Candanchú 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...

 situated near the town of Canfranc

Canfranc

Canfranc is a municipality in the Aragon Valley of north-eastern Spain consisting of two towns.- Political information :* comarca of Jacetania * province of Huesca* autonomous community of Aragón- Canfranc :...

 in the High Aragon

High Aragon

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 of the western Pyrenees

Pyrenees

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 (province of Huesca

Huesca (province)

Huesca , officially Huesca/Uesca, is a province of northeastern Spain, in northern Aragon. The capital is Huesca.Positioned just south of the central Pyrenees, Huesca borders France and the French Departments of Pyrénées-Atlantiques and Hautes-Pyrénées...

, Spain

Spain

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). The name of the area is a corruption of "Camp d'Anjou" as this was originally the site of a military camp of the French Angevin

House of Plantagenet

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 dynasty. This is also located near the road on the historical Camino de Santiago.

The resort

It has 59 km of marked piste

Piste

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s, it's one of the earliest developed resorts of the Pyrenees. It's known by its very difficult steep pistes, like the one called Tubo Zapatilla. The highest point is La Tuca peak, 2400 m AMSL, with a vertical drop of 900 m.

The base of the resort is a purpose-built town which includes several hotels and apartments and is situated at 1500 m AMSL. From there the main chair lifts provide access for the resort. The resort itself occupies two different high mountain valleys, defining two sectors: Pista Grande - El Tobazo, and La Tuca. The first one is the lower sector where the main town and the parking are situated, the upper La Tuca valley is accessed from there using a chair lift.

Candanchú offers a joint ski pass with the neighbouring resort of Astún

Astún

Astún is a ski resort situated near the town of Canfranc in the High Aragon of the western Pyrenees . The source of the Aragon River is in the resort.-The resort:...

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Lifts

Almost all of the resort's lifts are modern and of high capacity, the resort has:

• 6 chair lifts.
• 18 ski tow
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Pistes

The resort offers 51 pistes of different difficulties:
10 beginners. 11 easy. 18 intermediate. 12 expert.

In addition there is a 35 km cross-country ski circuit shared with the adjacent Somport

Somport

Somport is a mountain pass in the central Pyrenees on the border of France and Spain. The pass, whose name is derived from the Latin Summus portus, was one of the most popular routes for crossing the mountains for soldiers, merchants, and St...

 resort, in France

France

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Services

• 6 restaurants.
• 1 skiing school, Spain's oldest.
• 1 snow gardens for children.
• 1 kindergarten
  Kindergarten
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• 5 ski hiring stores.

External links

• http://www.candanchu.com - Official resort site.