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Mojon del Trigo observatory restored Sierra Nevada, Andalusia, Spain
Mojon del Trigo observatory restored Sierra Nevada, Andalusia, Spain. This photograph is used as a geographic witness to the place, not as evidence of the historical date shown in the chapter.
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- Mojon del Trigo observatory restored Sierra Nevada, Andalusia, Spain
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- original
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- Open-licence photograph
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- Wikimedia Commons · CC0
BEFORE MODERN SPORT
Sierra Nevada
How settlement, access and winter sport shaped Sierra Nevada.
Scroll to read the contour through time
The Sierra Nevada Ski Station is a ski resort in the Sierra Nevada in the province of Granada in southeastern Spain.
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BEFORE TOURISM
Before the resort map
The linked local overview does not preserve a clear account of Sierra Nevada before modern tourism.
This edition leaves that part of the timeline open rather than mistaking the first surviving sporting reference for the beginning of the place.
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ACCESS CHANGES
A route reaches Sierra Nevada
The mid-station Borreguiles, which is served by two cable cars that run from the bottom of Pradollano, is at 2,675 m (8,780 ft).
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Sierra Nevada Spain Ski Slope
Ski slope in Sierra Nevada, Spain. This photograph is used as a geographic witness to the place, not as evidence of the historical date shown in the chapter.
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- Ski slope in Sierra Nevada, Spain
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- Open-licence photograph
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1996
Winter becomes organised
The resort hosted the FIS Alpine World Ski Championships in 1996 and occasionally hosts World Cup races, the last being the women's technical races in 2007.
THE LIVING MAP
The mapped place
Sierra Nevada is recorded at 37.096° N, 3.396° W. Its catalogue reference reaches 3,300 metres. A modern resort map compresses terrain, exposure and access into a diagram. This exhibition keeps the underlying contour visible so the place does not become only a list of facilities.
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Mojon del Trigo observatory restored Sierra Nevada, Andalusia, Spain
Mojon del Trigo observatory restored Sierra Nevada, Andalusia, Spain. This photograph is used as a geographic witness to the place, not as evidence of the historical date shown in the chapter.
- Visual description
- Mojon del Trigo observatory restored Sierra Nevada, Andalusia, Spain
- Nature
- original
- Medium
- Open-licence photograph
- Source
- Wikimedia Commons · CC0
TODAY
Sierra Nevada now
In recent years the resort has made an effort to increase the number of services it offers, including expanding the Mirlo Blanco recreation zone, which now has an ice rink, toboggans, ski-bikes, mini-skis and a track for wheeled toboggans.
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THE LEDGER
Sources and credits
This exhibition is built from local, institutional and sporting records. The source ledger keeps the claims visible and leaves space for correction as further local evidence emerges.
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Artefacts in order of appearance
Mojon del Trigo observatory restored Sierra Nevada, Andalusia, Spain
AOD.EU.SIERRA-NEVADA.V00 · original · Wikimedia Commons · CC0
Sierra Nevada Spain Ski Slope
AOD.EU.SIERRA-NEVADA.V01 · original · Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 4.0
Editorial record
Full European Beta edition. Place evidence is adapted from the linked Sierra Nevada Ski Station overview under CC BY-SA 4.0 and remains subject to named historical and local review. Cartography is generated from the PeakWave location catalogue.