FIS Snowboard World Championships La Molina 2011

With the first dawn of century XX was born also the ski like playful and sport activity. Oil mill has been one of the great protagonists of these one hundred years and like station d? ski dean of l? State, has bet throughout the last 100 years by the renovation, to continue being about to the front of the ski and to give to the skier new and remodelados services, as well as to contribute to the tourism a value afegitt.

The first skiers

the first news that is had of skiers in these places is year 1908, seconds consists in the Bulletin of the Center Hiker of Catalonia (BLIND). The first skiers practiced telemarc and l? Stemmbogen. The men went dresses like authentic explorers of the Arctic and the women, with skirts. Even though already made times of the arrival of the first skiers, Oil mill did not become a place concurred by the lovers of the ski until the winter of 1923-1924, when its practice became popular, thanks to l? arrival of the first train to the 1922. From that one year it dates the open pie of the tracks of Fontcanaleta: " smooth extensions, without trees and floods of nieve" , seconds described the pioneers who ventured themselves to move away of the environs of the train station and to cross the forest of the Partridge. The fame of the tracks of Fontcanaleta caused that the February of that one year they began to celebrate first you attend: the Xs Contests of Sports of Winter and the championships of Catalonia. Oil mill must part from its history to the Villa of the BLIND PERSON who was inaugurated the December of year 1925, and he thus became the first lodging of the station. Year 1940 goes away instal? to actually lar to Oil mill the first service of medical aid for the victims of the ski of l? State.

First remuntadors

the 28 of February of 1943 blessed and s? it released in the tracks of Fontcanaleta the first teleesquí of Spain. Then he was something surprising and innovating. And only years later Oil mill also was pioneering in the instal? straight of ski lifts, with the put into operation, to season 1946-47, of the ski lift of the Hill of the Partridge. The true expansion of the area skiingable of Oil mill takes place as of year 1954, when it is made arrive a telecabina from two places at the 2,280 meters of Monte de Alp. To the no d? a year extends this line until above of Tosa d? Alp with one teleesquí. To the summit of the Tosa de Alp the refuge of the Nest of the Àliga was constructed, that offers the services of restaurant and bar and has a great terrace to take the sun. At the end of the Oil mill Fifties already it had five ski lifts, ten teleesquís and two telecabines, fruit of the implantation of two great companies that had equipped different areas from Oil mill. Only fifteen years (1955-1970), Oil mill became a referring one for the world from the ski to all the country, since it had some of the instal? lacions more modern of the time. The dominion skiingable also expanded head to the Puigllançada, equipped with teleesquís and ski lifts.

A new impulse

To the ski Eighties had acquired a well-known popularity between all the segments of the population. Even so, the vicissitudes that crossed the propietary companies until then of Oil mill caused that year 1985 the Autonomous Government of Catalonia acquired the assets of the dominion skiingable of the station through Railroads of the Autonomous Government of Catalonia (FGC), that happened to manage them until the present time. This new impulse bucket that, again, Oil mill occurs pioneering in its scope, and is equipped with the first plant of artificial snow production by the route of a system of high pressure. In addition, the 1986, go away instal? to lar the first ski lift of four places of the State. As of the 1987 and until the 1991 and three new ski lifts of four places are constructed.

Today

Today, to Oil mill you will be able to find all the services d? a great station in incomparable natural surroundings. The season 08-09 Oil mill has been the first station of Pyrenean when welcoming the Glass of Feminine World d? Alpine ski. Also the Glass of the World for Incapacities and the Glass of snow the Surf World are celebrated. We have made history and we will continue doing!