable ground between 1,500 m and 1,820 m served by two drag lifts and a beginner telebaby. It opened in 1975 and alpine skiing ended in 2005, the equipment worn out, the snowmaking inadequate and the altitude too low to be relied on. Unlike most of the Spanish stations of its generation it was not simply abandoned: the site continues to operate as a winter recreation park with snowshoe trails and sledging. Piste names and lift specifications are not recorded in accessible sources.
Lifts
| Name | Type | Manufacturer | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Unnamed lift | Surface lift | One of two drag lifts at the station | |
| Unnamed lift | Surface lift | The second drag lift | |
| Unnamed lift | Surface lift | A telebaby beginner lift |
Sources and further reading
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Location
42.1902, -3.3067