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Reseñas de visitantes para Formigal

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• March 17, 2013
  robert dekker from Netherlands
  

  For many years I have come to Formigal. I and my family like it a lot there. Good hotel (Nievesol), good skiing, nice weather, friendly people. But sadly the travel company doesn't go to Formigal anymore. So, after more than fifteen years, sadly no more Formigal for me. I miss it a lot and I hope that another travel company goes there, or that the tourist board organises something for the Dutch people who want to come to Formigal.

• Formigal Clasificaciones

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  Acceso: 3.6 (1) Al menos una parada durante la noche, (2) requiere un día entero, (3) requiere más de la mitad de un día -puede que tenga tiempo para dar algunas vueltas (4) llegada a la hora de almuerzo y esquí toda la tarde, (5) hay un aeropuerto principal a una hora de Formigal .	Transporte público: 3.4 (1) No hay autobuses o taxis hacia Formigal, (3) Los autobuses o trenes disponibles son lentos o poco frecuentes, (5) Es fácil llegar al complejo, tránsito frecuente de autobuses y conecciones de trenes.
  Escenografía: 4.1 (1) Un resort desagradable en una localidad sin mayores atractivos, (3) vista de montaña y resort de nivel regular (5) un escenario espectacular y una hermosa localidad histórica.	Alojamiento: 4.3 (1) No hay lugares donde alojarse en o cerca de Formigal , (3) algunos lugares para hospedarse en el resort, (5) una amplia variedad de alojamientos adecuados para satisfacer todos los presupuestos.
  Habitaciones Baratas: 3.4 (1) Presupuesto de alojamiento no disponible (3) Apenas uno o dos albergues, se sugiere reservar por adelantado, (5) varias hostales y pensiones a precios módicos disponibles.	Hoteles de lujo: 4.1 (1) Alojamiento de alto nivel no disponible, (3) Apenas uno o dos hoteles de alto nivel, se sugiere reservar por adelantado, (5) algunos hoteles de lujo en Formigal.
  "Ski-in"/"Ski-out": 3.9 (1) La zona de esquí se encuentra lejos de cualquier alojamiento, (3) un autobús de esquí le lleva de forma gratuita a la zona de esquí en un viaje corto, (5) alojamiento de esquí "Ski-in"/"Ski-out"está disponible.	Cuidado de los niños: 4.1 (1) No hay ninguna guardería en Formigal, (5) el resort tiene excelentes guarderías, incluyendo al menos una a un precio muy razonable.
  Nieve segura: 4.0 (1) Ocasionalmente se presenta suficiente nieve para esquiar, (2) a menudo está cerrado debido a la falta de nieve, (3) ocasionalmente sufre de una falta de nieve, (4) rara vez sufre de una falta de nieve, (5) Formigal se presenta nieve segura incluso en las temporadas más pobres.	Cañones de nieve: 4.2 (1) Formigal depende completamente de nieve natural, (3) hay sólo algunos cañones, (5) hay cañones de nieve en todas las pistas.
  Aplanadoras de Nieve: 4.4 (1) No hay aplanadoras de nieve en Formigal, (3) ocasionalmente algunas pistas quedan sin aplanar y en mal estado, (5) todas las pistas en Formigal se aplanan diariamente.	Refugio: 3.2 (1) No hay ningún lugar para esquiar cuando está ventoso o la visibilidad es mala, y a menudo se cierran los elevadores, (3) hay algunos árboles de escasa visibilidad pero a veces los elevadores cierran, (5) Formigal es principalmente en el bosque donde puede esquiar en días de luz plana y ventosos, rara vez cierre de elevadores.
  Opciones cercanas: 3.3 (1) Si las condiciones de nieve son pobres en Formigal, va a ser pobre en todas partes cercanas, (3) existen buenas alternativas a una hora en automóvil, (5) otros lugares en el mismo paquete proporcionan una rica variedad de condiciones de nieve segura para esquí.	Clasificación regional: 4.1 (1) Formigal usualmente tiene pobres condiciones de nieve en comparación con otros centros turísticos en la región, (3) tiene condiciones medias para la región, (5) usualmente tiene las mejores condiciones de nieve en la región.
  Eleva al personal: 4.3 (1) El personal en Formigal es descortés e ineficiente, (5) Eleva al personal en Formigal son agradables, alegres y con ganas de ayudar.	Multitudes/colas de espera: 3.2 (1) el resort siempre está concurrido y suelen haber largas colas, (3) ocacionalmente tranquilo durante fines de semana y vacaciones escolares, (5) poco concurrido y colas de espera son muy raras.
