Valdesqui
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Valdesqui is a ski area situated near the town of Cercedilla in the Sierra de Guadarrama near Madrid (Spain). The area is close to the Navacerrada resort (Madrid) and there have been projects to link the two areas, stopped by ecologist movements.
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[edit] The resort
It has 21 km of marked pistes, it's the biggest area of the Sistema Central chain. The highest point is "La Bola del Mundo", 2280 m AMSL, with a vertical drop of 400 m.
The base of the area is situated at 1860 m AMSL. From there the chair lifts provide the access for the different pistes. The resort itself occupies a high mountain valley called "Valle del Noruego". The valley is accessible by car, with a parking and service area at its base from where the lifts depart.
By train from Madrid there is a Cercanías line that stops at Cotos. From there shuttle bus services province access to the resort.
[edit] Lifts
Many of the resort's lifts are modern and of high capacity, the resort has:
- 5 chair lifts.
- 11 ski tows.
[edit] Pistes
The resort offers 29 pistes of different difficulties:
- ██ 12 begginners.
- ██ 14 easy.
- ██ 3 intermediate.
[edit] Services
- 2 restaurants.
- 1 skiing school.
- 1 snow gardens for children.
- 1 kindergarten
- 1 ski hiring stores.
[edit] External link
- http://www.valdesqui.es - Official resort site.
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