Grandvalira

Area Profile

Typically lively, high value, friendly Andorran resort with a larger than average ski area. The biggest investor in skiing in the Pyrenees during the 1990s, the resort added a new 8 seater gondola for the 1996/97 season and new hotels. A skiing link with Pas de la Casa and Grau Roig was completed in 1997/98 and has been subsequently improved. The two areas finally issued a joint lift ticket - Grandvalira - for the first time for the 2003-4 season. Investment for 2000 included three new six-seater chairs, immediately placing the resort in the world top five for numbers of this type of lift at the time. Soldeu is a modern, dynamic resort with picturesque scenery surrounding and the only ski area with ISO 14.000 quality award status, a lot of competitions are organised each season and there are some first rate mogul/bumps slopes. The second base at El Tarter is more traditional.

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Lodging Profile

Most choices conveniently located near the main slopes. Packages available.

Services Profile

Ski school for adults and children. There are also four nurseries and five Snow Gardens for kids. Bars/pubs and restaurants. Snowmaking.

Area Recreation Profile

Cross country skiing, snowshoeing circuits, dog and reindeer sledding, orienteering and survival courses, paragliding rides, igloo building techniques, and resort tours. There are also games such as paintball and discovery which tests your map and orienteering skills.

Snowboarding Profile

Grandvalira is the freestyle "Mecca" with three areas of different levels: ACG Snowpark Tarter has a halfpipe and large variety of different modules for intermediate and advanced boarders; Snowpark Pas is for beginners; and a freestyle circuit in Grau Roig for beginners.

Important Dates

Projected Days Open: 144

Days Open Last Year: 140

Years Open: 51

Average Snowfall: 216"

Terrain Type

Beginner Runs: 25%

Intermediate Runs: 50%

Advanced Runs: 25%

Expert Runs: 20%

Lifts

Total Number Of Lifts: 66

Gondolas & Trams: 4

High Speed Sixes: 10

High Speed Quads: 10

Quad Chairs: 5

Triple Chairs: N/A

Double Chairs: 5

Surface Lifts: 32

Elevation

Top: 8661 ft.

Bottom: 5610 ft.

Vertical Drop: 3051 ft.

Longest Run: 5.0 miles

Skiable Terrain: 4389 acres

Snow Making: 683 acres