Ski in Font Romeu

Skiing in Font Romeu

Font Romeu - Ski Resort in Neiges Catalanes, French Pyrenees - 52km of Piste (1600m to 2200m)

A lively and popular border resort attracting weekend crowds from Spain as well as France. It has the biggest snow making operation in the Pyrenées and the second biggest bed base. An historic town, the lifts are 4km away. Font Romeu receives 3000 hours of sunshine yearly - more than the Rockies. There has been skiing here since 1921, most runs are short and flat. More challenging is Competition on the northern face. It's a perfect base for beginners and families

Font Romeu

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Font Romeu Ski Facts

Font Romeu Ski Facts

		Beginners
		Snowboarding
		Snow
		Apres-Ski
	8	Black Pistes
	8	Red Pistes
	9	Blue Pistes
	9	Green Pistes
52km		Downhill Pistes
111km		Cross Country Pistes
25		Ski Lifts
600m		Max Vertical
2200m		Highest Lift
1600m		Lowest Piste
1600m		Resort Altitude

Font Romeu

The French ski resort of Font Romeu is part of the Neiges Catalanes ski area with access to 203 individual pistes. In addition to the skiing in Font Romeu itself (52km of pisted ski runs), the appropriate ski Lift Pass will allow you to ski or snowboard in the other Neiges Catalanes ski resorts of Bolquère Pyrénées 2000, Cambre d'Aze, Cerdagne Puigmal, Formiguères, La Quillane, Les Angles, Porté Puymorens and Puyvalador.

The ski resort itself is above 1500m, so skiing or boarding back to the resort is usually possible. With skiing above 2000 metres, snow cover is generally reliable.

Snowmaking :- Font Romeu is able to augment natural snow, on 21km of ski runs, with 500 Snow Cannons.

Ski Lift Capacity :- The 25 Ski Lifts of Font Romeu are able to uplift 18,000 skiers / snowboarders per hour.

There is an airport within two hours drive, so ski weekends, snowboard breaks and short ski holidays to Font Romeu are perfectly feasible.

Skiing in Font Romeu

Many of the runs are short and not over challenging, but for a greater choice the resort has signed up to the Les Neiges Catalanes Pass, which encompasses neighbouring ski resorts Err Puigmal, Eyne, Formigueres, Les Angles, lift-linked Pyrenées 2000, St Pierre del Forcats and Porte Puymorens. The most challenging skiing available at Font Romeu is Competition on the northern face.

In general, it's a perfect base for beginners and families. Les Airelles 1900m/6235 feet, the main departure point for downhill skiing has an information centre, a restaurant, lounge and bar as well as a large sun terrace.

90km/56miles of well kept, signposted cross-country tracks, which includes a special track for first-timers as well as trails of varying length and difficulty. Many of the cross-country trails lead through the pine wood forests.

Snowboarding in Font Romeu

Boarders are well looked after at Font Romeu. The terrain park has plenty of features including tables, jumps and quarter pipe and there is music playing on the slope. There is also a boarder cross slalom course.

Font Romeu Aprés Ski

Lively apres ski in the many bars and hotels. The resort has a casino, cinema and a disco.

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Font Romeu in brief

Font Romeu Ski Resort is:
Ok for Expert Skiers.
Ok for Intermediate Skiers.
Very good for Beginners.
Good for Snowboarding.

Font Romeu Snow Forecast

Map of Font Romeu