Cerler, officially called Aramón Cerler, 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 in the high Benasque Valley, near the town of Benasque

Benasque

Benasque or Benasc is a town in the comarca of Ribagorza, province of Huesca, . It is the main town in the Benasque Valley, located in the heart of the Pyrenees and surrounded by the highest peaks in that range.-Language:...

 in the central 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

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). Near Cerler are the highest peaks of the Pyrenees, Aneto

Aneto

Aneto is the highest mountain in the Pyrenees and in Aragon, and Spain's third highest mountain, reaching a height of . It lies in the Spanish province of Huesca, the northernmost of all three Aragonese provinces. It forms the southernmost part of the Maladeta massif...

, Monte Perdido

Monte Perdido

Monte Perdido is the third highest mountain in the Pyrenees. The summit of Monte Perdido , located in Spain, lies hidden from France by the seemingly impenetrable peaks of the Cirques of Gavarnie and Estaubé. It is in the north of Huesca province...

, and Posets

Posets peak

Pico Posets or Punta de Llardana is the second highest peak of the Pyrenees, after Aneto. It is located in the Spanish province of Huesca and is 3,371 meters high.-Ascent route:...

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The resort

It has 72 km of marked piste

Piste

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s, and it's one of the highest resorts of the Pyrenees. The highest point is Gallinero peak, 2650 m AMSL, with a vertical drop of 1150 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 a 4 seat chair lift provides the main access for the resort. The resort itself occupies two different high mountain valleys, defining two sectors: Cerler and Ampriu. Each sector is accessible by road and has a parking area, both sectors are linked by chair lifts.

Lifts

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

• 9 chair lifts.
• 5 ski tow
  Ski tow
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  s.
• 5 magic carpet
  Magic carpet (ski lift)
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   lifts.
• total skiers: 24,800/hour

Pistes

The resort offers 65 pistes of different difficulties:
7 beginners. 16 easy. 25 intermediate. 14 expert.

Services

• 4 restaurants.
• 3 skiing school.
• 1 snow gardens for children.
• 1 kindergarten
  Kindergarten
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• 2 ski hiring stores.

External links

• http://www.aramon.com - Official resort site.
• http://www.cerler.es - Cerler Benasque Guide.