  Escuelas de esquí: 4.0 (1) Ninguna escuela de esquí disponible, (2) una o dos escuelas de esquí pero sólo en el idioma local, (3) algunas escuelas de esquí pero solicite por adelantado instructores multi-lingües.	Alquiler y Reparaciones: 4.3 (1) No se consigue nada, ni siquiera cera de esquí o PTex. (3) hay algunas tiendas de esquí pero la renta de equipos debe ser reservada con antelación, (5) equipos de esquí de buena calidad a la venta o en alquiler y reparaciones son posibles durante la noche.
  Variedad de pistas: 4.2 (1) Las pistas son habituales y sin rasgos distintivos, (3) las pistas son variadas pero no lo suficientemente extensas para una semana, (5) Formigal tiene interesantes y diversas pistas incluyendo bosques y altos terrenos alpinos.	Principiantes: 4.5 (1) Principiantes pueden sólo ver otros en esquís o snowboard, (3) algunas suaves laderas pero principiantes pueden aburrirse en menos de una semana, (3) extensas áreas de terreno suave.
  Intermedios: 4.6 (1) Ningún terreno intermedio en Formigal, (3) esquiadores intermedios se aburrirán al cabo de unos días, (5) vastas zonas de cruce de pistas.	Avanzado: 4.1 (1) Nada para esquiadores y snowbordistas avanzados, (3) suficiente terreno empinado por algunos días y con algunos muy buenos para el esquí fuera de pista, (5) Suficiente áreas de terreno empinado y áreas fuera de pista para entretener a esquiadores avanzados al menos por una semana.
  Parque de Nieve: 4.0 (1) Ni siquiera un trampolín en Formigal, (3) Parque de tamaño medio y bien cuidado, (5) enorme parque diseñado por expertos, con senderos para saltos y carreras de boardercross.	Fuera de pista: 3.4 (1) Ningún "fuera de pista"que valga destacar, (2) "fuera de pista" fuera de los límites, (3) alguna variedad de "fuera de pista" que permanece fresco durante uno o dos días, (5) una amplia gama de rutas "fuera de pista" que pueden permanecer sin marcas de tránsito por varios días.
  Travesía: 2.9 (1) No hay ningún lugar para esquí de fondo alrededor de Formigal, (3) hay algunos senderos para esquí de fondo disponibles, (5) la zona cuenta con muchos senderos espectaculares y bien mantenidos para esquí de fondo.	Luge/Tobogán: 3.0 (1) No designado "luge" o carreras de trineo, (3) hay carreras de trineo en tobogan abiertas a menudo, (5) Formigal cuenta con instalaciones largas y bien mantenidas para "luge" y carreras de trineo en tobogan accesible a todas las edades.
  Gastronomía de montaña: 4.0 (1) Ningún lugar para comprar alimentos en las pistas, (3) algunos lugares para comer arriba en la montaña pero a menudo muy caros y concurridos, (5) existe una gran variedad de excelentes restaurantes de montaña justo al lado de las laderas para satisfacer todos los presupuestos.	Dónde Comer: 4.1 (1) Lleva tu propia comida, no hay ni siquiera una tienda. (5) Una gran variedad de lugares para comer y beber en el resort, desde comida rápida a restaurantes de lujo.
  Después del esquí: 4.2 (1) Nada para hacer, ni siquiera un bar (3) hay algunos bares en el resort pero nada especial, (5) clubes y bares permanecen abiertos hasta muy tarde y tienen un ambiente agradable.	Otros deportes: 3.4 (1) Ningún otro servicio deportivo aparte de los elevadores, (3) el resort tiene sólo una pequeña piscina pública, (5) cuenta con todo tipo de instalaciones deportivas, incluyendo una piscina de tamaño completo.
  Entretenimiento: 3.8 (1) Además de la nieve y caminar no hay nada más que hacer aquí, (3) el no-esquiador encontrará cosas para hacer por pocos días pero puede que se aburra después de una semana, (5) la zona turística es un lugar fascinante para visitar, más allá de los deportes de invierno.	Paseos de invierno: 3.6 (1) Caminatas con accesos muy limitados y ningún sendero con raquetas (3) un par de senderos escénicos para caminatas con o sin raquetas (5) diversos y extensos senderos para caminatas de invierno en todos los niveles.
  Valor del Pase de Esquí: 3.4 (1) Un pase de esquí de 1 semana está sobrevalorado en comparación con el número de elevadores disponibles, (3) el pase de esquí tiene un valor relativamente aceptable y abarca un número razonable de elevadores, (5) el valor de los pases de esquí es excelente en relación calidad-precio y cubren un gran número de elevadores que abarcan un área extensa.	Valor (Nacional): 3.3 (1) En general, Formigal es uno de los centros de esquí más caros en el país pero en sí no lo vale, (3) de promedio medio por el dinero que representa , (5) en general ofrece lo mejor en temas de resorts en el país.
  Valor (Global): 3.4 (1) En general, Formigal es uno de los centros de esquí más caros del mundo, (3) en general ofrece relación media en cuanto a calidad-precio comparado con centros de otros países, (5) internacionalmente el resort ofrece una excelente relación calidad-precio.

