LAS LEÑAS

 

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La Leñas constitutes one of the most important ski centres in Argentina and South America.
With snow of an excellent quality, this centre posseses 40 ski runs with a skiing area of  3800 has. it also includes magnificent surfaces for the free, cross-country and extreme styles of skiing. 
It has 12 modern ski lifts, with a transport capacity of 10.000 skiers per hour 
It posseses the major uninterrupted length in descent of the country (7.050 metres), that can be obtained combining the Apolo, Neptuno and Venus runs.

The lower runs posses canyons with artificial snow that guarantee permanent snow. 

The services offered to the skiers comprise: skiing school (all levels), ski keeping house, children care, equipment rental, repairing shops, medical service, among others.
It has a complete lodging infrastructure for the tourist, with appartments, hotels and first category apparts with more than 3000 beds.
As long as entertainment and night life are concerned, Las Leñas has a commercial centre, restaurants, cafeterias, tea houses, discotheque and close circuit television. 
This centre, in summer, turns into a place devoted to outdoor sports and adventure tourism, where you can practise swimming, fishing, trekking, mountaineering, 

4 x 4 crossings, etc.

 

Ski Centre in Winter
Adventure Tourism and Activities in Summer
Excursion in its Roundabouts

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Location


Province of Mendoza

Average Temperature
(Celsius) 
Summer 16 º
Winter 4,5 º

Population
(Inhabitants)
500 (S) / 1200 (W)

Height
(m.a.s.l.)
2.250

Distances
(Kilometres)
PROVINCE'S CAPITALS
Buenos Aires 1140
Córdoba 860
Corrientes 1665
Formosa 1800
La Plata 1200
La Rioja 990
Mendoza 410
Neuquén 775
Paraná 1145
Posadas 1900
Rawson 1500
Resistencia 1650
Río Gallegos 2610
Salta 1645
S.F.V.Catamarca 1140
San Juan 575
San Luis 460
S.M.Tucumán 1380
S.S.Jujuy 1735
Santa Fe 1100
Santa Rosa 760
Sgo. del Estero 1290
Ushuaia 3210
Viedma 1330
POINTS OF THIS ZONE
La Niña Encantada Pond 27
Los Molles 20
Malargüe 79
Las Animas Well 12
San Rafael 186
Valle Hermoso 28

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