Snowsure: 4.1
- Occasionally gets enough snow for skiing
- Is often closed due to a lack of snow
- Occasionally suffers from a lack of snow
- Rarely suffers from a lack of snow
- Cerler is snowsure even in the poorest seasons
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January 26, 2026
Alex from
Spain
Alex from
Spain
Just came back from a fantastic weekend at Cerler. I have been meaning to visit the resort, but being tucked nicely deep in the Pyrenees,it is further away than Formigal from Madrid.
The resort might look small compared to its bigger siblings, but what Cerler lacks in size, it makes up for the variety of terrain and pistes. The central lift takes you get from 1500 to 2000 mts and from there you can easily access to a couple of mountains that lead back to the 2000 hub or jump to the other sector of Ampriu.
Cerler's side is nicely covered with trees and with good snow it's a delight to go off-piste and navigate between the forest. The reds on western most side of the Cielo lift, are good fun while the reds and blacks on the Sarrau lift's side offer a nice challenge.
The Ampriu sector has a more traditional bowl arrangement, but is nevertheless as fun as the Cerler sector. With wide red and blues, and some fine off-piste when conditions are ripe, Ampriu offers a good challenge. Its setup is more efficient than Cerler as the central hub makes it faster to reach the different mountains in the bowl. Lifts are also newer and faster than in the Cerler side.
Pico de Gallinero is a highlight, as the highest point and with a great drop of between 500-700 mts, it offers a variety of runs for intermediates and advanced skiers. Visibility can be an issue given its exposure, but even with strong gusts of wind like the ones we faced, we could find our way to the bottom of the valley.
The new sector, Castaneda, looks fun, however, when we were there the wind and visibility made it difficult to truly enjoy the run. On the other side, the Basibe runs that lead back to Ampriu, are good fun with some great off piste on the sides when there's no considerable avalanche risk.
Lastly, Cerler excels where other Pyreneean resorts don't in well groomed long runs. I found that Baqueira, Formigal and to some extent Grandvalira (though have to revisit as when I was there the home runs were all closed due to lack of snow) where good resorts, but with shorter, less playful runs.
The famous 9KM run from the top of Gallinero to Cerler's bottom hub is good fun. I skied it down with my son and it took us around 30 mins at a moderate pace and doing side off-piste quests. We ended up clocking 6.7 kms as we took some shorter reds, and even if the full 9kms run short if you do the "proper" itinerary, you'll still have a blast given the diversity of its terrain- drops, tree navigating, cruisy blues, moguly reds, etc.
The restaurants on offer are great, on-mountain there's 4 restaurants, and down in the village plenty more. Most people use Benasque as their base, which is considered the Pyrenees Chamonix for a good reason: there's some serious mountaineering going on year round. Skiing is just one of the many activities around Pico Aneto, the tallest mountain in the Pyrenees.
I thoroughly enjoyed Cerler given that we had between 120-220 cms of snow. As a mid sized resort, you'd think it would get repetitive fast, but in my experience, the playful terrain, opens up more possibilities than bigger resorts.
I would compare it to Les Contamines, in France. Nice hidden gem that locals enjoy and who probably don't want it to be too well known. :)
November 29, 2009
Juan from
Spain
Juan from
Spain
March 17, 2006
jorge from
Portugal
jorge from
Portugal
Hey everybody! I'm a young snowboarder writing from Portugal that really likes Cerler,it's excellent,I love it!It's a wonderful resort,really beautiful! But it's a resort for those who like freeriding, for those people it's an excellent resort, a lot of powder snow, nice tracks, nice drops..whatever, it's a really nice resort for those people that like big drops, some trees with a lot of powder snow!!Go try it..it's super dope!!!peace..snow4ever
November 20, 2005
João Lemos from
Portugal
João Lemos from
Portugal
Hi everyone! I went in Cerler last year in 2004 in carnival with my young brother and my parents. It was the first time that I did real ski in a real ski resort, because I learned in Portugal on an artificial piste. At the Cerler resort, good snow, good tracks, good ski material, good hotels and apartments. I was there 5 days and those 5 days were excellent and when I got back to portugal I was yearning for Cerler. Probably I felt this because it was the first time I did "real" ski... We all loved being there and to all of you, if you want to go to Cerler, and have fun and good ski, go on, go to Cerler. I have done this comment at 20th November 2005 and this year I was in Andorra in Pal-Arinsal and in relation to these two ski resorts, I think Cerler is a very good ski resort too... Have a great time skiing, have fun, play good with everybody, to the next ski season 2005-2006.
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