Font-Romeu/Pyrénées 2000

Pyrénées-Orientales

Altitude : 1700 - 2213 m

Linked ski domains and a single common ski lift pass for twice more skiing, that is 58 km of downhill skiing and 111 km of cross-country skiing, Font-Romeu and Pyrénées 2000 offer you one of the largest artificial snow ski domain in Europe.

Piste Info

43 pistes representing 58 km of marked out pistes, including 15 green, 10 blue, 9 red, 9 black - 25 lifts : 8 chair lifts, 13 ski lifts, 1 telecabin 6 persons, 3 magic carpets : for skiers and hikers, the easiest solution to go from the middle of the village to the foot of the pistes - 500 snow guns that is 80% of the snowy artificially - 1 snow-park - 1  play area of more than 20 ha for children and beginners - 2 luge area, 11 snowshoeing trail and Nordic trail - E.S.F. and E.S.I. ski schools - heated picnic rooms.
New : free hand system : to ski in full freedom ; ski lockers (drying of your shoes included)- high altitude restaurants ; 4 webcams.

TARIFFS 2011-12	Day	Little Day 4h from 11 am	6 Days
Adult	32,50 €	29 €	162,50 €
Children (5 to 11 years)	27,50 €	24,50 €	137,50 €
Student, senior	27,50 €	24,50 €	137,50 €

Student : - of 28 years - Senior : 65 to 69 years
Family from 3 to 6 persons : price reduction on week-ends and 6 days pass.

Handiski

In Pyrénées 2000 : ski lessons with adapted equipment – accommodation in the resort in Bed and Breakfast, holiday residences, lodge, rent apartments.

Children

• Font-Romeu :
Resort labelled "Famille Plus Montagne"
City day care : from 18 months to 3 years old
Tel. 04 68 30 21 02
E.S.F. : snow kid's garden "Club Piou-Piou" mini club for children from 6 to 12 years old
Tel. 04 68 30 24 15 or 04 68 30 03 74 - Fax 04 68 30 62 90
E.S.I. : "les P'tits Indiens" snow kid's garden for children from 3 to 6 years old, mini-club for children from 3 to 6 years old, children club from 6 to 12 years old.
Tel. 04 68 30 22 77 - Fax 04 68 30 25 67.
• Pyrénées 2000 :
Every week during school holidays, torchlight parade organized by the E.S.F. Trapper-hiking during school holidays, snowshoeing initiation outings reserved for children from 6 to 12 year old with games and igloo building. E.S.F. : the Ourson snow kindergarten : discovery of snow and glide for children from 3 to 6 year old (Tel. 04 68 30 14 03). Club for children from 6 to 13 year old ("Terminal des loisirs" : Tel. 04 68 30 39 70)

 

Other activities

• Font-Romeu :
Ice skating rink (olympic size 60x30 m) and swimming pool (national high altitude training centre) - walks, hiking, snowshoeing, mountain skiing - sled dogs - paragliding - rock climbing - mountain bike - fitness centre : badminton, fitness, sauna, body building, squash, tennis (Colette Besson sports centre) - horse riding academy, poney club, horse riding, leisure activities, walks - disco - musical bars - library - cinema - casino - golf - mini-golf. Snow-kite at 4 km - ice cascade climbing at 28 km - animal park at 20 km.
• Pyrénées 2000 :
Network of marked out trails for snowshoeing initiation with 6 theme circuits - daily snowshoeing outings accompanied by professionals - Nordic mountain skiing - sports centre and leisure base with 3 indoor tennis courts,2 squash courts -1 gym and body building centre, indoor golf practice, sauna, supervised activities, relaxation, quad bike and montain bike etc...

Main events

Font-Romeu
January 21-22th : "The Romeufontaine" trail on snow for everyone. www.traildefontromeu.com
January : NRJ Snow Contest Tour.
February: Urban Ski event, Démo Tour Rossignol.
Pyrénées 2000
December 24th: Christmas show at the bottom of the pistes with Santa Claus and fireworks. Christmas village during the holidays, gospel music and jazz concert.
February: Nin’s Cup, a cross-country skiing race for children, Rondes Nocturnes Catalanes  (Catalan Night Rounds), a relay cross-country skiing race, Biathlon 2000.
March: Duathlon des neiges (Snow Duathlon):  a foot and cross-country skiing event.
(Might be modified).

 

Access

Font-Romeu :
Indoor car park with 250 spots.
Winter caravanning park close to the city center.
By road : Perpignan at 87 km - Toulouse at 185 km – Paris at 900 km - Carcassonne at 120 km.
Railway station : Font Romeu-Odeillo-Via. Tel. 04 68 30 03 12.
Airport : Perpignan at 85 km. Tel. 04 68 52 60 70.

Pyrénées 2000 :
2 car parks.
By road : from Toulouse, A61 in the direction of Montpellier then A66 in the direction of Foix, N20 up to Bourg Madame then D618 up to Mont Louis (dir. Perpignan) - from Perpignan, N116 (follow Andorra) then Mont Louis follow Font-Romeu/Pyrénées 2000.
Railway station : Bolquère at 3 km. Shuttle every 30 mn from 8 am/12 pm and 1.30 pm/5.30 pm during school holidays and at 8.30 am, 9 am, 12 pm, 1.30 pm, 4.30 pm, 5 pm outside school holidays.
Airport : Perpignan at 85 km.