Sierra Nevada Ski resort
These fully equipped apartments are situated in Montblanc building at the foot of the Sierra Nevada ski slopes. Ski hire, ski passes and ski classes are all available on site.
Set within 33 km of Granada Science Park and 34 km of Granada Cathedral, Apartamentos Sabica offers rooms with air conditioning and a private bathroom in Sierra Nevada. This 2-star apartment offers a ski pass sales point and a lift. Private parking can be arranged at an extra charge.
Apartamentos Bulgaria are located in two buildings in the Sierra Nevada Ski Resort, like the six adult apartment located in Acebo Building, no more than 60 metres from the Parador Ski Lift.
The Melia Sierra Nevada has easy access to the Sierra Nevada Ski Resort's ski runs, 100 metres away. The hotel features a free modern spa and free Wi-Fi. Rooms at the Sierra Nevada are bright and some feature mountain views. All rooms have mountain-style décor, flat-screen TV’s with satellite channels, a minibar and desk.
Meliá Sol y Nieve is located in the centre of Sierra Nevada Ski Resort, just 100 metres from the ski lifts. The three time winner of Spain's Best Ski Hotel offers a gym and a modern spa.
Apartamentos GHM Monachil is located 100 metres from the ski slopes, in the centre of the Sierra Nevada resort. All heated apartments have mountain views.
Set in the stunning Sierra Nevada mountains, Apartamentos GHM Gorbea offers accommodation within 200 metres of Borreguiles Ski Lift and Pradollano Square.
By Fiona Flores Watson
Dates: season lasted 146 days, from 26 November 2016 to 23 April 2017
Total skiers: 955,521
Total other activities: 76,618
Total non-skiers: 118,822
Final visitor total: 1,150,961 (up 17% on 2015/16)
Busiest month: April - 237,649 skiers
Average runs open every day: 80km
Visitors: 87% Spanish, 13% non-Spanish (majority British)
The 2014/2015 ski season started on 29 November 2014, and finished on 3 May 2015, with the best winter season for five years.
The season lasted 156 days (the longest in southern Europe), with four total days of complete closure and two days of partial closure due to poor weather conditions - the second-longest season in history.
The season opened on 28 November 2015.
Sierra Nevada has more than 50 races scheduled for this season, including a World Cup event - the Freestyle Aerials - in February 2016 (see below for more details). This event will be hosted for the first time ever in Sierra Nevada, specifically in Pradollano, along with music and entertainment aimed at a young audience. This will be the last trial before the Snowboard and Freestyle World Championships, scheduled for March 2017.
Sierra Nevada has a fantastic new website, which features a mini snow report, offering real-time information on the area: air temperature and weather, amount of runs and lifts open, snow conditions including depth, and length of pistes in km; in addition there are individual temperatures for each of the areas currently open, plus predictions for the following days, in terms of weather and which runs and lifts will be open.
Unfortunately the 2006/2007 ski season was rather dissappointing due to the drought that was affecting southern Spain at the time. When the slopes were finally open for skiing on December 2, the area available for skiiers measured only 2 kilometres in total length. Compare that with the previous year which opened with 11 kilometres in ski runs.
We have great news this 2007/2008 ski season on the Sierra Nevada slopes!
The company that runs the ski station, Cetursa, has invested a whopping 17.35 million euros to improve the facilities at Sierra Nevada this year. Most of the money was allocated to build a new cablecare for the Borreguiles area, and that will be able to handle 3,200 passengers per hour. With this new cablecare up and running it only takes seven minutes to travel between the main ski resort at Pradollano to Borreguiles. That nifty project cost more than 15 million euros.
Last year we reported on the tremendous investments taking place in Sierra Nevada to renovate the ski stations, the lifts, the parking areas and even the hospitality business. This year the positive changes will be felt as work has finished on many important projects.
The 2008/2009 Ski season was one of the best in history with more than 1 million skiers enjoying the slopes. The previous year barely reached 750,000 skiers, but thanks to amazing snow conditions from the start to finish of this past season, Andalucia's premium ski facilities closed on a very good note this time around.
A bigger and better snowpark: the renamed Superpark Sulayr de Montebajo has moved from its previous location in Borreguiles, to a new, larger site in Loma de Dilar. The new superpark occupies a more extensive area, offering a greater variety of more challenging obstacles, including jumps, boxes, rails and half-pipes. Because of the larger area of terrain, these new features are more spaced out, giving snowboarders and freestyle skiers plenty of room to practise their favourite tricks.
The main event for this season is the Junior Snowboard World Championship, which takes place on 23-31 March 2012. For more, see our Events page.
The main event for this season is the Freestyle and Snowboard World Cup Superfinal, which takes place on 18-26 March 2013. This is held at the Sulayr Superpark, which features the biggest permanent half-pipe in Spain, as well as in Loma de Dilar and Borreguiles.
This season, the exciting additions to the Sierra Nevada’s fantastic facilities include the longest line of freestylers’ jumps and obstacles in Europe, a new children’s area, and new lifts and runs in the beginners’ area.
The Sierra Nevada is a popular holiday destination in Andalucia. It offers spactacular views, numerous tourist attractions and a variety of activities for both youngsters and adults to enjoy.
