Grandvalira-Soldeu Ski Resort Guide
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Latest Snow Report
Issued: 30 Apr
- Last Snowfall:
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- Off-piste: –
Today’s Weather (2135 m)
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F-Level 2250 m |
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Acres of ski: 2000 | Pistes: 110 | Snowmaking: 40%
Halfpipes: 1 | Terrain parks: 3 | X-Country: Yes
Resort Opens: 1 Dec 2012 | Resort Closes: 28 Apr 2013
Lifts: 66 (1 funitel, 3 cable cars, 30 chair lifts, 25 surface lifts)
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- Nearest Airport: Carcasonne (France)
- Nearest Train Station: Hospitalet
- Tourist office phone: + 376 801 060
- Tourise office website: www.grandvalira.com/
- Slopeside Accommodation: yes
In 2002, Grandvalira-Soldeu, was constituted by Soldeu-El Tarter. Now, the two areas are linked with Grau Roig, Pas de la Casa, Encamp and Canillo. Therefore, there are 6 areas in Andorra called: Grandvalira-Encamp, Grandvalira-Canillo, Grandvalira-El Tarter, Grandvalira-Soldeu, Grandvalira-Pas de la Casa and Grandvalira-Grau Roig. Porte des Neiges, in France, will also join the resort, Grandvalira. Nowadays, there are 7 areas of skiing in the same resort. Despite a fair number of new building projects, Grandvalira-Soldeu (Soldeu- El Tarter) retains a good village atmosphere with several excellent watering holes for apres-ski and a good selection of restaurants (and as Andorra is a duty fee zone prices are very reasonable for a ski resort). Accommodation is good at Grandvalira-Soldeu, from the smart hotels near the gondola at the top of the village to more basic apartments down the road. The skiing itself is varied with some pleasant tree-lined runs down to the resort and wide-open pistes higher up. Grandvalira-Soldeu has an abundance of skiing for beginners and intermediates together with some reasonable challenges on and off-piste for experts. Indeed, due to the English-speaking ski school with it's many native English speaking instructors, Grandvalira-Soldeu (Soldeu-El Tarter) is an ideal place to learn to ski or snowboard or to develop your technique.
The statistics are for the whole Grandvalira skiing domain which is now difficult to split into individual resort statistics.
Resorts close to Grandvalira-Soldeu include:
Grandvalira El Tarter (2 km),
Grandvalira-Grau Roig (5 km),
Grandvalira-Canillo (6 km),
Grandvalira-Encamp (8 km),
Grandvalira-Pas de la Casa (8 km),
Grandvalira-Soldeu Location Maps
All Grandvalira-Soldeu Resort Stats
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Piste info
- Trails (Pistes): 110
- Beginner: 50%
- Intermediate: 30%
- Advanced: 20%
- Cross-country: Yes
- Snowmaking: 40%
- Acres of ski: 2000
- Terrain Parks: 3
- Halfpipes: 1
Social
- Restaurants: 20
- Bars: 7
- Slopeside accommodation: Y
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Mountain info
- Summit: 2560 m
- Vertical Drop: 850 m
- Base: 007
Lifts
- Draglifts: 25
- Chairlifts: 30
- Gondolas / Cable Cars: 3
- Toplift: m
Travel
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NEW!
Announcements & News from the Grandvalira-Soldeu ski resort manager
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- Season closes: 28 Apr 2013
Mountain management have announced another extension to the season due to the large volume of snow that has fallen this season. The new closing date for the resort is Sunday 28th April 2013.
Information supplied 7 Apr 2013
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Visitor Reviews of Grandvalira-Soldeu
Paul from Andorra writes:
The Grandvalira skiable area is huge, plenty for everyone from beginners to advanced, ski school is international and based on the Canadian style of teaching, additional clinics also available for carving, off-piste skiing etc.
The lift pass, for the amount of skiing available, is great value.
Wide range of accommodation available in Soldeu, which is where we were. The Roc Sant Miguel is a great little hotel just at the bottom of Soldeu; very reasonable, or for big budgets, try the Hermitage Hotel & Spa.
Apres-ski is great, the Harp has live music daily, the Aspen and Fat Alberts are two others well worth a try.
Pick up a local guide for a couple of days whilst you are here, track down Green Haired Pete or Paul Safari in Soldeu and get them to take you around the mountain for a day or two.
Overall, Grandvalira Soldeu is one of the best resorts in Europe!
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