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The ski Espot held this weekend the 50th anniversary of its foundation. Saturday evening, 300 people gathered at elevation 2,000 of the resort to participate in the descent of popular torches, which ended with a fireworks show and hot chocolate.
For Sunday, it had planned to make the discovery of the monolith with the fiftieth anniversary commemorative logo at elevation 2000 season. The strong wind, however, forced to close the facility and transfer the rest of the acts -the photographic exhibition and presentation of video- the City of Espot.
In January 1967 got underway Station High Mountain Espot, in the area of influence of the National Park Aigüestortes Sant Maurici, located in the culd. Since its foundation until today it has been an important engine of revitalization of mountain tourism in the territory.
The commitment of Railways of the Generalitat (FGC) since he began managing the resort in 2011 has been to continue investing to give value to the territory of Pallars and promoting activity. Today, resorts Espot and Port Ainé provide almost 250 direct and indirect jobs.
In this regard, the President of Railways of the Generalitat, Enric Ticó, stressed that the commemoration of the 50th anniversary serves to "thank all those people who made it possible, over the years, today this resort is open , serving the culd and serving people. "
"In these 50 years everything has evolved a lot, both in terms of facilities and equipment and treatment techniques Snow" stressed Xavier Bigordà, director of Skipallars. Precisely coinciding with the anniversary, this Saturday has been the busiest day of the season in the ski Espot, with more than 2,000 visitors.
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