Pal Arinsal

About the area

Pal-Arinsal in Andorra is a mid-sized area of about 39 km of pistes, and the balance is clearly tilted towards easy skiing: 61% of the runs are green or blue, some 24 km in total, with 16 short easy runs sitting right next to a lift base. That layout, plus 9 magic carpets, makes it a sound choice for first-timers and for families with small children, helped by 2 gondolas and a cable car that let you ride up without loading a chairlift. Experts get less: only 3 km is black or freeride terrain (8%), and the longest vertical on a single run is 570 m.

The area runs from 1,554 m to 2,541 m, served by 31 lifts, including 12 chairlifts and 6 drag lifts. The longest run measures 2,432 m, so beginners can string together real descents rather than short laps.