Arinsal Ski Resort lift system

Arinsal / Lift system

The ski lift infrastructure is good and Vallnord is putting a lot of money into making it work with 28 lifts carrying up to 34,100 skiers per hour in Pal – Arinsal and over in the Ordino – Arcalis sector the 13 lifts have capacity for 16,510 skiers per hour.

ArinsalCable cars1
Gondolas1
Total chair lifts12
Surface lifts15
Magic Carpets1

From the main car park in Arinsal the 4-person cable car known as Telecabine Els Orriols rises nearly 500m up into the Arinsal Valley to Comallempla where the resort’s main mountain restaurants, bars, ski schools, cash point and medical centre are to be found.

From here there are chairlifts to the very top of the valley which connect by telecabine to Coll de la Botella from which it’s possible to take the Chairlift La Botella, and drag lifts, to the very top of Pic del Cubil (2,358m).

The lift system is simply numbered 1-30 and the piste map makes it clear at each incline what you can expect. Terminology is given in French (as we are near the French border) and translates as follows: Telesiege (Chair Lift). Teleski (Drag Lift) and Telecabine (Cable Car)

There are also tapis roulantes (conveyor belts) one telecorde (tow rope behind a piste basher) and a telepherique (a large cable car connecting two sides of the Coll de la Botella).

Adult lift pass prices are reasonable at around 33 euros per day and around 150 euros for a 6-day pass in high season (Christmas, most of February and other public holidays) and around 15% less in low season. Children’s lift passes cost around 25% less.

Visit www.vallnord.com for full details.