Les Angles Cross-country skiing

Pyrénées-Orientales

Altitude : 1570 - 1920 m

At an altitude of 1650 m, this village-resort, right at the foot of the pistes, is grouped around its typically Catalonian church steeple. This king of location, with the pistes entering right into the old village, is unique in the Pyrenees and warrants for a day long life and ... very joyful Catalonian nights. In Les Angles you'll find all the liberty you are looking for, from downhill skiing, to snowboard, cross-country skiing, ....

Piste Info

Starting point in Les Angles, 18 km representing 3 loops drawn right in the middle of the forest, prepared for classical skiing or skating : 2 blue (10 km), 1 red (8 km). Reception chalet at the trails starting point, free shuttles from the village. 36,5 km of pedestrian and snowshoeing marked out trails.

TARIFFS	Day	6 days
Adult	8 €	38 €
Children (6 to 16 )	5 €	22 €

Children

 Snow kid's garden with the E.S.F. (Tel. 04 68 04 47 82)  from 3 years old up and the N'CO (Tel. 04 68 30 07 79) ski schools. Nursery - day care from 3 months to 2 1/2 years old - Tel : 04.68.30.92.25. Outdoor centre for children from 2 1/2 to 12 years old - Tel : 04.68.30.92.32.

Other activities

"Bleu-neige" centre (beer bar - bowling alley, ice skating rink) - "la Tartane" disco - El Castell cinema - animal park - ice diving - paragliding - kite-surf - snowshoeing - cross-country skiing - mountain skiing - rock climbing - adventure park - sled dogs at 4 km.

Main events

December, 20th to 26th: Christmas time - The resort rediscovers the smell, the taste and the atmosphere of all the magis Christmas. On December, 24th, the goblins and the imaginary "little people" lead Santa Claus parade along the village streets and light a big firework.
On December 31st and every Thursday of the school holidays in February: downhill torchlight parade -fireworks - free mulled wine and hot chocolates at the bottom of the resort.
January, 5th: Three Wise Men cavalcade - the resort welcomes Melchior, Gaspard and Balthazar.
January, 17th /18th: Sud-Ouest Pyrénées Snowboard  Tour. January 19th /24th: 20th Festival de l'Aventure (Adventure Festival) the unavoidable meeting place of all Adventure lovers. January, 31st and February, 1st: The "Monomitik", a big meeting for monoskiing adepts.

In February: The " Trace Catalane", a mountain skiing race.
February, 4th, 5th and 6th: Snowboard University French Championship
February, 8th /9th: NRJ Contest Tour. February 7th /13th: Miko and Franco Circus week. February, 14th / 20th: Magic's week. February, 21st/27th: Puppet's week. February, 28th/March, 6th: Clown's week. In March: Only girl Session: On their boards, the prettiest lady-riders in the Pyrenees meet at the Les Angles snow park for a wild contest... March 28th/29th : The Last Ultime Freestyle.
Easter weekend: Traditional Easter festival with concert, Easter omelette, chocolate eggs hunt ... all the ingredients will be there to celebrate the spring snow. April, 11th/18th: Way of lifa and creative activities. And all winter long: Skiing races organized by the Les Angles Ski Club.

Access

9 car parks, representing 1510 spots. Mobile home park with terminals representing 35 spots. 2 winter caravanning parks ( the nearest at 3 km).

By road: RN 116 from Perpignan then D118 from Mont-Louis or the RN 20 from Toulouse (Puymorens tunnel).
By train: Train station of Mont-Louis/la Cabanasse (13 km) and shuttle to the Les Angles resort.
By plane: Airport Perpignan at 95 km.