Font-Romeu/Pyrénées 2000 Cross-country skiing

Pyrénées-Orientales

Altitude : 1600 - 2000 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

111 km of drawn and marked out cross-country skiing trails - Loops : 9 green, 9 blue, 4 red - "3 Nordiques France" labelled site - trails start in Estanyols, les Airelles and La Calme. FFS certified pistes for competition, playful learning area, biathlon piste, refuge with warden giving out drinks and light food.

Children

• Font-Romeu :
City day care : from 3 months to 3 year old
Tel. 04 68 30 21 02
E.S.F. : "la Marmotte" snow kindergarten
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 kindergarten for children from 3 to 5 year old, mini-club for children from 3 to 5 year old, children club from 6 to 12
Tel. 04 68 30 22 77 - Fax 04 68 30 25 67 (kindergarten : 10 children - Mini groups : 5 children).
• Pyrénées 2000 :
Day care at the foot of the pistes for children from 2 to 6 year old. Tel. 04 68 30 32 00
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 3/6 year old (Tel. 04 68 30 14 03). Club for children from 6 to 12 year old ("Terminal des loisirs" : Tel. 04 68 30 39 70)

Other activities

Font-Romeu : Ice rink (Olympic size 60x30 m) and swimming pool (high altitude national training center) - walks, hiking, snow shoeing, mountain skiing - dogsledge – paragliding – rock climbing – mountain biking – fitness center : badminton, fitness, sauna, muscular training, squash, tennis (Colette Besson sports center) – horse riding academy/poney club, horse riding, leisure activities, walks - disco - musical bars – games-room - library - cinema – casino – golf – mini-golf. Kite surf at 4 km – ice diving at 25 km – ice cascade climbing at 28 km – animal park at 20 km. Pyrénées 2000 : Marked out network of snowshoe initiation trails with 6 theme loops – daily snowshoe outings with professional instructors – Nordic skiing – sports and leisure activities center, with 3 indoor tennis courts, 1 gym and muscular training center, indoor golf practice, sauna, guided activities, etc.. – paragliding school for initiation and training – animal park, reindeer farm, dwarf animals, dogsledge – outings to Andorra and Spain – balneotherapy/ beauty, relaxation and leisure activities center – sulfur baths of Dorres, Llo and Saint Thomas – for your evenings : bars, restaurants, 1 bowling alley with 10 lanes and games-room, giant screen.

Main events

• Font-Romeu :
End of January : Trail Blanch' foot race in a natural snow-covered environment, Transcatalane, a classic Nordic skiing race, Little France Snowgolf, a golf competition on snow.
March/April : Antisiesta, a leisure freestyle competition on snowboard or skis.
• Pyrénées 2000 :
December, 24th : Christmas show at the foot of the pistes with Santa Claus arrival and fireworks.
February : Nin's Cup, a cross-country skiing race for children, Rondes Nocturnes Catalanes (Nightly Catalonian round circuit), a cross-country skiing relay.
March: Snow Duathlon, a foot race and cross-country skiing event. Pyrenees Free Style Tour : stopover of the freestyle Pyrenean challenge (moguls and slope-style).