Soldeu - Grandvalira - Andorra

INTRODUCTION

• Posted: Mar 30, 2012
• Last Updated: Apr 04, 2012
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• Category: Andorra » Grandvalira
• Description: Andorra's best all-round resort: offering high-quality accommodation and superb facilities, lively après ski and excellent value for money.
  
  The Soldeu-El Tarter (SET) ski area has long been Andorra's most extensive linked domain, and the village of Soldeu has a high profile on the internationa...  moreAndorra's best all-round resort: offering high-quality accommodation and superb facilities, lively après ski and excellent value for money.
  
  The Soldeu-El Tarter (SET) ski area has long been Andorra's most extensive linked domain, and the village of Soldeu has a high profile on the international snowsports scene. Many people associate it immediately with the principality, but also with the notion that it is tailored to those on a budget and/or those looking for a resort that focuses more on its après ski than on its snowsports. This impression undeniably had validity in the 1980s and '90s, but things have now changed enormously, and definitely for the better.
  
  In the winter of 2004/05, SET agreed a joint lift pass with the neighbouring ski stations of Pas de la Casa-Grau Roig; eventually merging with them to form a single linked ski domain, christened Grandvalira. This huge ski area now ranks in the world's top twenty for uplift capacity, modernity of installations and extent of pistes; with Soldeu firmly establishing itself as the most upmarket resort in Andorra and featuring a ski school rated as one of the best in the world.  less

FACT FILE

• NB: Stats given are for the entire Grandvalira domain.
• Village Altitude: 1800 m (5905 ft).
• Ski Area Altitude Range: 1710–2640 m (5609–8660 ft)
  Vertical Drop = 930 m (3051 ft).
• Extent of Ski Area: 1926 hectares (4759 acres)
  7 Access Points.
• Pistes: 110 in total:
  18 Green
  38 Blue
  32 Red
  22 Black
  3 Snowparks (1 Halfpipe)
  1 Bumps Course
  2 In-Bounds Freeride Zones
  5 Children's Zones
  1 Nordic Circuit
  Total combined 'mileage' = 193 km (120½ mi).
• Snowmaking: 1065 Cannons
  Covering 43% of pisted terrain.
• Ski Lifts: 67 in total:
  1 Cable Car
  3 Gondolas
  30 Chairlifts (15 fast, declutchable)
  18 Button Tows
  8 Rope Tows
  7 Conveyor-belt Surface Lifts
  Total Capacity = 100,700 passengers/hour.
• Linked Ski Areas: Soldeu - El Tarter - Canillo
  + Grau Roig - Pas de la Casa,
  all included on the Grandvalira Area Lift Pass.