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• May 02, 2012
  UNO from Spain
  

  Formigal is o.k. for pirineos. But Most of the resorts in Alps (even medium ones like Risoul-Vars) are in another league. To try to compare Formigal to Alps is like saying Pajares in Asturias is a better resort than Formigal.

• April 05, 2012
  Sergio Gracia from Spain
  

  Los que hacen comparaciones entre Formigal y Baqueira, de verdad que han estado en Baqueira? han esquiado todas sus pistas? Yo he esquiado más de 25 años en Formigal (tengo 42) cuando a la estación se subía en telearrastre, telesilla y huevo, y no existía ni Anayet ni Portalet, y sinceramente no hay comparación entre ambas estaciones a día de hoy. Baqueira, es simplemente.....ENORME.....es otro mundo, es Pirineo comido a Francia y se nota. Me encanta Formigal pero Baqueira es lo más parecido a los Alpes que tenemos (incluso más que Cerler y Sierra Nevada), aunque los Alpes siempre serán Alpes....Un saludo

• April 03, 2012
  Teresa from Liberia
  

  I have born in this place, in Tena Valley and I think this is the most wonderful place in the world. Formigal is now the best skiing resort in Spain and it is not pretentious, is the truth. My father who lived part of his life there always says to me that is not necessary to travel to the Alps if you are from Tena valley. We wait your visit in 2013 because I'm sure it will be a good year for snowing. Regards..

• March 22, 2012
  Peru from Spain
  

  Este año, mala suerte con la nieve aunque a lo mejor terminamos el año un poco mejor.

  Por los post que he leído, si que creo que Formigal está un poco obsesionada con Baqueira y no creo que deba ser su "guerra", creo que son públicos diferentes y que los que van a la estación aranesa o a la del valle de Tena, sus dudas no están entre "Baqueira o Formigal", creo que es un planteamiento erróneo. La competencia directa de Formigal está, sobretodo en las estaciones pirenaicas francesas, en Astún y Candanchú. Con una simple encuesta de sus clientes, sería muy fácil comprobarlo.

  Formigal no se tiene que comparar con nadie y simplemente, como cualquier otra estación, vender sus cualidades, debe ser un valor por si misma.

  Sl2

• March 08, 2012
  RAMON from Spain
  

  Este año tenemos mala suerte, solo a nevado
  5 dias y con viento , pero gracias a la currada
  del personal de formigal podemos esquiar
  por servicios y cuidado de pistas formigal es
  de las mejores de españa ( y esto sin nevar).
  Cuando nieve (año 2013) sera la mejor, nos vemos en el marchica a las 16.30.
  Aupa formigal

  un pelaire

• March 08, 2012
  Tena from Spain
  

  Desde hace mas 20 años he repartido mi aficion al ski entre baqueria y formigal y ha sido asombroso el giro fantastico que esta ultima ha hecho para convertirse en la pedazo estacion que es hoy con unos servicios, atencion etc como no tienen otras, a Gonzalo le dire que tranqui , en formigal no le necesitamos,que se vaya donde le de la gana, gente ya tenemos y gente que sabe apreciar el buen trabajo, quizas se tropezo en el puente de sextas y esta picado, quizas lo que le pase es que tiene algun tipo de complejo, gente que no aporta no es bienvenida ni en formigal ni en ningun sitio.

• February 27, 2012
  Jose from Spain
  

  La estación está bien. Cómoda y suficientemente innivada cuando no quiere nevar.
  Otra cosa es el forfait, me parece caro para lo que ofrece. Y lo mismo con respecto a los precios del alquiler de material / guardaesquís.
  Faltan mesas y hamacas para descansar sin tener que tomar nada.

• February 22, 2012
  Luisfer from Spain
  

  No obstante, diré que soy de Madrid y que si he de elegir, por gente prefiero a los aragoneses (los catalanes no me han tratado mal, al revés), pero como estación de esquí, para mi es mejor y con diferencia Baqueira. Me baso en: la atención en pista, las indicaciones-señalización de obstáculos, orden en las filas (educación), la nieve, el apreski (muy pijo para mi gusto, pero con no entrar en ese rollo), la facilidad de buscar alojamiento (ofic. en Madrid), etc. Tiene Baqueira una cosa negativa, su distancia (550 vs 478 Km.), lo cual te incrementa algo el tiempo en llegar pero nunca algo tan exagerado como dice Raul (el doble, 9 h.), hombre, si que las tardas si antes pasas por Andorra. En fin cada uno que esquié donde mas le guste y ya esta, que son 3 meses.

• January 02, 2012
  Javier from Spain
  

  We do like Formigal a lot (family of five). I have just read another reviewers comments and they are not accurate at all. We used to travel from Madrid and it´s an easy 4:30 hours car ride, 80% on a highway. Once there, the Pyrenees are magnificent. The ski area has improved a lot in the last years and I believe is one of the best in Spain (together with Baqueira and Candanchu). Most of the skiers are well seasoned, in good shape, positive spirit and educated. In addition, staff and locals are very friendly. Food is yummy for a ski resort at 1.500m (recommend the bacon&cheese bocadillo with Ambar beer). Lifts are brand new (but some old ones that we like though, as they are less crowded). Hopefully, we will get more snow falls in the coming days for a sporty season. Definitely, Formigal is a very good choice to ski in Spain.

