Test report Grandvalira

Since the season 2003/2004 the ski resorts Pas de la Casa-Grau Roig are linked with Soldeu-El Tarter and they have a new name now, called Grandvalira. So you can ski more than 190 km of runs and you have about 60 lifts with one lift pass. Every year new lifts replace old lifts and they improve the runs, so that the resort is on a high level.

From Grau Roig you can take the high speed six person chair Pic Blanc, the high speed quad Antenes or the double chair Riberal up to the runs to Pas de la Casa at the other side of the pass. The runs down to Grau Roig and to Pas de la Casa are mostly intermediate with some easy and some advanced runs on tree free slopes. In Pas de la Casa are many easy runs in the lower level, especially for beginners with a quad, a double chair and some t-bars. Back to Grau Roig you can take either the high speed six person chair Font Negre or the high speed quad Pas de la Casa. To go to Soldeu-El Tarter you have to take the high speed quad Cubil up to Pic Baix del Cubil und then you can take either an intermediate run down to the two high speed six person chairs Pla de Les Pedres or you can swing via excellent runs down to the quad Enradort. To the top station of the funitel Funicamp, which arrives from Encamp, you can take the high speed six person chair Pla de Les Pedres and in connection to the quad Endradort with the quad Colibri. Now you are spoilt for choice and you can swing also down via wide intermediate runs to Soldeu-El Tarter. Back to Grau Roig you have to take either the quad or the t-bar Llac del Cubil and you have nice runs down to Grau Roig. You can start your day also in Canillo with the modern eight person gondola up to the ski resort. At the top station is a quad, especially for beginners and to bring the people bacj to the top station of the gondola, because there is no valley run down to Canillo. With the high speed quad Portella you can reach the Pic de la Portella (2464m) and if you ski down you can reach El Tarter and Soldeu. From El Tarter a high speed quad and a high speed eight person gondola take you up into the resort again. With the high spped quads Tosa Espiolets and Llosada you can go up to 2467m and 2560m and now you can swing down in the next valley where the quad Solanelles takes you up to resort of Pas de la Casa-Grau Roig or you can ski down to Soldeu. In Soldeu an eight person gondola and a double chair takes the people up to the mountain again. The runs in the large ski area Grandvalira offers all kind of runs, from very easy to advanced runs. The perfect ski resort where you will find everything you are looking for.