Spain’s leading resort, Sierra Nevada, will offer half price ski tickets after the Easter holidays and have announced that the season will last for an extra fortnight to at least mid-May because of all the snow.
The resort, Europe’s most southerly, currently has five metres (17 feet) of snow on its slopes and 100km (63 miles) of piste open. The discounted lift pass will be available from April 20th to May 15th.
Other Spanish ski resorts are almost as well endowed and have between 170cm (six feet) and 260cm (12 feet) of snow.

By Andrew Gibson

Pyrenees Mountains of Spain are the biggest mountain stretch in the Northern Spain, acting as natural buffers between France and Spain, Spain rentals are very popular in the Pyrenees region. This range of mountains stretches from Atlantic Ocean shores in west to the Mediterranean Sea coasts in east.

The first thing visitors like to enjoy in Pyrenees is hiking. There are several day hikes here, a majority of which have been signposted. Breche de Roland is one of the best hike areas, the route of which entails scrambling up a water fall and hike over one of the glaciers. If you are seeking for a higher-level route for your hiking experience, you can follow the marked trails that lead to the mountains or hire a guide in Luz.

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A study by the Spanish Environment Ministry has found that the estimated 3,300 hectares of ice that covered the mountain range between Spain and France at the beginning of the 20th century have been reduced to 390 hectares over the past 100 years.
The study also found that the rate of melt has accelerated in recent years, with a quarter of the ice melting away in the past six years.
This year’s snowfall has been one of the best for decades in the region but Miguel Frances, the coordinator of the 20 year study, which was released last week, said that even winters with heavy snowfalls do not appear to be able to stop the process.

The snow stabilizes the glaciers but they do not grow,”

Frances told the Spanish El Pais newspaper.
The ministry study states that the melting of the glaciers in the Pyrenees and in other mountain ranges around the world is a direct consequence of global warming and changes in rainfall patterns.
“In 25 or 30 years’ time the majority of glaciers will have disappeared and by the middle of the century they’ll all be gone, “Fernando Lampre, president of the Pyrenees Glacier Monument Heritage told El Pais.

A structural failure on tower four of Spain’s Sierra Nevada’s Emille Allais chairlift caused a major incident on Monday Morning (March 2nd).
Six chairs dropped approximately six metres, hitting the ground and injuring 23 people after the top section of the tower on one side – the section over which the cable runs – gave way.
15 guests were treated at the Hospital San Cecilio and the Hospital de Traumatología in Granada.
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Five times Olympic gold medallist, Sir Steve Redgrave, found Formigal an ideal family resort when he took his wife and children there for half term, the Spanish resort reports. The Redgraves enjoyed a week of thick snow, blue skies and hospitality at the resort in the Pyrenees. But what they found most surprising was the lack of crowds.
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When we think of skiing, we often think of an expensive Alpine adventure. However, there are top flight less expensive spots where ample excitement is available, such as countless skiing experiences in diverse areas of Spain such as the Aragonese Pyrenees, Catalan Pyrenees and Andorran Pyrenees. These are Spanish mountain ranges with first-rate skiing facilities.

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The five increasingly well-known Igloo Villages in Engelberg, Gstaad, Davos-Klosters, Zermatt and Zugspitze will arise from the snow right on time for the beginning of the winter season. This year the award-winning Swiss company behind them all, Iglu-Dorf, will add its first location in the Pyrenees mountains – an Igloo Village at Grandvalira in the middle of the snow and shopping paradise Andorra.
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