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The birth of the Formigal ski resort

Sallent de Gállego, Alto Gállego, Huesca

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The birth of the Formigal ski resort

Historical milestone · Sallent de Gállego, Alto Gállego, Huesca

Sallent de Gállego

Image of Sallent de Gállego, not of the place itself.

The promoting company was constituted at the impulse of the lawyer Ramón Sainz de Varanda to raise a ski resort in the valley; the first chairlift, El Furco, entered service in January 1965 and opened Tena to snow tourism.

2 de mayo de 1964

Photo: es.topsportholidays.com (CC BY-SA 2.0)

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