Ski Spain

It comes as a surprise to some, given Spain’s latitude and sunny reputation, that there are around 35 resorts in which to ski Spain’s snow slopes spread right across the country. Slightly more than half of these, including most of the country’s larger ski areas, are in the Pyrenees mountains which stretch along the Eastern border with France, and also encompass Andorra. However there are smaller Spanish ski resorts in hills and lesser mountain ranges across the country and there have been artificially slopes installed on the Balleric islands and even the possibility of skiing in Tenerife in the Spanish Canary Islands off the coast of Africa – however the supposed ski resort of Teide there was an impressive internet hoax!

Spain’s ski resorts are characterised by friendly people, good food and late starts to the skiing day and to après skiing, which often doesn’t really get going until just before midnight.

It’s another surprise to many that lift ticket costs, at least at the top resorts, are among the most expensive in Europe at peak season too.

One of Spain’s three biggest ski areas, and its highest, as well as being the most southerly major mainland resort in Europe, is Sierra Nevada. Close to Malaga, it offers the realistic possibility of skiing or snowboarding half the day and swimming in the warm Mediterranean sea for the other half. It was host to the biggest winter sports event ever held in Spain, The World Alpine Skiing Championships in 1995, but a lack of snow led to their postponement to 1996. The centre does have a good snow record and sometimes boasts the deepest snowpack in Europe at 5 or 6 metres by the spring, staying open in to May many years. It also has a huge snowmaking arsenal.

Spain’s main cities are well located for quick trips to the ski slopes. La-Pinilla and Valdesqui are among half a dozen resorts within a couple of hours of capital Madrid, which is also home to a large indoor snow centre, popular with the Beckhams during their time in the city. Barcelona is an easy trip up to the Pyrenees and its many ski centres, and indeed many non-Spaniards fly in to Barcelona as the easiest way to get to Spanish or Andorran ski areas. However a new airport closer to the slopes at Lleida opened in 2010 after a 130 Million Euro investment to make access even easier.

Baqueira/Beret is one of the three resorts battling for top spot in Spain in terms of skiable terrain and lift ticket price. Along with Sierra Nevada the other contender is another resort in the Pyrenees, Formigal, which has invested heavily in state-of-the-art ski lifts in recent years and international sales and now claims to be Spain’s biggest ski area, just.

Baqueira/Beret however has the more established reputation and royal credentials, as Spain’s royal family holiday here most winters. There are several four and five star hotels to match this reputation and a reputation for the best in its restaurants and shops – a kind of Spanish St Moritz.
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Spain: latest snow conditions round-up


SPAIN / ANDORRA REPORT After the huge snowfalls over the first half of March that transformed the Pyrenees from snow-starved to buried-deep, it has been a drier, sunnier, warmer week, although with some showers still - but now rain down low, with more snow up high. Thanks to all that snowfall, though, there's more terrain open still than there has been all season, and the runs will stay open longer than planned, to mid-April.

Andorra's huge Grandvalira area (110/185cm / 44/74") has about 90% of its slopes open, around 200km (125 miles) of runs, the most in the region.

Summary of forecast snowfall and ski conditions for resorts in Spain. Fresh snow is forecast at 0 resorts. Powder is reported at 0 resorts and 0 are reporting good piste conditions.

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Recent Eyeball Snow Reports for Spain

All resorts

Ski resorts of Spain, alphabetically

Resort
snow depth
top and bottom

on-piste

off-piste

Last Snow

Next 9 Days
0–3 | 3–6 | 6–9
snow (cm)
Next 5 days weather forecast.
Freezing level (m)
Wed Thu Fri Sat Sun

(1649m — 2124m)

snow report yesterday

4 cm
2 days ago
16.0
cloud part cloud thunderstorm part cloud clear
Mid station 1886 m
2900m 3400m 2900m 2000m 2600m

(1658m — 2300m)

snow report yesterday

5 cm
yesterday
2.0
21.0
part cloud clear cloud light snow rain showers
Mid station 1979 m
2150m 3200m 3250m 2200m 2300m

(1538m — 2609m)

snow report yesterday

4 cm
yesterday
11.0
28.0
part cloud clear part cloud light snow light snow
Mid station 2074 m
1800m 2800m 3350m 2150m 2100m

(2025m — 2749m)

snow report today

3.0 cm
yesterday
4.0
13.0
part cloud clear part cloud light snow part cloud
Mid station 2387 m
1850m 3150m 3300m 2300m 2250m

(1541m — 2400m)

snow report yesterday

opens in 227 days 5 cm
yesterday
2.0
20.0
part cloud clear cloud light snow rain showers
Mid station 1970 m
2200m 3250m 3300m 2200m 2300m

(1504m — 2636m)

snow report yesterday

3.0 cm
yesterday
1.0
16.0
part cloud clear cloud light rain rain showers
Mid station 2070 m
1950m 3150m 3300m 2250m 2250m

(1501m — 2431m)

snow report today

2.0 cm
yesterday
4.0
16.0
part cloud clear part cloud mod rain rain showers
Mid station 1966 m
1800m 2900m 3350m 2200m 2150m

(1551m — 2200m)

snow report yesterday

7 cm
yesterday
13.0
part cloud clear cloud light rain rain showers
Mid station 1876 m
1800m 3250m 3250m 2200m 2300m

(1501m — 1951m)

snow report 2 days ago

opens in 227 days 1.0 cm
2 days ago
11.0
clear clear mod rain part cloud clear
Mid station 1726 m
3050m 3350m 2700m 1750m 2700m

