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Snow advisory issued Sunday 6th July at 1am NZ time: Snow developing on Monday for the Victorian Alps and spreading steadily east. Initially snow will only settle above about 1700m but by Tuesday it will fall to resort levels. Moderate to heavy snowfalls then continuing for several more days. Snow showers in New Zealand becoming confined to eastern areas including Mt Ruapehu on Sunday and Monday. Fine and frosty weather for most areas.

Arinsal, Andorra

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The village of Pal is quiet and picturesque, in contrast to Arinsal, where rapid development has taken over the past few years. This Andorran resort divides itself into three groupings: family friendly for all ages, the Setunia sector that features slopes surrounded by forests, and the Arinsal sector, which features the highest vertical drop in Andorra. The area is probably best suited to near beginners and early intermediates. Pal's slopes are short and wide and tree-lined, while Arinsal's are tall, narrow and no trees. Definitely a party resort off the slopes. Attractive, in-expensive to get to and stay in and once there it is tax-free!

Resorts close to Arinsal include: Pal (4 km), Arcalis (5 km), Grandvalira-Canillo (10 km), Grandvalira-Encamp (11 km), Grandvalira-Soldeu (13 km),

Arinsal Photo Trails (Pistes): 22 Halfpipes: 1
Summit: 2560 m Toplift: m
Beg: 22% Int: 64% Adv: 14% Terrain Parks: -
Vertical Drop: 1010 m X-Country: 5 km
Lifts: 14 (4 chair lifts, 9 surface lifts) Snowmaking: -
Gondolas / Cable Cars: 1 Slopeside accom.: Y
Restaurants: 6 Acres of ski: 1747
Bars: 10 Nearest Airport: Barcelona
Nearest Train: Aix Les Thermes Info phone : - | Arinsal Resort Info Website

Visitor Reviews of Arinsal


Dave Gilbert from UNITED KINGDOM writes:

Got back yesterday. Snow's just about gone. It was +15 to +20 degrees C up the mountain each day. That said, I STILL enjoyed this break much more than ski holidays in Austria or the Three Valleys. Why? Here, for the price of a beer in happy hour at either other place, you get a round (2 Guiness, 1 Estrella, three vodka shots and a packet of crisps €12). You can sit down with the missus without worrying if you'll get change out of €50. The party really is a party where the 19 year olds don't seem to stare at you and you forget you're 50. In France and Austria £400 per person per week gets you a place where the choice of meal is Hobson's choice and sure, you can have a clean room, if you do it yourself. The towels have to last all week and you have to have wet boots each morning because you're invited to leave them in a damp basement cupboard (maybe I've always been unlucky). Here, in Arinsal, for the princly sum of €5 a day you get a large, dry locker, up the mountain, 20 meters from the lift (if they can do it, why can't everyone?). There's a new fast lift this year. No queueing in someone else's smoke or armpit here. Oh, the hotel, £325 got the Missus, the boy and me 4 nights in the Diana Park......bed made every day, towels changed every day, quiet, TV, minibar, swirly bath, dressing gown and slippers.......excellent baby sitter, choice of about six or eight things each meal......they could not do enough for you. You do not feel like you are paying to be a trespasser on their mountain. I know it's my second review, but even with poor snow, this place takes away your stress rather than making you feel stupid for being there.

2006-04-01

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