# Ordesa in winter: guided snowshoeing, the Estatón viewpoints by 4x4 and horses in Sarvisé Two nights in Sarvisé with a three-hour guided snowshoe outing, the 4x4 excursion to the Estatón viewpoints, a horse ride and kid dinners by the fireplace. Fuente: https://www.geocalia.com/en/spain/aragon/ordesa-valley/itineraries/snowshoes-and-estaton-viewpoints-ordesa · Revisado: 2026-11-14 Dónde: Ordesa Valley In winter the Ordesa valley empties. The shuttle bus does not run, the beech woods are bare or white and the canyon walls hold snow on every ledge. To see it without knowing about winter high mountain you need someone who reads the snow for you: a guide for the snowshoes and an off-road vehicle to look into the canyon from the Estatón peak. This plan combines the two, based in Sarvisé, ten minutes from Torla. ## Snowshoeing: what to expect The snowshoe outing lasts about three hours. You do not need to have set foot on snow: the company sums it up as, if you can walk, you can snowshoe. Snowshoes, poles, the guide's safety equipment, accident and rescue insurance and the guide, qualified by FEDA, are included. You bring waterproof boots, layered clothing, gloves, a hat and sunglasses; with deep snow, gaiters. The listing announces it from age 6 and the company speaks of family routes from 7 or 8: tell them the children's ages when booking. The price is not published: ask on 974 486 422 or at its office on Calle A Ruata in Torla. The good season runs from December to March; in November and April, only if it has snowed. If you go on your own without a guide, check AEMET's avalanche danger bulletin for the Aragonese Pyrenees beforehand. ## The canyon from above From the valley floor, Ordesa is a corridor. From the Estatón viewpoints, it is a whole canyon: the Rey, the Reina and the Herradura look out over the canyon walls. Miradores de Ordesa runs every day of the year if the weather permits, with a local guide, insurance and poles; places are limited and you can book a whole off-road vehicle, up to eight people. ## Where to sleep and eat What forWhat to know Casa FraucaBoth nightsDouble with breakfast from €80 in low season, which is almost all winter; restaurant recommended by the Guía Repsol El DuendeSaturday lunch in TorlaOpen every day at midday and in the evening; bookings by phone only Casa Frauca restaurantDinners and Sunday lunchClosed Mondays and Tuesdays outside long weekends and summer ## Another way of getting around Without a car this plan does not work: there is no public transport to the valley in winter. With small children, swap Saturday's Estrecho for the horse ride at Sarvisé, of one or two hours, from €20, and leave the snowshoes for those over 7 or 8. ## El plan ### Friday · 19:30 · Sarvisé An hour and twenty from Huesca via the A-23, the Petralba tunnel and Fiscal; carry snow chains in the car. Casa Frauca, twelve rooms and a lounge with a fireplace, serves dinner on Friday: the restaurant only closes on Mondays and Tuesdays outside long weekends. ### Saturday · morning · Guided snowshoeing Three hours with Guías de Torla Ordesa through snowy woods, valleys and viewpoints in the National Park or its surroundings. The guide hands out snowshoes and poles, explains how to walk in them and chooses the route according to the group and the snow. Six people per guide. ### Saturday · 14:00 · Lunch in Torla El Duende, on Calle de la Iglesia, opens at midday from 13:30 to 15:30 every day: grilled meats and ternasco. Book by phone. ### Saturday · 16:00 · The Estrecho waterfalls, if you can get up there With no bus in winter, you drive up to the Pradera when the road is open and free of ice. An hour each way through the beech wood to the Arripas, La Cueva and Estrecho waterfalls. With snow on the road or little light, skip it. ### Sunday · morning · Estatón viewpoints by 4x4 With Miradores de Ordesa, an outing from Broto or Buesa by off-road vehicle to the Estatón peak and a 4.5 km walk to the Rey, Reina and Herradura viewpoints, above the canyon. About four hours, from €49.50, from age 6. ### Sunday · 14:30 · Lunch at Casa Frauca and horses Valley kid and seasonal cooking before heading back. If you still feel like it, an hour on horseback with Caballos Casa Blas, in Sarvisé itself, which runs all year. ## Un consejo más Book snowshoes and the 4x4 for different days. If on Saturday snowshoeing cannot go ahead, the 4x4 can usually be brought forward, and vice versa. ## Cuándo no ir A December long weekend without booking: Casa Frauca moves to high season and the off-road vehicle places run out. ## Preguntas frecuentes ### Do I need experience for snowshoeing? No. The guide teaches you how to walk in them and chooses the route according to the group. ### How much does the weekend cost? Two nights at Casa Frauca from €80 a double, the 4x4 from €49.50 per person and snowshoeing at a price on request, plus meals. ### Can I drive into the National Park in winter? Yes: the shuttle bus only runs in season and the rest of the year you drive up to the Pradera, if the road is not closed by snow or ice. ### And if there is no snow? Without snow there are no snowshoes; ask Guías de Torla Ordesa what other outing they suggest. The 4x4, the horses and the Estrecho do not depend on snow. ## Dónde dormir in a campervan - **Camping Oto Motorhome Area**, desde 20 € / night: A budget area inside a large campsite Camping Oto is in Oto, next to Broto, in the Broto valley (Sobrarbe), 10 km from Ordesa y Monte Perdido National Park. You get there on the N-260, taking the turn-off in Broto. It is a family campsite with 281 pitches of 60 to 100 m², with grass and plenty of tree shade, and it also has a separate area exclusively for motorhomes and campervans that the campsite itself calls "lowcost": you stay overnight at a lower price than on the pitches and