Panticosa-Los Lagos, officially called Aramón Panticosa, 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 Panticosa

Panticosa

Panticosa is a municipality located in the province of Huesca, Aragon, Spain.During the late 19th century and early 20th century, it was a successful spa town, famous for its pure mountain waters, that supposedly cured from liver diseases and herpes. Its belle-epoque spa buildings are well kept and...

 in the upper Tena Valley

Tena Valley

The Tena Valley is a valley located at the southern side of the Pyrenees, in the Alto Gállego comarca, province of Huesca, and is crossed by the Gállego river from north to south...

 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 resort

It has 34 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, being one of the most familiar resorts of the Pyrenees. The highest point is Sabocos peak, 2200 m AMSL, with a vertical drop of 850 m.


The base of the resort is the picturesque town of Panticosa, which includes several hotels and apartments and is situated at 1350 m AMSL. From there a gondola lift

Gondola lift

A gondola lift is a type of aerial lift, normally called a cable car, which is supported and propelled by cables from above. It consists of a loop of steel cable that is strung between two stations, sometimes over intermediate supporting towers. The cable is driven by a bullwheel in a terminal,...

 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 tow
  Ski tow
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• 3 magic carpet
  Magic carpet (ski lift)
  A magic carpet is a type of surface lift installed at ski areas to transport skiers and snowboarders up the hill...
  
   lifts.

Pistes

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

Services

• 1 restaurant
  Restaurant
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• 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...
  
  
• 1 ski hiring stores.

External links

• http://www.panticosa-loslagos.com - Official resort site.