Skiing in España
Already missing snow? Already planning your next winter’s snowboard or ski holidays? Want to try something new? Then plan on trying the Spanish slopes!
If classic European ski destinations in France, Austria and Switzerland have nothing to envy to the Spanish resorts, the latter steadily grow in popularity, and for a reason! Spanish destinations are slowly imposing themselves because offering quality slopes and trails, facilities, snowmaking equipment, ski schools, winter sports activities, accommodation and of course excellent food, all at a fair price.
Here are my favourite Spanish resorts:
The Baquiera Beret Ski Resort
The Baquiera Beret resort is located in the Lleida Pyrenees in a beautiful valley. It is, in my opinion, the most complete Spanish resort. In offers installations suited for all, families, groups, boarders, etc. and the accommodation offer is diversified. It is divided in 3 areas: Beret, Baqueira, and Bonaiqua, all with their respective characteristics and a network of modern installations and carefully maintained pistes. If you plan to discover the fine Spanish cuisine, or Basque, or Catalan for that matter, you also find what you are looking for here, but expect to pay a bit more than in other smaller and less busy resorts. The apres-ski activity offer is endless: ice palaces, thermal baths, museums, cultural visits, cinema, golf, horse rides, bars and discos, etc. Oh, and it’s a great place to go celebrity spotting! 
- Total skiable area : 111 kms
- Resort altitude : Min: 1500 m / Max: 2510 m
- Green runs : 4
- Blue runs : 36
- Red runs : 26
- Black runs : 6
The Formigal Ski Resort
Formigal is an ultra-modern and stylishly purpose-built ski resort in the Pyrenees. Ideal for the beginner and the expert skier alike, the immaculately groomed pistes, with unsurpassable levels of safety and comfort, are equipped with a high-capacity lift system and a comfortable hands-free lift passes system. Snowboarders have a newly built bordercross area and a snowpark all to themselves. From the adrenalin-charged experience of driving a dog-sled or skidoo to enjoying a drink on the panoramic sun-deck, there is something for everyone in Formigal. 
- Total skiable area : 105 kms
- Resort altitude : Min: 1510 m / Max: 2200 m
- Green runs : 6
- Blue runs : 17
- Red runs : 29
- Black runs : 28
The Panticosa Ski Resort
A hidden gem of the Pyrenees, Panticosa presents the unspoilt harmony of the traditional mountain architecture of the village itself, which gives an air of grandeur and history to the valley. A five-minute cable car ride from the heart of this peaceful setting at 1,160 metres to an altitude of 1,900 metres reveals a jealously guarded secret: a modern ski-station equipped with the latest technological advances. Panticosa is proud of its facilities and to avoid saturation of the ski-station there is a limit of 3,500 visitors per day. The on-piste facilities include a nursery and a pizza restaurant with panoramic views of the slopes, bar, cafeteria, ski-hire shop and a boutique with the latest in skiwear design. 
- Total skiable area : 34 kms
- Resort altitude : Min: 1500 m / Max: 2200 m
- Green runs : 4
- Blue runs : 14
- Red runs : 16
- Black runs : 4
The Sierra Nevada Ski Resort
Right by the Mediterranean sea is one of Europe’s highest resorts: Sierra Nevada. It has a typically long season, traditionally opening at the end of November running through to the end of April or even into the first week of May. The ski terrain is majestically overlooked by the Veleta glacier, Spain’s third highest. The ski resort of Sierra Nevada offers its visitors a wide and ever expanding range of facilities as well as a ski terrain to suit skiers and boarders of all standards. Child facilities comprise activities such as ski biking, inner tubing, ice skating and the new “Roller-Sled”.
- Total skiable area : 91 kms
- Resort Altitude : Min: 2100 m / Max: 3300 m
- Green runs : 11
- Blue runs : 35
- Red runs : 36
- Black runs : 5
