Puerto de Tarna
A ski station begun on a León mountain pass in the 1960s and never finished, two lifts installed at the summit before the money went to San Isidro instead; the pass is now ski-touring ground.
- Region
- Castile and León
- Country
- Spain
- Status
- abandoned (never opened)
- Reason for closure
- The project was never fully developed. Investment intended for the pass was diverted to the San Isidro station nearby, and the installation was abandoned incomplete.
History
The Puerto de Tarna is a pass at around 1,490 m in the Cantabrian mountains, in the municipality of Maraña in the province of León, on the boundary with Asturias. A ski station was projected here in the 1960s and got as far as two lifts installed at the top of the pass, but it was never completed: the investment that would have finished it went instead to San Isidro, a short distance away, which became the province established ski station. Tarna was left as it stood. The ground is now popular for ski mountaineering and off-piste skiing rather than any lift-served operation. This is a deliberately thin entry - the opening and abandonment years, the lift specifications and any piste names are unrecorded in accessible sources, and those fields are left empty rather than guessed.
Lifts
| Name | Type | Manufacturer | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Unnamed lift | Two lifts were installed at the top of the pass before the project was abandoned. Their type, length and manufacturer are not documented |
Sources and further reading
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Location
43.0846, -5.2179