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El Río at Sierra Nevada Ski Station

Easy · 3393 m long with 540 m of vertical, averaging 10° and 21° at its steepest, facing NW.

21°steepest 50 m
10°average pitch
3393 mlength
540 mvertical
2679 mtop elevation
NWfaces

Snow and sun

El Río is poleward-facing: least winter sun, holds cold powder longest, can stay firm or icy.

Lit for night skiing.

How to get to El Río

Lifts that reach the top: Telecabina Al-Ándalus (skiing novice terrain to get there); Alfombra Doble Borreguiles (skiing novice terrain to get there); Alfombra El Bosque (skiing novice terrain to get there); Alfombra Maitena (skiing novice terrain to get there); Alfombra Doble Dauro (skiing novice terrain to get there); Telesilla Borreguiles I (skiing novice terrain to get there).

From the base area (about 11 minutes, easy skiing needed):

  1. Ride Telecabina Al-Ándalus
  2. Ski Principiantes 2 (novice)
  3. Ski Principiantes 1 (novice)
  4. Ski El Río (easy)

Where it ends

Joins Maribel. Nearest lifts from the bottom: Telecabina Al-Ándalus (1 min), Telesilla Stadium (1 min), Telesilla Jara (1 min).

See El Río on the 3D mapAll runs at Sierra Nevada Ski Station
Measured from OpenStreetMap geometry and elevation via OpenSkiMap (ODbL). Times are rough. Grades, grooming and openings change day to day — check the resort's own reports.