  Javier

• December 29, 2011
  Jacques from France
  

  Hola a mis amigos españoles. Soy un frances que voy todos los años desde Paris hasta Pau y luego esquio en España. Deciros que conozco todas las estaciones de los Alpes y de los Pirineos. Y aunque me tilden de chauvisnista (tipico nuestro), he de decir que en los Alpes hay mejores estaciones. Ahora bien. Después de esquiar en todas las estaciones del Pirineo, os digo : Las mejores son la de Aragón y mas concretamente Cerler y Formigal. Esta última me parece genial y digna de compararse con las mejores de los Alpes. He ido como 10 veces a Baqueira y sincéramente me he sentido despreciado y ninguneado, los catalanes se sienten superiores (no se a quien, como no sea entre ellos?), les corroe la envidia de que otras reiones hagan las cosas mejores que ellos. Pero tranquilos amigos españoles, aqui en Francia ya los conocemos y sobre todo aqui en Paris, donde mucha gente habla ESPAÑOL. ¡Fijaros si son presentuosos los catalanes, que cuando vienen de turismo, pretenden que en las tiendas les contestemos en catalan, porque si, asombraros, hablan a los Parisinos en catalan. No es la primera vez que incluso se enfadan y hacen su peliculita cuando les contestamos en ESPAÑOL.
  A lo que ibamos. Formigal un 10, y que conste que somos capaces de ir dando un rodeo por el tunel de Canfranc con tal de ir desde Pau o Biarritz. No hagais caso del tal Gonsalo que posiblemente presuma mucho y luego como decis mis amigos españoles NA de NA. Baqueira actualmente se quedaría con u 6 raso.
  Besos y abarzos. Jacques

• December 27, 2011
  Rafael from Spain
  

  Para aquellos que hacéis caso de los comentarios de usuarios, responder al post de : December 16, 2011
  gonzalo from Spain.

  Me ha llamado poderosamente la atención. Esa manera de poner verde a toda una estación sin dar ni un sólo argumento es increíble. Qué fácil es generalizar. Es como el que dice que todos los alemanos son unos nazis.

  Yo, si me lo permitís, voy a dar una teoría. Este Gonzalo debe tener algún hotel en Baqueira, o algo así. Desde que la gente de Formigal se ha puesto las pilas, miles de madrileños (un colectivo de interés porque somos millones) han cambiado Baqueira por Formigal.

  Hay razones evitables, como el hecho de que en Formigal a los de fuera nos reciben con una sonrisa y un "besico" y en Baqueira poco menos que te escupen, salvo que seas de la Casa Real.

  El pueblo catalán debería hacerse mirar esa manera suya de tratar a los de fuera, aunque sólo sea en los lugares turísticos. Luego hay motivos evidentes contra los que es difícil luchar. De Madrid a Formigal hay cuatro horas y media, y de Baqueira a Madrid, el doble. El viaje es un auténtico peñazo. Ante merecía la pena, porque la estación es una maravilla, de verdad, de las mejores de España o la mejor, pero es que tanta distancia, tan cara y con gente tan borde, pues es normal que a poco que una estación como Formigal se curre sus cañones, sus accesos, sus instalaciones y sus pistas... pues eso, que ya no merece la pena el palizón de ir a Baqueira.

  Y claro... los de Baqueira están que rabian, natural.

• December 27, 2011
  cHARLY from Spain
  

  Formigal is one of the best place to skiing in Spain.
  It has more than 100 km of slopes, the Tena Valley is beautiful.
  It has more than 700 metres of desnivel.
  The village in 1.500 is very good with a lot of bares, pubs, discos, shops, restaurants etc..etc......

  Una muy buena estación, una de las mejores de los Pirineos.
  Con muy buenas pistas para todos los niveles y muy buen ambiente en Formigal pueblo.
  Muy recomendable para pasar una semana de esquí en España.

  Ciao.

• December 24, 2011
  robert from Netherlands
  

  I have been skiing in Formigal since 1995. And seen the area develop into a great resort. I am very sorry no Dutch tour operator is going to Formigal any more, 2010 was my last time there. I shall miss Formigal and hotel Nievesol very much. I am 65 and because I don't know where to go, I am afraid my skiing days are over. And that is a pity.

• December 16, 2011
  gonzalo from Spain
  

  Formigal, la estacion del postureo y el freekismo.

  Si lo que te gusta es lucir y aparentar que sabes esquiar, es el lugar perfecto. Esquiadores novatos que van con pintas de pro, tomando el sol en la cafeteria con las gafas puestas para "lucir" marca de gafas,paseandose por el park con pintas de Harlaut... Solo hay que ver al Vasco (B.A) que tienen en el team de freestyle. No sabe planchar ningun truco, pero el postureo le va que ni pintau.

