Europe's sunniest ski resort
Friendly instructors
Great après-ski
Resort Information
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When you book a school ski trip to Alp 2500, there’s no need to worry about poor weather – this is Europe’s sunniest ski resort! Linking the two ski towns of Masella and La Molina, Alp 2500 is the largest ski area in Catalonia and offers a fantastic Pyrenean skiing experience. And there’s no need to worry that all that lovely Spanish sun will turn the slopes to slush – most of the slopes are actually north-facing and set high up the Pyrenees. In fact, Alp 2500 is considered a ‘dead-cert’ for snow! Plus, you’ll be able to enjoy these fantastic skiing conditions without the high prices and crowds that are sometimes associated with skiing in the Alps.
Resort
Facts
Beginner
52%
Intermediate
34%
Advanced
14%
Total Piste
141 kmTop Piste Altitude
2535 mLongest Run
7 kmTransfer time to resort
2 -3 hours via air, 17 hours from Calais
Vertical drop
935 m
Glacier
No
No. lifts
32
Snow making coverage
901 Cannons
Snow Park
Yes
Skiing Information
The two main areas, La Molina and Masella, offer your students different skiing experiences. La Molina offers gentle, wide runs, which are ideal for beginners to practise and improve on. Masella offers exciting tree-lined runs, which are better suited to more experienced skiers looking for their next adventure. But both offer extensive beginners’ areas at the foot of the mountain, as well as good progression runs from the top of the mountain all the way back to the resort. As well as a wide variety of runs for all abilities, the resort also has two snow parks and a superpipe. The infrastructure throughout Alp 2500 is highly developed and features high-speed ‘jet’ lifts and an integrated artificial snow-making system. Skiing starts high, at 1700m, and the north-facing slopes mean that all 141km of pistes are snow-sure.
The resort was fantastic for mixed ability groups, as there were a variety of blue, red and black slopes. The distance from the hotel to the ski lifts was so short (5 minutes), which was great. We really loved that we were able to have a locker to put all the skis and boots in overnight - this made getting students organised and off to their lessons much easier.
- Queen Elizabeth's Girls' School
Sample Hotels
Alberg Abrigall Masella
Alberg Abrigall Masella
Purpose built to a good standard, this youth group centre has been specifically designed for school groups. Thanks to the accommodations proximity to the slopes, all meals are taken at your accommodation.
Additional facilities include a games room, pool table, table football and TV Lounge. There is also a disco room, large communal meeting room and bar.
The spacious youth centre-styled rooms are equipped with bunk beds, en suite bathrooms, a TV, and a lockable cupboard.
Alp Hotel Masella
Alp Hotel Masella
This impressive 3 star hotel with modern facilities and doorstep skiing is the perfect location for school ski trips.
The 4 to 6 bedded rooms are spacious and comfortable with private ensuite facilities.
Your 3 meals will be served in the hotel restaurant, including a hot lunch.
Facilities:
There is a large bar, games room, restaurant, indoor swimming pool, excellent disco plus a large lecture room with giant TV - great for apres ski meetings and film nights! And more importantly, the Alp Hotel offers free Wifi!!
Aprés-Ski at Alp 2500
club multi-sport puigcerdà
This fantastic multi-sports hall is ideal; for 5-a-side football, basketball or volleyball.
bowling la molina
For a fun, relaxing evening, you cannot beat a session of ten-pin bowling! This bowling alley also offers an arcade and billiards.
ice skating puigcerdà
Always a popular activity with ski groups, ice skating is a great way for sporty groups to unwind. This indoor ice rink means that you can enjoy this activity whatever the weather.
snowshoeing - la molina
Snowshoeing is an unmissable opportunity to explore the slopes from a different perspective and to get up close and personal with the winter wonderland that surrounds you.
swimming pool - puigcerda
Swimming is not only great for keeping up fitness levels, but is also a fantastic activity for rejuvenating tired muscles, making it the ideal après-ski activity.
igloo construction experience
An exciting 2 hour experience where students will learn how to build an ice-bricked igloo house. Advance booking essential.
pizzeria night at croco brasa
Pizza night is often our groups' favourite activity! Come and enjoy it at Croco Brasa..
night skiing at massella
In Masella you can enjoy Night Skiing, thanks to the light net lightening 13 slopes at low and medium altitude areas of the resort. These slopes ara linked by a 7 lifts net with 420m of vertical drop. Skiing at night is a great experience and it's worth it to try it in the biggest night skiing domain of the Pyrenees. Masella is also known as "The Night Skiing Capital of the Pyrenees".
