Astún is a

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situated near the town of

Canfranc Canfranc () is a municipality in the Aragón Valley of north-eastern Spain consisting of two villages, the original village and ''Canfranc Estación'', which developed with the establishment of Canfranc International railway station to serve railw ...

in the High Aragon of the western

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(province of

Huesca Huesca (; an, Uesca) is a city in north-eastern Spain, within the autonomous community of Aragon. It is also the capital of the Spanish province of the same name and of the comarca of Hoya de Huesca. In 2009 it had a population of 52,059, almo ...

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). The source of the Aragon River is in the resort. Ibón de Truchas attracts anglers. It is connected to the city by 33 km of the N -330. At his feet is the urbanization of the tracks, which had 6 inhabitants in 2012.

The resort

It has 39 km of marked

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s, it is one of the most modern resorts of the Pyrenees. The highest point is ''La Raca'' peak, 2300 m AMSL, with a vertical drop of 600 m. The base of the resort is a purpose-built town which includes several hotels and apartments and is situated at 1700 m AMSL. From there the main

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s provide access for the resort. The resort itself occupies two different high mountain valleys, defining two sectors: ''La Raca - Sarrios'', and ''Truchas''. Each sector is accessed from the base of the resort using a chair lift. Astún offers a joint ski pass with the neighbouring resort of

Candanchú Candanchú is a ski resort situated near the town of Canfranc in the High Aragon of the western Pyrenees (province of Huesca, Spain). The name of the area is an adaptation of French "Camp d'Anjou" as this was originally the site of a milit ...

Lifts

Almost all of the resort's lifts are modern and of high capacity, the resort has: * 6 chair lifts. * 7

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Pistes

The resort offers 48 pistes of different difficulties: * 3 beginners. * 14 easy. * 22 intermediate. * 9 expert.

Services

* 8

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. * 3 skiing school. * 1 snow gardens for children. * 1

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* 4 ski hiring stores.

External links

* http://www.astun.com - Official resort site. {{DEFAULTSORT:Astun Ski areas and resorts in Aragon Pyrenees