Ski in Baqueira Beret

The ski domaine of Baqueira Beret in numbers:

• 4 ski resorts: Baqueira, Beret, Bonaigua and Baciver

• domain open since 1964

• 157 km of slopes from which 5 km are off-piste

• from 1500 to 2610 meters high

• 1000 meters of vertical drop

• 111 slopes, divided into 6 green runs, 43 blue runs, 45 red runs et 17 black runs

• 7 pistes of cross-country skiing

• 2 snowparks, 1 Funpark et 1 slalom track

• 35 lifts including 1 cable car, 10 quad chair lifts, 11 double chair lifts and 13 ski lifts 

• 660 snow cannons

• 25 ski schools providing lessons, 500 instructors available for hire and 4 snow day cares

• 25 restaurants from which 5 are high altitude ones 

Baqueira Beret is a friendly ski resort that welcomes guests in Spain in the Val d'Aran and Valls d'Àneu. It offers perfectly snow-covered and sunny slopes, surrounded by mountain lakes and peaks reaching up to 3000 metres in altitude. Its view of the Aneto massif provides an absolutely idyllic setting for skiing, much sought after by both Spanish and French skiers, who are seduced by the strong character of this Pyrenean ski area.

Three major ski resorts share this area: 

• Baqueira, the busiest one in terms of guests

• Beret, the calmest one and most accessible to beginners

• Bonaigua, the wildest and most authentic one

Apart of ski lessons, first-time skiers will find many spacious, gentle slopes in the beginners' area near the new Pla de Beret chairlift, as well as in Bonaigua, where the easy, charming Argulls blue runs await them.

The area is also suitable for experienced skiers, who will find superb descents of varying difficulty in the Baqueira and Bonaigua sectors. Great skiing awaits them in the first, at the Manaud chairlift, the emblematic Luis Arias black run and the very demanding La Passarells black run; while the technical difficulties are to be found on the Peulla runs in the second.

The icing on the cake is a fourth sector, Baciver, with only six red runs, which allows you to have fun up to an altitude of 2,610 metres. Initially intended for ski touring, the winding slopes of Baciver require a good level of practice. The proximity to France makes this resort even more accessible. 

Baqueira Beret benefits from one of the best snow levels in the Pyryness, because of its orientation towards the Atlantic and because of its 2610 meters of altitude at its peak. These ideal conditions were enough to attract the organizers of the Freeride World Tour, who have made Baqueira Beret one of the highlights of this international competition. 

For the amateur freeriders, there are two areas that are particularly good for off-piste skiing. If you are looking for a rather easy route in the middle of the nature of a wild valley, Bonaigua, at the Tuc de la Llanca ski lift, is the perfect place.

A little bit more technical, the northern slope of Cap de Baqueira offers several options for a recreational off-piste practice. From the chairlift of Jorge Jordana, you will choose between an enchanted immersion in the forest or a very steep descent in a wide corridor.

Other off-piste routes, both north and east, also originate in this area and you cannot miss the famous Escornacabres. But pay attention: the risk of avalanche is high in this zone and this has to be taken very seriously. 

Located at Orri, next to the Montgarri enclave and outside of the Alpine ski domain, the Nordic skiing circuits offer well marked routes and one can choose between a 7km loop or a more leisurely 40km loop. Every year in the month of February, cross-country skiers from the whole world come to enjoy these routes in the setting of a popular course that reunites more than 1500 participants: the Marxa Beret.

The cross-country skiing circuit of Pla de Beret is completely free, since it’s not necessary to take any ski lift to get there. And if you wish to take a night ride, that’s not a problem, because this route is accessible at all times, day or night.