Espace nordique

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.

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Piste Info

111 km of drawn and marked out cross-country skiing trails - 22 Loops : 7 green, 10 blue, 5 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.

TARIFFS 09-2010	Day	6 Days
Adult	9,50 €	40 €
Children (6 to 16)	5 €	23 €

Children

 Font-Romeu
City day care: from 3 months to 3 years old
Tel. 04 68 30 21 02
E.S.F. : "la Marmotte" snow kid's garden 
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 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 3/6 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 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, etc... - paragliding school for learning or training - kite - fishing - animal park, farm, airdrome, canyoning, horse riding, sled dogs- balneotherapy/beauty relaxation and leisure centre - sulphur baths in Dorres, Llo and Saint Thomas - for your evenings : bars, restaurants, 1 bowling alley with 10 lanes and game rooms, giant screen...
 

Main events

 Font-Romeu
January:NRJ Snow Contest Tour - Transcatalane; a big classic race of nordic skiing.

February: Demo Tour Rossignol

Pyrénées 2000

Pyrénées 2000 celebrates its 40 years:many activities all winter long

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).

 

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.