(1650m — 2000m)

1.0 cm
32 days ago
1.0
clear clear cloud rain showers clear
Mid station 1825 m
2850m 3500m 3350m 2800m 2850m

(1667m — 2537m)

snow report today

6 cm
yesterday
9.0
19.0
part cloud clear part cloud mod snow light rain
Mid station 2102 m
2200m 2950m 3350m 2250m 2200m

(1500m — 2273m)

snow report yesterday

2.0 cm
2 days ago
1.0
clear clear thunderstorm clear clear
Mid station 1886 m
2950m 3500m 3150m 2700m 2900m

(1600m — 1723m)

snow report yesterday

5 cm
yesterday
23.0
cloud clear part cloud mod rain light rain
Mid station 1662 m
2400m 3150m 3150m 2050m 2100m

(1510m — 1800m)

snow report 3 days ago

Leitariegos webcam
1.0 cm
3 days ago
5.0
clear clear rain showers part cloud clear
Mid station 1655 m
3200m 3300m 2600m 2150m 2850m

(1300m — 1500m)

snow report 3 days ago

5 cm
4 days ago
16.0
cloud clear rain showers rain showers clear
Mid station 1400 m
2800m 3400m 2750m 1900m 2500m

(1500m — 1800m)

snow report 3 days ago

22 cm
4 days ago
6.0
clear rain showers rain showers part cloud clear
Mid station 1650 m
3350m 3350m 2850m 2500m 3000m

(1600m — 2535m)

snow report yesterday

Masella webcam
6 cm
yesterday
1.0
18.0
part cloud clear part cloud heavy rain light rain
Mid station 2068 m
2150m 2900m 3350m 2250m 2200m

(1m — 3718m)

snow report 13 days ago

1.0 cm
on 6 Feb
part cloud clear clear clear clear
Mid station 1860 m
3600m 3650m 3900m 4100m 4200m

(1530m — 2221m)

snow report yesterday

5 cm
yesterday
11.0
part cloud clear cloud light rain rain showers
Mid station 1876 m
1850m 3250m 3300m 2250m 2300m

(948m — 2648m)

snow report yesterday

3.0 cm
2 days ago
12.0
part cloud clear mod rain clear clear
Mid station 1798 m
2850m 3350m 2600m 1800m 2650m

(1701m — 2400m)

snow report today

1.0 cm
yesterday
18.0
part cloud clear part cloud mod rain light rain
Mid station 2050 m
2450m 3150m 3350m 2350m 2250m

(1650m — 2441m)

snow report today

3.0 cm
yesterday
1.0
12.0
part cloud clear part cloud mod rain part cloud
Mid station 2046 m
2000m 3000m 3350m 2250m 2200m

(1763m — 2178m)

snow report yesterday

2.0 cm
2 days ago
2.0
clear clear thunderstorm part cloud clear
Mid station 1970 m
3050m 3500m 3250m 3000m 3050m

(1690m — 2060m)

snow report yesterday

2.0 cm
2 days ago
2.0
clear clear thunderstorm clear clear
Mid station 1875 m
3000m 3400m 3200m 2800m 3000m

(1399m — 2800m)

snow report today

3.0 cm
yesterday
6.0
21.0
part cloud clear part cloud light snow light rain
Mid station 2100 m
1800m 2950m 3300m 2200m 2150m

(1500m — 2019m)

snow report yesterday

1.0 cm
2 days ago
11.0
clear clear mod rain part cloud clear
Mid station 1760 m
3100m 3350m 2750m 1750m 2700m

(1989m — 2368m)

snow report yesterday

Sierra de Béjar - La Covatilla webcam
3.0 cm
2 days ago
1.0
clear thunderstorm thunderstorm clear clear
Mid station 2178 m
3300m 3500m 3250m 3150m 3150m

(2102m — 3300m)

snow report yesterday

200
30
Spring snow 6 cm
8 days ago
clear rain showers part cloud clear part cloud
Mid station 2701 m
3350m 3750m 3450m 3300m 3350m

(1749m — 2249m)

snow report today

2.0 cm
yesterday
12.0
26.0
part cloud part cloud part cloud light snow light rain
Mid station 1999 m
1800m 2750m 3350m 2100m 2050m

(1701m — 2025m)

1.0 cm
30 days ago
1.0
clear clear thunderstorm cloud clear
Mid station 1863 m
2850m 3550m 3350m 2700m 2650m

(1859m — 2280m)

snow report yesterday

2.0 cm
2 days ago
3.0
clear clear thunderstorm part cloud clear
Mid station 2070 m
3050m 3500m 3250m 3050m 3100m

(1530m — 2124m)

snow report yesterday

1.0 cm
yesterday
10.0
part cloud clear thunderstorm light rain clear
Mid station 1827 m
2750m 3450m 3000m 2150m 2500m

(1399m — 1899m)

snow report 3 days ago

Valgrande-Pajares webcam
5 cm
4 days ago
7.0
clear part cloud thunderstorm part cloud clear
Mid station 1649 m
3100m 3300m 2700m 1950m 2750m

(1970m — 2260m)

snow report today

7 cm
yesterday
12.0
17.0
cloud clear part cloud heavy snow rain showers
Mid station 2115 m
2250m 2900m 3350m 2250m 2250m

(1960m — 2536m)

snow report today

7 cm
yesterday
12.0
19.0
cloud clear part cloud heavy snow rain showers
Mid station 2248 m
2300m 2900m 3300m 2250m 2300m