Arinsal & La Massana

"The ski areas of Arinsal and Pal have received substantial and continued investment over recent years. Likewise, finance has been pouring into La Massana’s infrastructure and hotel accommodation. Things really have changed and it shows! This is a fantastic area for beginners, improvers and families and is certainly not given enough credit."

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Ski Information

Beginners Skiing Excellent
Intermediate Skiing Very Good
Advanced Skiing Good
Off-Piste Good
Skiing Altitude 2560m High
1550m Low
Resort Altitude 1475m
Glacier No
Pistes 63 km
Green 12%
Blue 38%
Red 38%
Black 12%
Number of Lifts 29
Drags 10
Chairlifts 12
Gondolas 2
Cable Cars 1
Funiculars 0
Longest run 6km
Direction of Slopes N, E
Terrain Parks Yes
Half Pipe Yes
Cross Country trails 0km
Night Skiing No
Mountain Restuarants 11
Snowmaking 29%
Resort Ski Bus Yes
Linked Resorts La Massana  
Disabled Skiing No

Beginners

Both Arinsal and Pal are perfect areas to learn to ski or snowboard. Situated at the top of the gondola, Arinsal’s beginner area has doubled in size after €7million of investment. Pal also has a gentle nursery area situated next to the ski centre base. Both areas have excellent ski schools with many native English speaking instructors and there is never a shortage of easy runs to progress onto.

Intermediates


In Arinsal, intermediates will enjoy several gentle blue and red runs from Cota 2100m leading back down to the ski base. Higher up, from Pic Negre, there are some rather more demanding red runs. Over in Pal, there is a good choice of tree-lined runs, providing a good contrast to Arinsal.


Advanced

There is little to stretch the advanced skier in Arinsal or Pal, apart from a steep, unpisted black run descending from Pic Alt de la Capa to the bottom of the Port Negre trails. However, Arcalis, 25km away and accessible by a daily bus service from La Massana, provides more demanding runs and some great off-piste opportunities.

Snowboarding

For beginner and intermediate boarders there is plenty of varied terrain to enjoy in Arinsal and Pal, plus a fantastic 40000m2 freestyle area including a half-pipe, jumps, fun boxes, quarter-pipe, boarder-cross and chill-out area.

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