Font Romeu Ski Resort Guide
Font Romeu, France
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| Recommended For | Beginners, Snowboarders, Snowfall and Apres-Ski! |
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| Total Piste Length | 52km |
| Highest Lift | 2,200m |
| Resort Height | 1,600m |
| Nearest Airports | Perpignan and Carcassonne |
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Font Romeu
A lively and popular border resort attracting weekend crowds from Spain as well as France. It has the biggest snow making operation in the Pyrenées and the second biggest bed base. An historic town, the lifts are 4km away. Font Romeu receives 3000 hours of sunshine yearly - more than the Rockies. There has been skiing here since 1921, most runs are short and flat. More challenging is Competition on the northern face. It's a perfect base for beginners and families
Summary
The French ski resort of Font Romeu is in the French Pyrenees at an altitude of 1,600m, with 52km of marked runs.
Font Romeu is part of the Neiges Catalanes ski area with access to 152km of downhill skiing, with 203 marked pistes, served by a total of 119 ski lifts. In addition to the skiing in Font Romeu itself (52km of pisted ski runs), the appropriate ski Lift Pass will allow you to ski or snowboard in the other Neiges Catalanes ski resorts of Bolquère Pyrénées 2000, Cambre d'Aze, Cerdagne Puigmal, Formiguères, La Quillane, Les Angles, Porté Puymorens and Puyvalador.
The ski resort itself is at 1,600m, so skiing or boarding back to the resort is usually possible. With ski lifts as high as 2,200m, snow cover is generally reliable.
Snow and Weather
When will it snow in Font Romeu?
The next notable snow forecast is 2cm, expected on 17 January, with around 2cm forecast over the next 7 days.
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Snow this week
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Ski Area Stats
Font Romeu Ski Area
| Black Pistes Expert Trails | 8 | |
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| Red Pistes Intermediate Runs | 8 | |
| Blue Pistes Easy Trails | 9 | |
| Green Pistes Beginner Runs | 9 | |
| Downhill Total Length | 52km | |
| Cross Country Total Length | 111km | |
| Ski Lifts Number of Lifts | 25 | |
Neiges Catalanes Ski Area
| Black Pistes Expert Trails | 31 | |
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| Red Pistes Intermediate Runs | 68 | |
| Blue Pistes Easy Trails | 60 | |
| Green Pistes Beginner Runs | 44 | |
| Downhill Total Length | 152km | |
| Ski Lifts Number of Lifts | 119 | |
Altitudes
Font Romeu Ski Area Heights
| Highest Lift | 2,200m |
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| Lowest Piste | 1,600m |
| Resort Altitude (Font Romeu) | 1,600m |
| Max Vertical | 600m |
Ratings & Suitability
| Beginners | |
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Font Romeu Overview
A lively and popular border resort attracting weekend crowds from Spain as well as France. Font Romeu is the highest town in France at around 1550m/5085ft enjoying over 3000 hours of sunshine yearly - more than the Rockies. The many hours of sunshine and almost Mediterranean climate used to make early and late season snow conditions unreliable so the resort invested heavily in snowmaking equipment. The resort now has more snowmaking facilities than any other resort in the Pyrenées with almost half of its slopes covered by man made snow.
A favourite family destination, Font Romeu has been lift-linked with neighbouring Pyrenées 2000 which was awarded Le Label Kid in 1995 for being the most family-friendly resort in France. Font Romeu's bed base is the second biggest in the Pyrenées, the resort village is four kilometres (two and a half miles) from the slopes. The Neiges Catalanes Pass allows you to ski at 7 of the neighbouring resorts further extending the choice of slopes. The resort has a huge variety of facilities many of them unique in France such as the Olympic Training Centre for pre-Olympic preparation. Young athletes attend here from around Europe with special facilities for both sport and academic studies.
Font Romeu is recognised by the Ministry for Health as being the leading world centre for the treatment of infantile asthma and much of their research is carried out here. Each year over a hundred children are treated in medical centres in the village while at the same time continuing their schooling. The exceptional high altitude climate, free of impurities and pollution makes this the perfect place to recover from respiratory ailments. The official language is French but Spanish and Catalan are also spoken.
Font Romeu is only 44km/28miles from Andorra, the duty-free tax haven and shoppers' paradise.
Notable Ski Runs
The most difficult run is the 'La Record'.
Skiing
Many of the runs are short and not over challenging, but for a greater choice the resort has signed up to the Les Neiges Catalanes Pass, which encompasses neighbouring ski resorts Err Puigmal, Eyne, Formigueres, Les Angles, lift-linked Pyrenées 2000, St Pierre del Forcats and Porte Puymorens. The most challenging skiing available at Font Romeu is Competition on the northern face.
In general, it's a perfect base for beginners and families. Les Airelles 1900m/6235 feet, the main departure point for downhill skiing has an information centre, a restaurant, lounge and bar as well as a large sun terrace.
90km/56miles of well kept, signposted cross-country tracks, which includes a special track for first-timers as well as trails of varying length and difficulty. Many of the cross-country trails lead through the pine wood forests.
Font Romeu offers good sking, particularly, for Intermediate and Beginner skiers.
Snowboarding
Boarders are well looked after at Font Romeu. The terrain park has plenty of features including tables, jumps and quarter pipe and there is music playing on the slope. There is also a boarder cross slalom course.
Location and Map
Where is Font Romeu?
This ski resort is in the French Pyrenees in Neiges Catalanes, Pyrénées-Orientales.
Map
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How to get there
By Air
The nearest airport to Font Romeu is Perpignan, 82 minutes drive away.
Carcassonne, Toulouse, Barcelona, Béziers, Girona and Montpellier airports are all within three hours drive.
Infrastructure
Ski Lift Capacity
The 25 ski lifts are able to uplift 18,000 skiers and snowboarders every hour.
Snow Making
Snow-making is available, on 21km of ski runs, with 500 snow cannons.
Season Dates
When is Font Romeu open?
Open from : January 16, 2021.
Closes : April 4, 2021.
Usual opening is late November, and usual closing is Early April.
NOTE:- Ski area, lift and piste opening is subject to Current Snow Conditions.
COVID-19 / Coronavirus
We don't yet have specific details of the COVID-19 precautions being taken in Font Romeu, but they are likely to include most of the following :-
- Face masks required on lifts, and in shops.
- Social distancing in public areas.
- Reduced lift capacity.
- Extensive disinfection / sanitization.
French Ski Resort COVID-19 Measures describes further measures that may also be applied.
Visit the Font Romeu Tourist Office for the latest.
Aprés Ski
Lively apres ski in the many bars and hotels. The resort has a casino, cinema and a disco.