  En definitva, una estacion para novatos que quieren aparentar que saben esquiar,si te mola el rollo de soy guay por que esquio, es tu estacion.

  De lo contrario, si lo que te gusta es buena calidad de nieve, buenas pistas, buenas fuera pistas ,pendientes (formigal es llano!),poca gente y menos postureo buscate otra estacion.

  Un saludo.

• October 01, 2011
  Javier from Spain
  

  Formigal es un estación 'formidable' que ha mejorado mucho en los últimos años en superficie esquiable, accesos y ocio.

  Si queréis arrancar la temporada bien os recomiendo un viaje a los Alpes 400€ del 2 al 10 de diciembre. Ver la pagina de facebook myboardsnow

  Saludos

• February 16, 2010
  Fernando from Spain
  

  I am a local from Formigal. Actually, I live in Madrid yet I bought an apartment near Formigal 3 years ago. Since then, I have visited the valley not only over the ski season but all-year round. I have become a devote of Formigal, having seen the great development of the resort over the last years.

  A former skier in Sierra Nevada (I rented an apartment for a whole season) and Baqueira Beret, Formigal has nothing to envy from those.

  We have had pretty good seasons over the last 2 years, with pleny of great snow and quite much sun. Service has greatly improved over time, specially on-piste restaurants and cafeterias, with still pretty good value-for-money compared to other resorts.

  Check my photography website of the Tena Valley and Formigal at

  escenasdetena.es

  Regards

• February 12, 2010
  WHITE & EVENTS, S.L. from Spain
  

  Good morning,
  we had a great time skiing at Formigal.
  Contact us. We can organize everything for you.
  Check our blog: whitevents.blogspot.com

• February 22, 2009
  dave williams from United Kingdom
  

  The biggest pain in skiing is in your wallet.

  Formigal Review:

  A large part of that pain is the lift-pass price.
  The Aragon Government, through an independent company ARAMON (Aragon Montanas), is promoting Formigal to the UK market, by offering FREE lift passes this season. This is additional to the 300 Million Euro investment in the latest Doppelmayr lifts and resort facilities over 3 years, or so. Passes are obtainable when booking via J2.com, Crystal, Thomson, Iglu, Neilson and others.

  I’ve just returned from Formigal after assessing the facilities, benefits and short-comings on offer.

  For a large skier-group the organisers and leader must get the basics right. It’s the only way that the members of the group can get value for money. In the current financial misery everyone is counting the costs and cutting back.

  My group has become tired of long transfer times and difficult access to slopes. The group is of multi-level ability, consisting of babies/children and young-to-old adults. Transfers, slope access, pistes spread ‘miles’ apart and clean toilets are ‘high-key’ issues. Other items in any resort choice are ratings for experts, lower-upper intermediates and novices, as well as ‘first-timer’ pack offers. Crèches, qualified supervision, hours open and collections, kindergartens, ski schools, lockers, snow reliability, geographical slope aspects and skills needed to reach and enjoy them are critical to satisfying individuals and client-families. Not to mention restaurants/cafes and adequate seating, (including some for that packed lunch) and of course hot ‘chocolatiers’ or vin chaud, in abundance.

  We travelled with Crystal and got a call in advance from the excellent rep there. We flew into the new airport: Huesca, from Gatwick at the 2nd week of February, on a Monarch Airbus 1410hrs flight (no 0400hrs starts or over-nighting at Gatwick there, then.) Monarch has been contracted for the season by Pyrenair, a new airline based at the new airport, Huesca. The transfer is just 1hr and 20mins sedate coach travel. No 4hrs from Toulouse, anymore?

  We found a good snow-base laid down pre-Christmas and again in January. Mid-week we received a 23 hour ‘dump’ of 40 cms on top of 180 cms existing, and skied throughout the day it snowed. Great for trying some basic ’bouncy’ off-piste skiing technique, while still on a firm piste under-base. Can’t see? ....when you lose your sense of sight, develop your sense of feel through the soles of your feet and soft knees.

  That huge dump gave the pisteurs/avalanche control one heck of a problem. They worked all-night through. Delaying lift opening time (0900 hrs) did cause queues, but with a 4 of 5 avalanche risk, as in most of Europe, no one could expect anything else. Two sets of 4-piste-bashers, echelon-fashion plus single machines, soon cleared the way to safe skiing and we were off.

  The resort lay-out at Formigal comprises 3 base stations: Sextas, Anayet and Portalet. These effectively access 4 valleys. Then, 8, 6 and 4-man lifts spread-out like a fan to mid-mountain elevation.

  Sextas zone, at Formigal, appears the more difficult, particularly up towards Tres Hombres-Huegas. There are 20 blacks/reds and not a blue in sight. This area was closed during our visit due to avalanche precautions. There are several good blues linking all 4 valleys at mid mountain level, prior to these lifts gaining height. The full spread is interspersed with the higher lifts providing extra height to drop blues (some), reds and blacks (single & double diamond) into the valleys and public facilities. This means novice/lower intermediates are not ‘shanghaied’, e.g when trying to meet-up with the group at lunch-times.

