The Pyrenees is one of the most interesting and rapidly developing skiing centres in France and Spain. It is unsurprising – stretched on 400 km (with a more than 70 km width) the mountain system having nearly one hundred peaks more than 2000 meters high could not but just draw the athletes’ attention.
Extending between the Atlantic and the Mediterranean, the Pyrenees receive much more snow than many Alps areas, and although the weather here is hardly stable, the variety of conditions is almost fantastic. Even if a blizzard rages on one side of the ridge, it is often calm and sunny on the other, so you can choose a ski region right on the spot and for every taste. It is noticeably warmer than in the Alps at the same time, which is pleasant to elderly people and families with children. Well, although slopes lose on the complexity to high mountain areas but practically do not lack snow – at more than 1400 meters high it drops out in quantities by 2-3 times exceeding Alpine.
The winter tourist season begins here usually in December, and the best time to visit is considered to be from February to April, although it is quite possible to ride on the northern slopes until the end of June. The area’s best ski resorts are Argeles-Gazost, Aspe-Ossau, La Molina, Masella, Aure-Louron, Bareges, Bearn, Baqueira/Beret, Capcir-Puymorens, Cerdagne, Couserans, Haute-Ariege, Haute-Bigorre, Luchonnais, Montcalm, Pays Toy and Pays de Sault. It is possible to find an enormous amount of entertainment for every taste of the summer here.
Ski resorts: Pyrenees
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Spain (by communities)
Abodi Salazar with four cross-country tracks
Larra-Belagua with 24 km of cross-country skiing
Cerler with 77 km of ski slopes including the longest in Spain (9 km)
Aramon Formigal with 180 km of ski slopes
Astún with 50 km of ski slopes
Candanchú is one the highest ski resort in the Spanish Pyrenees
Aramón Panticosa with 34 km of ski slopes
Llanos del Hospital with 30 km of cross-country skiing
Balneario de Panticosa – cross-country skiing on a mountain lake and SPA
Fanlo del valle de Vio with 28 km of cross-country skiing
Oza-Gabardito with eight km of cross-country skiing
Linza with seven km of cross-country skiing
Lizara with five km of cross-country skiing via GR 11
Pineta with 24 km of cross-country skiing
Baqueira – Beret with 161 km of ski slopes
La Molina with 70 km of ski slopes
Boí Taüll with 45 km of ski slopes
Port Aine with 26.7 km of ski slopes
Espot with 25 km of ski slopes
Vallter 2000 ski resort with 19 km of ski slopes
Vall de Núria with 7.6 km of ski slopes by rack railway
Port del Comte with 50 km of slopes
Rasos de Peguera – a winter sports resort
Aransa with 50 km of cross-country skiing
Bonabé with 25 km of cross-country skiing
Guils Fontanera with 45 km of cross-country skiing
Lles de Cerdanya with 27 km of cross-country skiing
Pla de Nègua with 20 km of cross-country skiing
Sant Joan de l’Erm with 50 km of cross-country skiing
Tuixent – La Vansa with 30 km of cross-country skiing
Bosc Virós with 29 km of cross-country skiing
France (by departments)
Department of Pyrénées-Atlantiques (Nouvelle-Aquitaine region)
Artouste with 25 km of ski slopes
Gourette with 42 km of ski slopes
La Pierre Saint Martin with 75 hectares of slopes
Iraty with cross-country skiing in the largest beech forest in Europe
Issarbe ski resort with 31 km of ski slopes and 360 ° panoramic views on Basque Country
Le Somport with 25 km of cross-country skiing
Department of Hautes-Pyrénées (Occitania)
Saint-Lary with over 100 km of ski slopes
Grand Tourmalet / Pic du Midi – largest ski resort in the French Pyrenees
Peyragude with 60 km of ski slopes including 007 track
Cauterets with its skiing and balneotherapy center
Piau Engaly – highest mountain ski resort in the Pyrenees with 65 km of slopes
Val Louron with 22 km of ski slopes
Luz-Ardiden with 60 km of ski slopes
Gavarnie-Gèdre – 34 km of ski slopes and the cradle of Pyreneism
Hautacam with 20 km of ski slopes
Nistos with 43 km of cross-country skiing
Payolle-Campan with 50 km of cross-country skiing
Val d’Azun with 100 km of cross-country skiing
Department of Haute-Garonne (Occitania)
Luchon-Superbagnères with 32 km of ski slopes
Mourtis with 23 km of ski slopes and four km of cross-country skiing
Bourg-d’Oueil is one of the smallest resorts in the Pyrenees with seven km of ski slopes
Department of Ariège (Occitania)
Mijanès-Donezan with 12 km of ski slopes and 15 km of cross-country skiing
Ascou-Pailhères with 20 km of ski slopes
Guzet with 40 km of ski slopes
Monts d’Olmes with 23 km of ski slopes
Ax 3 Domaines with 83 km of ski slopes
Goulier Neige with eight km of ski slopes
Plateau de Beille with 32 km of cross-country skiing
Le Chioula with 60 km of cross-country skiing
L’étang de Lers with 25 km of cross-country skiing
Department of Aude (Occitania)
Camurac with 15 km of ski slopes
Department of Pyrénées-Orientales (Occitania)
Font-Romeu/Bolquère Pyrénées 2000 with 52 km of ski slopes and 100 km of cross-country skiing
Les Angles with 55 km of ski slopes
Formiguères with 25 km of ski slopes
Porté-Puymorens with 50 km of ski slopes
Puyvalador with 32 km of ski slopes
La Quillane with 27 km of ski slopes
Err-Puigmal with 35 km of the ski slopes is one of the highest in the French Pyrenees
Cambre d’Aze – gateway to the Pyrenees-Orientales and 22 km of ski slopes
