A cold front leaves the first snowfall of the year in Ronda

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The snow has reached the mountains of Ronda where it fell up to 900 metres of altitude and the temperatures fell around eight degrees compared to yesterday.

The cold front that yesterday began to sweep across the whole of Malaga province has left the first snowfall of the year and the first so far this winter. For the moment, the snow has only reached the Ronda mountains it has fallen up to 900 metres of altitude and the temperatures fell around eight degrees compared to yesterday.

In the rest of the province it’s also very cold and it’s raining, although throughout the afternoon and evening, it will stop and give way to the good weather again as from tomorrow.

Christmas in Sierra Nevada

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Due to the heavy snowfall during the last days in Europe’s southernmost ski resort are now available areas which before were still closed to the public, such as the long awaited opening of the recently expanded snow park for enthusiasts of snowboard and freestyle.

The ski resort of Sierra Nevada in Granada thus is ready to offer a very enjoyable skiing experience just in time for these Christmas holidays, with a nice thick layer of new snow which right now is getting compressed to offer a compact surface for skiing.

During the Christmas holidays are planned many related activities on the slopes and in the resort Solynieve itself; children up to 12 years can ski for half price on the December 25th and January 1st and 6th, meanwhile children up to 5 years can ski for free during all season. A special feature is as well the availability of night skiing in Sierra Nevada on Saturday nights from 7 to 9:30 pm.