  Anayet zone, at Formigal, is reached by the Anayet run: a great wide blue ‘motorway’. Plus a couple of reds and moderate blacks striking off parallel with some easy mid-mountain runs. This provides good skiers/boarders with off-piste opportunities where they can ‘see’ well in front of them what they are getting into. Boarders were killing the blacks in great powder.

  The Spanish love their food! There are 17 eateries on the mountain. They love taking a couple of hours socialising as well. This means the one-week a year, skiing-starved Brits can ski right through lunch on un-crowded pistes. Don’t even THINK about lunch before 1400hrs!! Eat a good breakfast. Then, hit the extensive Anayet Lodge. This consists of two cafes, two chocolatiers, two self-services, a burger-bar, an ice cream point, and two more formal restaurants both reasonable: 10-15 Euros for a 2- course ‘Plato’ of the day and small bottle of wine/beer ..(hic!). Other options if you want them. The second ski-school, ski hire/lockers and immaculate toilets are also here. As is a massive sun-terrace with huge seating including some picnic tables (I kid you not!).

  Take the kids (and yourself) for the longest moving carpet ride I’ve ever seen. There’s another at Sextas for the kids, by the way, great while you slope-off to the short Furco 4-man chair run; warming-up at the start of the day. Then it’s the 8-man up from Sextas and head for Anayet. Or, a good lunch can be had at Sextas at c.9.50 Euros, anyway.

  After taking the 'rays' at Anayet, have a poke at the off-piste mound in front of you. Never mind all those watching and laughing. AND, if your 'hard (good) enuf', remember where to branch-off that blue-motorway, next time down. Then cross-over the black (flat bit) and zoom up and over the mound down towards the Lodge, again. That ought to stop’em laughing?

  Do NOT arrive in a heap, until the next time you do it, having arranged for someone to wait down there to photograph you! Seriously, there are loads of places just off the mid mountain reds/blacks to ‘get some mileage -in’, off-piste. Only if fully insured, of course.

  Portalet Zone: The piste map shows this is a difficult part. Only one red, the rest blacks, single and double diamonds. We couldn’t test all of it due to avalanche precautions. I am assured reasonably competent intermediate skiers, in good conditions, can get-down ok?

  Apart from the Panorama viewing point at the top towards France THE Portalet attraction is the chance to go ‘Ratrack’ skiing! Up the 6-man to be pulled along a gentle red, behind the Ratrack with c.40 skiers. This is the ONLY way to reach to the Fine-Dining restaurant Cabana Glera for lunch. Reservations essential at night and you are then collected by cabin-Ratrack, no skis needed. From the menu I sighted it’s expensive. Have at least 50 Ackers to spare (evening) methinks. But, it’s a one-off apparently and it’s only money!

  From there you can ski down black or red (into blue) back into the Anayet Zone. I suspect that last bit of the red may be ‘interesting’. The whole concept of skiing 4-valleys needs close attention to abilities, if the group is to get the most out of it. We know the route-march it seems to flog across wide expanses of valleys to justify the higher lift pass expenditure? Hopeless for kids. The 137 kms of Formigal allows skiing all 4-vallys in a day together with sampling some of the facilities en-route, at a steady skiing/drinking pace.

  Further access by car is open to the Sarrios Zone at mid mountan level, between Sextas and Anayet. There is a sizeable car park and an excellent restaurant there, the ‘Gemsbock’. Also, this opens out to the free-ride areas, snow park, huskies, skidoos, timed slalom and the Callado 4-man to either Anayet, again, or down the great fast red ‘Collado’. This is my favourite run as the black there proved just too much snow for me.

  Best run for ‘cruisers’? Hang on! ‘Blue’, up the Sarrios 2-man, on up the Lanuza then down the blue through to Izas, on to the husky- sleds (drive one of those!). Up the 6-man ‘Cantel’, then down the blue Rio (river) as fast as conditions and safety allow i.e. “Quandío en Roma!” Then down Furco (also night skiing) onto Sextas. Have a large Carlos Uno Brandy.....go for a Heli-trip...... see/photo where you’ve been skiing....and tell the Brits when you get home!

  Overall, there’s a free 10 minute bus-service between the village (5 minutes or an easy walk down, minus skis) and the Base Stations. Additionally, the village-run is serviced by two 'Thomas-the-Tank- Engine’ trains, by road, great fun for kids (or adults). Downside? Well, one day soon the Elders will have to make the village traffic-free. The ski school will no doubt increase English speaking Instructors as the critical mass (no pun intended!) of Brits is achieved. We could do with a weather-shield on the 8-man, I think.

  Well done “Formidable” Formigal. Masterly skiing, with ‘Distinction’!

