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Variante de Rienda at Sierra Nevada Ski Station

Intermediate · 293 m long with 119 m of vertical, averaging 22° and 31° at its steepest, facing W.

31°steepest 50 m
22°average pitch
293 mlength
119 mvertical
2701 mtop elevation
Wfaces

Snow and sun

Variante de Rienda is west-facing: afternoon sun, softens late and can crust as it refreezes.

How to get to Variante de Rienda

Lifts that reach the top: Telesilla Stadium (skiing intermediate terrain to get there); Telesquí Zayas (skiing intermediate terrain to get there); Telesilla Laguna (skiing intermediate terrain to get there); Telesilla Virgen de las Nieves (skiing intermediate terrain to get there); Telecabina Al-Ándalus (skiing intermediate terrain to get there); Alfombra Doble Borreguiles (skiing intermediate terrain to get there).

From the base area (about 27 minutes, intermediate skiing needed):

  1. Ride Telecabina Al-Ándalus
  2. Ski Principiantes 2 (novice)
  3. Ski Principiantes 1 (novice)
  4. Ski Peñones (easy)
  5. Ski El Río (easy)
  6. Ride Telesilla Stadium
  7. Ski Diagonal de San Juan (intermediate)
  8. Ski Águila (intermediate)
  9. Ski María José Rienda (intermediate)
  10. Ski Variante de Rienda (intermediate)

Where it ends

Joins Ribera del Genil, María José Rienda. Nearest lifts from the bottom: Telesilla Stadium (2 min), Telesilla Jara (7 min), Telecabina Al-Ándalus (7 min).

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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.