Astún

Astún is a ski resort

Ski resort

A ski resort is a resort developed for skiing and other winter sports. In Europe a ski resort is a town or village in a ski area - a mountainous area, where there are ski trails and supporting services such as hotels and other accommodation, restaurants, equipment rental and a ski lift system...

 situated near the town of Canfranc

Canfranc

Canfranc is a municipality in the Aragon Valley of north-eastern Spain consisting of two towns.- Political information :* comarca of Jacetania * province of Huesca* autonomous community of Aragón- Canfranc :...

 in the High Aragon

High Aragon

Alto Aragon refers to the northern-most territories of Aragon, flanking the Pyrenees...

 of the western Pyrenees

Pyrenees

The Pyrenees is a range of mountains in southwest Europe that forms a natural border between France and Spain...

 (province of Huesca

Huesca (province)

Huesca , officially Huesca/Uesca, is a province of northeastern Spain, in northern Aragon. The capital is Huesca.Positioned just south of the central Pyrenees, Huesca borders France and the French Departments of Pyrénées-Atlantiques and Hautes-Pyrénées...

, Spain

Spain

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). The source of the Aragon River

Aragón River

The River Aragón is one of the left-hand tributaries of the river Ebro. It starts at Astún , passes through Jaca and Sangüesa , and joins the Ebro at Milagro , near Tudela....

 is in the resort.

The resort

It has 39 km of marked piste

Piste

A piste is a marked ski run or path down a mountain for snow skiing, snowboarding, or other mountain sports. The term is European, from the French for trail or track, synonymous with trail, slope, or groomed run in North America....

s, it's 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 chair lifts 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

Candanchú is a ski resort situated near the town of Canfranc in the High Aragon of the western Pyrenees . The name of the area is a corruption of "Camp d'Anjou" as this was originally the site of a military camp of the French Angevin dynasty...

.

Lifts

Almost all of the resort's lifts are modern and of high capacity, the resort has:

• 6 chair lifts.
• 7 ski tow
  Ski tow
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  s.

Pistes

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

Services

• 8 restaurants.
• 1 skiing school.
• 1 snow gardens for children.
• 1 kindergarten
  Kindergarten
  A kindergarten is a preschool educational institution for children. The term was created by Friedrich Fröbel for the play and activity institute that he created in 1837 in Bad Blankenburg as a social experience for children for their transition from home to school...
  
  
• 4 ski hiring stores.

External links

• http://www.astun.com - Official resort site.