  As the Aussie girl said in their Tourist Office advert.
  ”....come on you Brits....where the b....y hell are you?...”

  Stay safe,

  Dave Williams

• February 01, 2009
  Liz from Luxembourg
  

  I was in Formigal twice this year and the snow was always great. Besides, I have been to few ski resorts with better views.

  The ski area is huge. I hardly finished all the tracks that had been recommended to me. The facilities were more modern and the staff more professional than in most alpine resorts I have visited. The skiing was really good.

  If I had to say something negative about Formigal I would choose the length of some slopes (not in the fourth valley where they were very long and had great snow) and the price of the forfait (I found it a bit too high, but I bought it directly at the entrance, some of my friends bought theirs in different agencies and they got better prices than me. Ah, and it looks that the resort is trying to promote combined flight and ski tickets, which seem a very interesting option if you have a full week).

  For après-ski I would recommend a visit to Sallent and Lanuza; two lovely stone villages, far more beautiful than Formigal itself. Sallent has very good food and cosy hotels. I still remember the Asado in a slightly hidden restaurant at the entrance of the village, (it had hens and pigs decoration and I wish I could remember the name).

  In summary, it was a really nice experience. I will definitely come back next year.

• January 28, 2009
  Carl from France
  

  For me, Formigal is the best ski resort in Pyrenees (Pirineos). It has 137 km of slopes; the biggest in Spain, with 4 valleys or zones connected by modern lifts. There are all kind of ski-slopes.
  I have been there two weeks ago and the snow was perfect, there were a lot 70-200 cm.
  The Formigal village is a beautiful place in the middle of the mountains with all the services like shops, restaurants, pubs, church, banks etc.
  It is a good choice, maybe the best in Spain, if you want skiing.

• January 28, 2009
  George from United Kingdom
  

  I've skied Formigal ten times this season and it's definitely a resort that requires a bit of effort to get the best out of it. If all you're into is piste skiing then this is probably not the resort for you (especially if you're used to Alpine pistes) as the runs are short, not very steep and generally pretty unchallenging; don't be deceived by the piste map, there isn't that much of it - you can go from one side to the other in sub 45 mins, most of that spent on lifts. However, if you get some fresh snow and are prepared to get away from the beaten track via some serious traversing or some hiking, then there is some really great off-piste to be had. It's very accessible and due to the nature of the terrain (not steep and craggy) you can ski pretty much all of it - sadly no trees though.
  The resort (Formigal) has obviously invested a lot of money in recent years and this shows in the facilities (except the lifts out of Sarrios which break the resort, they're terrible and must be changed soon). Car parking and restaurants are excellent. The terrain park caters for a good breadth of ability and the mogul field (baches) is also entertaining.

  In short, if you want to cruise the piste then go to Cerler; if you want to mix it up with some powder/park give Formigal a go.

• January 20, 2009
  carole from United Kingdom
  

  Just returned from Formigal. Stayed at the Nieve Sol hotel. Found the staff professional and friendly; a nice hotel. Skiing was superb, snow conditions excellent. Obviously a lot of money has been spent on the resort recently. It is a family friendly fun resort with plenty of choice from beginner to more seasoned skiers. Would highly recommend this resort.

• October 31, 2008
  JERONIMO from Spain
  

  Quien conoce esta estacion desde 1999 mi primera visita, hasta hoy en dia, puede decir que ha mejorado mucho porque a mi parecer no solo invierten dinero en parkings y cafeterias para hacer dinero, sino porque invierten en nieve, remontes pistas, abriendo nuevos valles, y sobre todo trabajando la nieve, por ejemplo, jueves santo 2008 18:45, prevision de nieve para los dias siguientes, pues estaban funcionando todos los cañones con una temperatura de 2 bajo cero, cuantas estaciones en españa hacen eso??

• October 29, 2008
  paul taylor from United Kingdom
  

  I have been skiing in Formigal for 16 years and even owned a property in the Tena Valley for a few of them. The investments and improvements that have been made are fantastic and I hope that the masses start to visit soon from the UK. Some of the tour operators are charging silly money to visit as you can fly to Zaragoza and rent an apartment for peanuts. I once took a black cab for a whole season in Formigal and had a great experience. Try the bar Garma Negro to meet the locals or Bar Salloon where my old mate Theo and Maria run one of the best bars in the village. For a great skiing experience if the Bosque is open go there because nobody else will!! hasta luego.

• February 16, 2008
  Tuca from Spain
  

  I don't like this resort for many reasons.
  First, it's not as big as it pretends to be. Most of the new runs added in the last couple of years are actually a joke: they start from nowhere and lead to nowhere (meaning that there is no way to reach the beginning of the run except by walking a long way and once you get to the end, the closest chair is a couple of kilometers away). Baqueira, for instance, has less official kilometers of runs, but is really much bigger and the runs are real.
  Second, the vertical drop is very limited, especially if you consider that most of the time there is no snow on the lower half.
  Third, the top of the resort is only 2200 m high. This means that most of the time you ski well below and the snow is not particularly good.
  Fourth, most of the runs are quite easy (although if you look at the ski map, you might think it is the most challenging ski resort in the world. But it's a joke!)
  Fifth, there are always incredible traffic jams, especially on a Sunday afternoon. And huge lines at the bottom of the chairs!
  Plus, it is quite expensive. Of course, it can be fun on a working Monday after a big dump...

