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Poniente at Sierra Nevada Ski Station

Easy · 823 m long with 132 m of vertical, averaging 9° and 20° at its steepest, facing NW.

20°steepest 50 m
9°average pitch
823 mlength
132 mvertical
2840 mtop elevation
NWfaces

Snow and sun

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

How to get to Poniente

Lifts that reach the top: Telesilla Emilio Reyes (skiing easy terrain to get there); Telesilla Dílar (skiing easy terrain to get there).

From the base area (about 25 minutes, easy skiing needed):

  1. Ride Telesilla Jara
  2. Ride Telesilla Monachil
  3. Ski Cecilio (easy)
  4. Ride Telesilla Emilio Reyes
  5. Ski Loma Dílar (easy)
  6. Ski Poniente (easy)

Where it ends

Joins Peñón del Dílar, Loma Dílar. Nearest lifts from the bottom: Telesilla Monachil (5 min), Telesilla Loma Dílar (5 min), Telesilla Jara (9 min).

See Poniente 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.