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Avet slope takes its name from a centenary fir.
The competition stadium was so called in honor of a centenary pine which is located on the left side of the slope. Seen from the town of Soldeu, from which position the tree stands out, it draws a natural obstacle on the slope.
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The first skier was Miquel Farré, Soldeu’s postman.
In 1924, the then postman of Soldeu, Miquel Farré, was the first skier. Owing to the heavy snowfall that year, he changed the snowshoes that he wore to deliver the mail, for some long pieces of wood such as those used by the inhabitants of the French town of Porté, which he visited every week to collect the mail.
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A German won last year’s European Cup event.
Lena Duerr, aged 19, was the winner of the giant slalom in the Women’s European Cup, which took place last year on the very same Avet slope. Norwegian, Lene Loeseth, and Austrian, Karin Hackl, completed the podium.
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At Grandvalira you can sleep in an igloo in the form of Hotel Lena.
Grandvalira is one of the few ski resorts in the world where you can spend the night at zero degrees, in an igloo at 2,350 meters altitude. The Iglú-Hotel Grandvalira (five rooms, one with private bath and jacuzzi) has been in operation since 2008.
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The first Soldeu-Pas de la Casa crossing was in 1929.
The use of skis in Soldeu started to become popular in the second half of the nineteen twenties. The response was so popular that the first crossing between Soldeu and Pas de la Casa took place in 1929.
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The World Cup circuit is one of the most important international competition circuits in the world, on a par with the Olympic Games and the World Championship.
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The World Cup circuit, lasts for 6 months and holds its events in the 21 most prestigious ski resorts in the world.
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In 1965 alpine skiing was declared the national interest sport in Andorra.
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In 1973 the first ski resort was opened in the Principality of Andorra.
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In 1974 Andorra hosted the first Alpine Skiing European Cup.
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Andorra has 28 Olympic skiers and has been represented in 10 Olympic Games since Innsbruck in 1976.
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The slope that will host the events of the Women’s Alpine Skiing World Cup is Avet slope in the sector of Grandvalira – Soldeu.
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In the resort of Grandvalira there are 15 centers for producing artificial snow, which cover 65 km out of the total 193 km of the resort’s slopes.
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In the mid-section of Avet slope there is a tunnel which allows the underground passage of skiers coming from Os slope, without them having to cross the black slope.
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In the mid-section of Avet slope an underground passage has been built, which raises the slope a few meters, creating a change of gradient and making the slope much more attractive.
