El Golobar
A small Palencia station in the Montaña Palentina that ran from the late 1960s until 2009; the lifts were taken out and an unfinished Parador building is now a mountain refuge.
- Region
- Castile and León
- Country
- Spain
- Status
- abandoned
- Year opened
- late 1960s
- Year closed
- 2009
- Reason for closure
- Deterioration of the equipment with no funding available to replace it.
History
El Golobar lay above Brañosera in the Montaña Palentina, in the province of Palencia, running between about 1,425 m and 1,606 m on two drag lifts and a beginner telebaby. It opened in the late 1960s and closed in 2009 when the equipment had worn out and there was no money to renew it. The lifts were dismantled. The building that survives is an oddity: a Parador that was started on the site and never finished, which now stands as a mountain refuge. Piste names, lift specifications and the exact opening year are not documented in accessible sources.
Lifts
| Name | Type | Manufacturer | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Unnamed lift | Surface lift | One of two drag lifts at the station; dismantled after closure. Names, lengths and manufacturers are not recorded | |
| Unnamed lift | Surface lift | The second drag lift | |
| Unnamed lift | Surface lift | A telebaby beginner lift |
Sources and further reading
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Location
42.9672, -4.3368