Ordino Arcalís
About the area
Ordino-Arcalís is a compact area: 26 km of pistes, of which 13 km are red, so the core of the skiing suits confident intermediates. Beginners are well served too — 41% of the runs are green or blue (11 km), there is a magic carpet for first steps and two short easy runs next to a lift base. Families get an easy start thanks to that carpet and a gondola, which avoids chairlift loading with small children. Experts will find it thin: only 3 km (11%) is black, expert or freeride terrain, including 2 km of marked freeride, and the longest vertical on a single run is 601 m.
The ski area runs from 1,941 m to 2,625 m, a high starting altitude that helps snow cover. Twelve lifts serve it: one gondola, four chairlifts, four platters, two drag lifts and one magic carpet. The longest run measures 2,314 m.
At a glance
- Pistes
- 27 km
- Lifts
- 12
- Altitude
- 1941–2625 m
- Vertical
- 684 m
- Runs
- 29
- Longest run
- 2.3 km
- Biggest vertical on one run
- 601 m
- Magic carpets
- 1
- Gondolas & cable cars
- 1
- Bubble/heated lifts
- 1
- Nursery runs at lift bases
- 2
Measured on OpenStreetMap data © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL), via OpenSkiMap. Computed 2026-09-09. Official figures may differ.
Pistes by difficulty
- Green5.6 km
- Blue5.2 km
- Red12.9 km
- Black0.5 km
- Black (expert)0.7 km
- Freeride1.7 km
Lifts by type
- 4Button lift
- 4Chairlift
- 2Drag lift
- 1Gondola
- 1Magic carpet
Who should come here
Who should come here
Computed from the terrain itself — not a house opinion.
Beginners
yes
- · 41% of pistes are green/blue (11 km)
- · 11% are black/expert/freeride
- · 1 magic carpet for first steps
- · 2 short easy runs next to a lift base
Families
yes
- · 1 magic carpet
- · 1 gondola/cable-car lift (no chairlift loading for small kids)
- · bases reached by car
Experts
not really
- · 3 km black/expert/freeride (11%)
- · longest vertical on one run 601 m
- · 2 km marked freeride
Best forbeginnersfamiliesintermediateshigh altitudefreeride
Where to stay
Villages and towns with lifts to this area, and cheaper towns down the valley.
At the lifts
Cheaper, down the valley
Real towns with beds, food and shops, close enough to ski from.
les Escaldes
25 min to el SerratOSM score 53
wide choice of places to staymost places to eat
La Massana
17 min to el SerratOSM score 48
Ansalonga
11 min to el SerratOSM score 40
Ordino
13 min to el SerratOSM score 40
Also covers the districts: Sornás
la Cortinada
9 min to el SerratOSM score 39
Segudet
14 min to el SerratOSM score 35
Arans
8 min to el SerratOSM score 34
Arinsal
21 min to el SerratOSM score 28
Erts
18 min to el SerratOSM score 27