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

40 pistes representing 58 km of marked out pistes, including 15 green, 9 blue, 8 red, 8 black - 23 lifts : 8 chair lifts, 13 ski lifts, 1 telecabin 6 persons, 1 magic carpet : for skiers and hikers, the easiest solution to go from the middle of the village to the foot of the pistes - 500 snow guns - snow-park - building of a play area of more than de 20 ha for children and beginners - luge area, snowshoeing trail and Nordic trail - E.S.F. and E.S.I. ski schools - heated picnic rooms - ski lockers (drying of your shoes included)- high altitude restaurants.

TARIFFS	Day	1/2 Day	6 Days
Adult	29 €	25 €	145 €
Children	25 €	22 €	127 €
Student	25 €	-	127 €

Family : discount of 5 to 10 %.

Handiski

in Pyrénées 2000 : ski lessons with adapted equipment – accommodation in the resort.

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 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 kid's garden 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 (kid's garden : 10 children - Mini groups : 5 children).
• Pyrénées 2000 :
Day care at the foot of the pistes for children from 2 to 6 years old. Tel. 04 68 30 12 42 (subject to opening) 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 - animal park, reindeer farm, dwarf animals, sled dogs - quad mountain bikes - 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, 17th and 18th: Trail Blanch' foot race in a natural snow-covered environment
(13 km, 24 km and 51 km)
January, 24th and 25th:NRJ SNOW CONTEST TOUR
January, 25th: Transcatalane, a classic Nordic skiing race
February, 22nd and 23rd: DEMO TOUR ROSSIGNOL
End of Feb./Beginning of March: Little France Snowgolf, a golf competition on snow.

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).

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.