La Pinilla is a
ski
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area situated near the town of
Riaza (
Segovia
Segovia ( , , ) is a city in the autonomous community of Castile and León, Spain. It is the capital and most populated municipality of the Province of Segovia.
Segovia is in the Inner Plateau ('' Meseta central''), near the northern slopes of t ...
) in the
Sierra de Ayllón
The Sierra de Ayllón (Ayllón mountain chain) or Macizo de Ayllón (Ayllón massif) is a mountain chain of the Iberian Peninsula, belonging to the Sistema Central, of which it constitutes one of its easternmost spurs. It is located between the ...
, 100 kilometres away from
Madrid
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(Spain).
Resort
It has 20 km of marked pistes. The base of the area is situated at 1497 m AMSL. The highest point is the Pico del Lobo, 2273 m AMSL, with a vertical drop of 776 m. La Pinilla has 189
artificial snow
Snowmaking is the production of snow by forcing water and pressurized air through a "snow gun", also known as a "snow cannon". Snowmaking is mainly used at ski resorts to supplement natural snow. This allows ski resorts to improve the reliabilit ...
cannons.
Lifts
All of the resort's lifts are modern and of high capacity, the resort has:
* 1 gondola lift
* 3 chair lifts
* 7
ski tow
A surface lift is a type of cable transport for snow sports in which skiers and snowboarders remain on the ground as they are pulled uphill. While they were once prevalent, they have been overtaken in popularity by higher-capacity and higher-co ...
s.
Pistes
The resort offers 23 pistes of different difficulties:
* 4 beginners.
* 6 easy.
* 13 intermediate.
Services
* 3
restaurants
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.
* 1 skiing school.
* 1 snow gardens for children.
* 2 ski hiring stores.
* ATM
External links
* http://www.lapinilla.es - Official resort site.
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Ski areas and resorts in Spain
Sports venues in Castile and León
Sierra de Ayllón