Vall de Núria

Location

Girona
Spain
42° 25' 45.8832" N, 2° 9' 41.616" E
ES
General info: 

A historic religious centre near the shrine of the Virgin of Nuria, accessed by a rack railway, and surrounded by a ring of high mountains in the Girona Pyrenees.

BASE: 6443ft
SUMMIT: 7388ft
VERTICAL DROP: 967ft

NO. OF. LIFTS: 5
Gondolas: 1
Chairs: 1
Surface: 3

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