Grandvalira

Grandvalira is Andorra's biggest ski resort and claims to be the largest in the Pyrenees: 215 km of slopes spread over seven sectors, from Encamp and Canillo to El Tarter, Soldeu, Peretol, Grau Roig and Pas de la Casa, with fifteen car parks at the foot of the slopes. The company that runs it now trades as Grandvalira Resorts and, besides lift passes, ski and snowboard schools, equipment hire, childcare and adaptive skiing, it sells snow experiences for non-skiers: snowmobiles, dog sledding, tobogganing and guided snowshoe outings.

Season and where it operates

The 2026-27 season starts on 4 December 2026 and the hotel-plus-lift-pass offers run until 4 April 2027. In summer the company stays open with a different face: mountain guides, e-bike circuits, the Soldeu golf course, the Mon(t) Magic park in Canillo and a zip line. Everything is bought through its online booking assistant. The website is in Spanish, Catalan, French and English, and from Spain it answers on +34 931 770 586.

Guided snowshoeing

It has four outings. In Canillo, a two-hour excursion in the ski area from €30.50, or €34.20 with the pedestrian lift pass; this is the new Snowtrek modality from the Forn de Canillo, every day from 14:00 to 16:00, from age 12 and with equipment included. The meeting point is the Canillo ski school. In Grau Roig, another two-hour outing within the ski area, from €39, with departures between 10:00 and 15:00 (and others of three and five hours at 10:00); the meeting point is the Roc Roi building, in the Cubil car park, also from age 12, and you can hire snowshoes there without a guide. From El Tarter, a three-hour one outside the skiable area, from €61.50, which may be done inside it depending on the snow; it runs Monday, Wednesday, Friday and Sunday, meeting at 9:00 at the school in the Obac building, with snowshoes and poles included.

What to know before booking

Outings are booked online for a minimum of two people: if you go alone, you pay a 50% supplement. Mountain footwear is compulsory on all of them. On the Canillo ones you need a lift pass or pedestrian lift pass; at Grau Roig and El Tarter you do not. Insurance is optional, added at checkout, and only covers activities inside the skiable area, so it does not protect the El Tarter outing when it goes outside: if you do that one, bring your own mountain insurance.

The website does not publish the maximum group size, the guides' qualifications or a cancellation policy specific to snowshoeing: ask when booking if it matters to you. Bring layers, gloves, sunglasses and sun cream, because on morning outings the cold bites and at midday the high-altitude sun burns.