Skiing in Spain
When the winter comes and the mountains are covered by fresh snow it’s time to pack and prepare a skiing trip. Spain is Europe’s second most mountainous country, with a long skiing tradition, and provides all the necessary facilities for you to practice the sport. There are 36 ski resorts spread all around the country. You just have to choose which one, rent an apartment and book your flight.
Some of the best areas to sky are in the Catalonian Pyrenees, with their magnificent landscapes and welcoming mountain villages; Sierra Nevada, in the Penibetic Mountains in Andalusia, with the Granada coast just over 100 kilometres away; the resorts of the Cantabrian Mountains, and those situated in central Spain.
Let me give you some recommendations:
Catalonian Pyrenees
La Molina
La Molina / (Girona)
Skiable area (km): (53 Downhill skiing (km) - Cross-country skiing (km))
Min. altitude 1700m / Max. altitude 2445m
Vall de Núria
Queralbs / (Girona)
Skiable area (km): (7.50 Downhill skiing (km) - Cross-country skiing (km))
Min. altitude 1964m / Max. altitude 2252m
Baqueira Beret
Vielha / (Lleida)
Skiable area (km): 111 (104 Downhill skiing (km) - 7 Cross-country skiing (km))
Min. altitude 1500m / Max. altitude 2510m
Penibetic Mountains
Sierra Nevada
Monachil / (Granada)
Skiable area (km): 91 (87 Downhill skiing (km) - 4 Cross-country skiing (km))
Min. altitude 2.100m / Max. altitude 3.300m
Puerto de la Ragua
Laroles / (Granada)
Skiable area (km): ( Downhill skiing (km) - 17 Cross-country skiing (km))
Min. altitude 1990m / Max. altitude 2200m
Cantabrian Mountains
Valgrande-Pajares
Pola de Lena / (Asturias)
Skiable area (km): 32 (25 Downhill skiing (km) - 7 Cross-country skiing (km))
Manzaneda
Pobra de Trives / (Ourense)
Skiable area (km): 16.25 (11.250 Downhill skiing (km) - 5 Cross-country skiing (km))
Central Mountains
Sierra de Béjar-La Covatilla
Béjar / (Salamanca)
Skiable area (km): (19.094 Downhill skiing (km) - Cross-country skiing (km))
Min. altitude 1990m / Max. altitude 2369m
Valdesquí
Rascafría / (Madrid)
Skiable area (km): (19 Downhill skiing (km) - Cross-country skiing (km))
Min. altitude 1800m / Max. altitude 2236m
