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Estación Vallnord Pal Arinsal Vista aerea del sector Arinsal, Comallemple. This photograph is used as a geographic witness to the place, not as evidence of the historical date shown in the chapter.
- Visual description
- Estación Vallnord Pal Arinsal Vista aerea del sector Arinsal, Comallemple
- Nature
- original
- Medium
- Open-licence photograph
- Source
- Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 4.0
BEFORE MODERN SPORT
Vallnord Pal Arinsal
How settlement, access and winter sport shaped Vallnord Pal Arinsal.
Scroll to read the contour through time
Vallnord is a ski/snowboard resort in the Pyrenees mountains in the country of Andorra, close to the border with Spain at Tor, Pallars.
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BEFORE TOURISM
Before the resort map
The linked local overview does not preserve a clear account of Vallnord Pal Arinsal 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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2005
A route reaches Vallnord Pal Arinsal
It encompasses the linked sectors of Pal and Arinsal (the sectors were linked by a cable car, opened in 2005, from the top of the Arinsal sector) and the Ordino-Arcalis sector some kilometres away.
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View from Arcalis Ski Center Andorra Mar 2011
View of red slopes from the main ski center in the Arcalís ski resort in Andorra and which forms part of the Vallnord ski area. This photograph is used as a geographic witness to the place, not as evidence of the historical date shown in the chapter.
- Visual description
- View of red slopes from the main ski center in the Arcalís ski resort in Andorra and which forms part of the Vallnord ski area
- Nature
- original
- Medium
- Open-licence photograph
- Source
- Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 3.0
ORGANISED SPORT
Winter becomes organised
All the separate sectors within Vallnord contain green, blue, red and black rated runs as well as restaurants and ski schools.
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THE LIVING MAP
The mapped place
Vallnord Pal Arinsal is recorded at 42.567° N, 1.487° E. Its catalogue reference reaches 2,560 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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Open ledger · AOD.EU.VALLNORD-PAL.V00 · ORIGINALClose ledger · AOD.EU.VALLNORD-PAL.V00
Ledger AOD.EU.VALLNORD-PAL.V00
2020 01 24 Copa del Món Esqui Muntanya (Martin Imatge)-0942
Estación Vallnord Pal Arinsal Vista aerea del sector Arinsal, Comallemple. This photograph is used as a geographic witness to the place, not as evidence of the historical date shown in the chapter.
- Visual description
- Estación Vallnord Pal Arinsal Vista aerea del sector Arinsal, Comallemple
- Nature
- original
- Medium
- Open-licence photograph
- Source
- Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 4.0
TODAY
Vallnord Pal Arinsal now
Vallnord Pal Arinsal remains a lived-in place as well as a sporting destination.
Its present identity continues to depend on the relationship between residents, visitors, access and the landscape or water that first shaped it.
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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
2020 01 24 Copa del Món Esqui Muntanya (Martin Imatge)-0942
AOD.EU.VALLNORD-PAL.V00 · original · Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 4.0
View from Arcalis Ski Center Andorra Mar 2011
AOD.EU.VALLNORD-PAL.V01 · original · Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 3.0
Editorial record
Full European Beta edition. Place evidence is adapted from the linked Vallnord overview under CC BY-SA 4.0 and remains subject to named historical and local review. Cartography is generated from the PeakWave location catalogue.