Vallter 2000
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Vallter 2000 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...

 located in the Vallter valley, in Setcases
Setcases
Setcases is a municipality and town in the Spanish Pyrenean comarca of Ripollès in Catalonia, Spain, near the French border. The source for the Ter River is in the mountains just above Setcases...

, Catalonia
Catalonia
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 (Spain
Spain
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). The resort has an alpine ski area that extends from 1,910 to 2,535 meters.

As its name suggests is placed in the Ter River
Ter River
The Ter is a river in Catalonia that rises in Ulldeter at an approximate altitude of 2400 meters, at the foot of a glacial cirque delimited by the nearby peaks of el Bastiments, el Gra de Fajol, or el Pic de la Dona...

, specifically its axial zone (at birth). Framed by the peaks of Bastiments, Gra de fajol and Pic de la dona, the resort occupies the northern part of the Ulldeter circus and western of the Morens.

Station ranges from 2,000 to 2,500 meters, although the basic service and the main car park are not located at lower altitude but from around 2200 meters, from which emerge all lifts except two.

The resort represents an important economical factor for the Camprodon Valley, and probably has contributed increasing the tourist attraction to the villages in the area.

The elevation of the resort allows more snow than in other resorts, as well as a conservation of the snow falling quite good, although the orientation is not north. The station was equipped with a system for artificial.

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