Panticosa-Los Lagos, officially called ''Aramón Panticosa'', is a

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situated near the town of Panticosa in the upper Tena Valley of the western

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(province of

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The resort

It has 34 km of marked

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s, being one of the most familiar resorts of the Pyrenees. The highest point is ''Sabocos'' peak, 2200 m

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, with a vertical drop of 850 m.
The base of the resort is the town of Panticosa, which includes several hotels and apartments and is situated at 1350 m

. From there a

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provides the main access for the resort. The resort itself occupies two different high mountain valleys, defining two sectors: ''Petrosos'' and ''Sabocos''. The upper Sabocos valley is accessed by a fast 4 seat chair lift.

Lifts

Many of the resort's lifts are modern and of high capacity but some are obsolete though the resort is continuously improving them, the resort has: * 1 gondola lift. * 6 chair lifts. * 5 ski tows. * 3

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lifts.

Pistes

The resort offers 38 pistes of different difficulties: * 4 beginners. * 14 easy. * 16 intermediate. * 4 expert.

Services

* 1

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

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* 1 ski hiring stores.

External links

* http://www.panticosa-loslagos.com - Official resort site. {{coord, 42.702989, N, 0.274594, W, source:frwiki_region:ES_type:mountain, format=dms, display=title Ski areas and resorts in Aragon Pyrenees