Information about Penitentes

The base of The Penitents is found at 2.580 above sea level and the top to 3.194 mts. and it’s located at the edge of Las Cuevas River and the Santa María and Cruz de Caña streams. There are 17 the trails that, qualified as easy, intermediate, difficult and very difficult, are well arranged for the practice of the winter sports. Counts on a skiing surface of 300 hectares, good quality of compact, dusty, and dry snow, has a length of trails of 60.000mts. and a maximum length of uninterrupted descent of 7.000mts. It possesses 8 chairlifts type elevation media, tow lift and carousel. Skiing is practiced regular and alpine, of competition, snow games, sledges, snowboard and snowcat.
We find all types of services to enjoy some good holidays, hotels, refuge, hostels, apartments and apart, sweetshops, restaurants, ski and snowboard rentals and school, hospital, market, fax, radio, TV, gas station and mechanical workshop. Though the pretext of the snow does of this environment a favorable space for winter holidays, during the summer season the offering includes trekking, horseback riding and other activities.