• January 03, 2008
  JaimeH from Spain
  

  Just came back from a long weekend in Formigal. After all the investment made in the last years Formigal has become one of the best resorts in Spain. The new area (Portalet) has excellent & fast lifts that lead onto mid level slopes as well as tough ones.
  Even though snowfall has been limited this year (but much better than last year) they currently have some 80% of the slopes open with good snow conditions. People tend to concentrate in the Valle de Izas & Anayet areas, but if you move to either side of the resort you will find plenty of room even on busy days.

• December 18, 2007
  Pedro Villaret from Portugal
  

  Hi there! My name is Pedro, I'm from Portugal and I've been to Formigal last year in March (2007). I'll be there again this year, in March (2008)!
  I've done skiing since I was a little kid, so...(about 20 years) and during these years I've been to lots of places like Sierra Nevada, Baqueira, Chamonix, Les 3 vallés, Andorra and from all these places Formigal is definitely one of my favourites. The landscapes in Formigal are only comparable to the landscapes in Chamonix. It´s beautiful to go skiing in Formigal. The landscapes are great! The tracks are fantastic, the snow is really good! Last year it was a crazy winter but even like that in Formigal it's reat. They produce lots of snow, there are lots of new lifts, including the one with 8 places that substitutes the old egg.
  There is a major investment in Formigal. Formigal is already the biggest ski station in Spain. 3 years ago (2006) they had around 80 kms of ski tracks, last year they had 105 kms and this year they have 137 kms distributed in around 70 tracks. Comparing to Sierra Nevada for example, Formigal is much better, Sierra Nevada is always too crowded and there's no evolution in Sierra Nevada! Always the same....every year...nothing new!
  I think that you should visit Formigals website for good information.
  The only thing that I think they should do in Formigal is to built a lift that takes us up directly from the center of the village to the mountain. Right now they have the skibus, that is free or we can walk like 5 or 10 minutes until the ski station....but with the skis or the board on our back...it's not easy!
  Well....that is all I have to say! Go to Formigal! It's really one of the best!

• March 12, 2007
  Tim Hall from United Kingdom
  

  12/03/2007. I've been to Formigal four times so far this year, using the "Bus Blanco" service from Zaragoza. All in all, it's been excellent, and this in spite of the ridiculously warm winter we've had this year. I gather that there was very little snow up until Christmas, but as soon as the temperatures dropped in the new year, the teams at Formigal were immediately out pisting the slopes and making the most of the snow available. There are new snow canons everywhere you look around the piste area, meaning snow quality can be kept high even when it doesn't actually snow much.
  On one occasion, due to a prolonged period of very warm weather, the pistes were really suffering, with few runs open and large patches of slush and even mud, but as soon as the temperatures dropped again this was rectified, and since then more than twice as much skiable area has once again been opened.
  In general, apart from that one occasion, the snow quality has been high, especially more recently, when it has been almost at the standard of the Alps. As I understand it, Formigal is the largest ski station around (in Spain) - with over 100km of pistes when fully open - and so there is a great variety of slopes to choose from, catering for all standards. In addition there is also great potential for off-piste skiing, including marked off-piste trails. Due to the orientation of the slopes, snow quality also tends to remain high throughout the day, with excellent skiing still widely available by 16h30 and later.
  There has clearly been a lot of investment in Formigal recently, with three new chair lifts open this year, one of them carrying 8 people per chair, which now link all the zones together.
  Overall, I highly recommend Formigal for anyone looking for great skiing and a wide variety of slopes and difficulty levels in Spain. If you are in Zaragoza or Huesca and want a day on the slopes, look out for the "Bus Blanco", the price of which includes bus ticket there and back as well as the day's lift pass. Equipment can be hired on arrival at Formigal.

• March 04, 2006
  Pablo from Spain
  

  March 01 2005 . Formigal can be great now during the week and has a very promising future. However it gets much too busy on Saturdays and Sundays as skiers flood in from many urban areas. The slopes really need policing everywhere to control use, especially dangerous skiers when there is heavy traffic. Then there are long queues by 09.15 to access the area (so get up early)and more qeueuing to get everything. As the main gondola hasn't been replaced yet, crossing the resort is time consuming too so plan your day carefully to avoid constant queues. After 14.00 it gets better and on Sunday much much better so plan to ski more pm than am and slope orientation means good quality snow pm till late March. The wind and the gales can be the worst aspect so check snow reports carefully before departing. Look out for offers for 5 days for ski passes+accom etc.

 

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