Skiing

The Sierra Nevada ski resort and ski station are easily accessible from both Granada or Málaga provinces.

Sierra Nevada is just 32 km from Granada city - it takes about 50 minutes to drive from the city to the ski resort. The ski season is from late November to late April, as the resort uses snow machines to supplement the natural snowfall with artificially-made snow.

Sierra Nevada is Europe’s southernmost skiing range: the highest summit of the Sierra Nevada mountain range is Mulhacén at 3.481 metres, while the highest ski lift and piste climb to just below Veleta, which is at 3.398 metres.

The fifth edition of the Sun&Snow Weekend Festival took place on the first weekend of April 2024. The festival took the European club scene to new heights (2,500m) and is now firmly established in the dance music calendar.

News about Four New Ski Lifts, Snow production, Snow Grooming Machines and Themed Slopes.

Restaurants in Sierra Nevada Ski resort

Ski lift passes are available in a variety of formats, depending on how many days you need.

Pradollano and Borreguiles are the two connected 'towns' or districts of the Sierra Nevada ski resort.

In general, both the general protection measures established by the health authorities and the specific ones that Cetursa Sierra Nevada has established for the station's facilities and activities must be observed.

Sierra Nevada Ski Resort has hosted a number of top events over the years. These include the World and European Ski Cross Cups, the World Freestyle Cup, and the Freestyle and Snowboard Cup Superfinal.

2018/19 was the second-best season in the resort’s history, with over a million skiers, thanks to an early start, plentiful snowfalls as well as efficient snow production, and good weather.

A new ski touring/mountaineering trail in the Lomo del Dilar area starts at Pradollano, ascending Loma del Dilar, Peñon del Dilar and Poniente runs, until reaching the radio telescope. This is in addition to the 6.2 km trail which runs from the lower station of the Virgen de la Nieves chairlift to the upper station of the Laguna chairlift, near the peak of Veleta, with 920 m of climbing.

It is always helpful to learn some useful vocabulary that will make the trip excursion even better, even though most of the staff working in Sierra Nevada speak good English.

Here you can see the piste map of Sierra Nevada Ski Resort, handy for checking the difficulty levels of the ski slopes, and also important information such as location of pharmacies, clinics, banks and more.

The season lasted 163 days, from 25 November 2017 to 6 May 2018 - making it one of the longest in history, with the third-highest numbers of skiers and visitors.

Sierra Nevada - Events Calendar for the 2018 to 2019 winter season

New cross-country ski trail. A new 2,500m-long cross-country (Nordic) trail is located next to the lower chairlift at Virgen de las Nieves, to cater for the growing number of those practising this winter sport.

The Sierra Nevada ski and mountain resort has invested 1.4 million euros in equipment for the 2018 / 2019 new season.

Season report in Sierra Nevada 2015/2016