Puerto de La Ragua Recreational Resort Consortium

The Puerto de La Ragua Recreational Resort Consortium is located in the Sierra Nevada National Park, but in a lesser known area straddling the provinces of Granada and Almeria. the Puerto de La Ragua is a natural bridge between two very different regions that have managed to keep their customs, traditions and lifestyle intact, despite the passage of time.

At an altitude of 2,000 metres, the Puerto de La Ragua Recreational Resort arrogantly dominates the surrounding geographical area from La Alpujarra, the beaches of Almeria, the Cabo de Gata, the Sierras de Baza, Cazorla, Segura y las Villas and the Marquesado Plateau, to the snowy peaks of the National Park.

The countless activities include: hiking, orienteering, mountain biking, horse riding, long-distance, extreme and cross-country skiing, mushing, sledding, hiking, climbing, paragliding, archery, etc.

In the Puerto de la Ragua Ski Resort you will find a Shelter-Refuge for up to 32 people, with toilets, showers, a lounge, bar-restaurant, equipment and sledge rental and an information point. The following sports facilities are available:

CROSS-COUNTRY SKI TRACKS, consisting of a ski area covering more than 40 km.

• The Bayárcal Circuit, consisting of a 5.5 km circular route.
• The Ferreira Circuit, consisting of a 7.5 km circular route with a number of variants.
• The Pista de Laroles, consisting of a 2 km linear route.
• The Pista de la Laguna Seca, consisting of an 11 km linear route. (Multipurpose). It can only be used in its entirety when conditions allow.
• The Chullo North Face Track, 9 Km, when snow conditions allow.
• The Pista al Hornillo, 5 Km, when snow conditions allow.

PHYSICAL TRAINING CIRCUIT, consisting of a group of 21 devices for exercises, located along the Bayárcal track.

PERMANENT ORIENTEERING CIRCUITS, consisting of a series of routes drawn on a map specially created for this activity, with international standards and in 1:10,000 scale. There are signs distributed throughout the forest, forming 7 circuits with different lengths and difficulty.

A NETWORK OF TRAILS, consisting of a series of signposted itineraries in accordance with established regulations. Special mention should go to the GR-7 section that crosses the Mountain Pass linking the Marquesado and Ferreira with Bayárcal and the rest of La Alpujarra. Near to this there is a small network of short trails of different length and difficulty of which the following deserve special mention: The ascent to Chullo, the ascent to Hornillo, the La Alpujarra Lookout Point, the Aldeire Lookout Point and the Laguna Seca.

BTT ROUTES In this sector there is an extensive network of forest trails. They start at the Mountain Pass and cross the hills whilst remaining at the same altitude with a number of variants and reach all the nearby villages, making Sierra Nevada a paradise for mountain biking.

BTT SKILL CIRCUIT, a course with wooden obstacles, to practise the technique of riding and controlling mountain bikes.