4 Dec, 2023 @ 16:00
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Sierra Nevada ski slopes in Spain set to open tomorrow

SIERRA NEVADA ski slopes will be open to skiers in Spain from tomorrow (Tuesday, December 5) – sort of.

Cold nights over the weekend have allowed the resort to use artificial snow cannons to cover some of the lower slopes in time for the upcoming bank holidays.

But skiing on the Granada resort will be restricted to the lower beginner slopes.

Sierra Nevada ski station. Photo credit: Kallerna/Wkipedia/CC-BY-SA-4.0-

The resort officially re-opened on Saturday, but the near-complete lack of snow meant it was a ‘tourist’ opening with just a few ‘activities’ available to visitors – which did not include skiing.

But resort operator Cetursa has now confirmed a few areas will be open to skiers from tomorrow, specifically around the Emile Allais chairlift, Borreguiles and El Bosque. In addition, the Borreguiles cable car will remain operational to connect the Pradollano urbanisation with the Borreguiles ski area.

The resort dates back to 1912 when Spain’s oldest ski club, the Sierra Nevada Society was founded.

It has grown to be an important sector in Granada’s economy, accounting for 2.5% of the region’s GDP.

Don’t miss our special Sierra Nevada Ski supplement in Next week’s issue of the Olive Press

Dilip Kuner

Dilip Kuner is a NCTJ-trained journalist whose first job was on the Folkestone Herald as a trainee in 1988.
He worked up the ladder to be chief reporter and sub editor on the Hastings Observer and later news editor on the Bridlington Free Press.
At the time of the first Gulf War he started working for the Sunday Mirror, covering news stories as diverse as Mick Jagger’s wedding to Jerry Hall (a scoop gleaned at the bar at Heathrow Airport) to massive rent rises at the ‘feudal village’ of Princess Diana’s childhood home of Althorp Park.
In 1994 he decided to move to Spain with his girlfriend (now wife) and brought up three children here.
He initially worked in restaurants with his father, before rejoining the media world in 2013, working in the local press before becoming a copywriter for international firms including Accenture, as well as within a well-known local marketing agency.
He joined the Olive Press as a self-employed journalist during the pandemic lock-down, becoming news editor a few months later.
Since then he has overseen the news desk and production of all six print editions of the Olive Press and had stories published in UK national newspapers and appeared on Sky News.

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