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,