Located about an hours drive from Beirut, the Faraya Mzaar ski resort is the biggest and best equipped resort in Lebanon. It is professionally run, boasts 80 kilometers of runs, has a capacity of over 20,000 skiers per hour and features 18 lifts and nine grooming machines. The difficulty of the slopes varies, with very gentle elevation and plenty of wide space in the beginners runs (Baby, Donald, Mickey, Pettit Source) to challenging descents in the Rocher, Nabil and Mzaar slopes. The ski season usually starts before the end of December and ends in April.