with its own services. For motorhome travellers it is a halfway point between a public aire and a campsite pitch: you sleep inside the grounds, with a motorhome service area and drinking water supply, and you can use the campsite's facilities. Prices The campsite does not take reservations: you turn up and ask. The website publishes the 2026 rates for the pitches, VAT included; high season is July and August, and low season is the rest of the year: Adult: €5.60 in low season and €6.30 in high. Child aged 2 to 14: €5.10 and €5.80. Motorhome or camper: €8.40 and €9.30. Electricity: €5.60 and €6.30. With that table, two adults with a motorhome on a pitch, without electricity, pay €19.60 a night in low season and €21.90 in high. The website does not publish the specific rate for the lowcost area; it says only that it is cheaper than the pitches, so confirm it at reception. Dogs are admitted at no charge, on a lead at all times and following the campsite rules; breeds classed as dangerous are not admitted. What the campsite has The main building has reception, a restaurant, a bar-café with a terrace, a supermarket and a first-aid room. There are toilet blocks with showers, sinks, washing-up and laundry areas and baby baths, chemical toilet emptying, swimming pools, a covered picnic area with barbecues, a playground and football, basketball and volleyball courts. At Casa Pueyo, the campsite also rents apartments. Getting to Ordesa From Oto you drive up to Torla, about 10 minutes away. On the days the bus runs, cars cannot go beyond Torla: you park for free and take the Torla bus up to the Pradera. To fill up, the Broto petrol station is on the N-260. Very close you have the Sorrosal via ferrata, in Broto, and rafting on the River Ara. Telephone 974 486 075; email info@campingoto.com. - **Camping Río Ara**, desde 29 € / pitch: A family campsite at the foot of Torla, in woodland beside the river, with shaded and unshaded pitches and a grocery shop. It is open from 22 May to 16 October and admits dogs on a lead. ACSI gives an indicative price of about €29 a night for two adults with a pitch. ## Dónde dormir if you're on foot - **Góriz Refuge**, desde 28.4 € / bed: A night at the base of Monte Perdido Góriz is the high-mountain refuge of Ordesa y Monte Perdido National Park, at 2,200 m, in the municipality of Fanlo. It belongs to the Aragonese Mountaineering Federation, which runs it; construction began in 1961 and it is open and staffed every day of the year: in winter there are usually two wardens, and in summer up to nine people look after it. From here you set out before dawn for the summit of Monte Perdido by the normal route, and also for the Cilindro, the Marboré, the Taillón, the Brecha de Rolando or the Casteret ice cave. The GR 11 and the Vuelta al Perdido pass by the door. You sleep in shared dormitories of several beds, 80 places in all, with a sleeping bag liner or sleeping bag compulsory. The refuge's page on the booking website lists heating, blankets and rest footwear, and there are toilets and hot showers and lockers. It is cold at night even in summer: the federation warns of this when you book. There is no mobile coverage; there is a public telephone, an emergency radio and a first-aid kit. Eating, paying and when to book The bar is open from 6:30 to 22:00. Breakfasts from 6:30 to 8:30; lunches from 12:30 to 15:30, with no booking. Dinner is served at 19:30, with a second sitting around 20:30 when needed, and you don't choose the sitting. It is a fixed menu of a starter, a main course with a side and a dessert, with bread and water; tell them when you book about intolerances or if you are ovo-lacto vegetarian, because they do not offer a vegan menu. They prepare packed lunches and have a small shop. 2026 rates for non-federated adults over 14: bed, €28.40; breakfast, €11.50; dinner, €23.50; packed lunch, €16.20. With a card from a federation with a refuge reciprocity agreement, the bed falls to €21.20 and dinner to €20. Under-14s, €14 for the bed. They hire out crampons and ice axes. You book online only, on the Albergues y Refugios de Aragón website, paying a deposit; the rest is paid there, in cash or by card. Bookings for 2027 open on 6 January, and before that date they do not take requests by email or telephone. You must arrive before 19:00 to confirm your place. If you cancel more than six days ahead, the deposit is refunded minus costs; in the last five days it is lost. Beside the refuge there is a camping area for 50 people, the only one allowed in the Ordesa sector, which can be booked only when there is no room inside: €17.30 per person, with a shower and locker. Getting there On foot only. The usual route leaves the Pradera de Ordesa on the GR 11 and climbs by the Gradas de Soaso and the Cola de Caballo: about four hours. In summer, at Easter and over the Pilar bank-holiday weekend, you go up to the Pradera on the Torla bus. In winter the refuge recommends the Soaso pegs, because of the avalanche risk on the zigzag path. From Nerín, over Cuello Arenas, it is about four hours; from Bujaruelo, about six; from Pineta or through Añisclo, six to eight, and these are not recommended in winter. - **Hotel Casa Frauca**, desde 80 € / night: Sarvisé is a small village on the Ordesa road, between Broto and Fiscal, and Casa Frauca is its hotel with a restaurant: a house with a climbing-plant-covered facade on avenida de Ordesa, with twelve rooms, a reception, a social lounge with a fireplace, a bar and a large garden terrace with views of the mountains surrounding the village. Twelve rooms, some under the roof All have a full bathroom and a different decor. Some are attic rooms, those with the most mountain feel according to the house, and there are rooms for three people. From the windows you can see the landscape of the valley. What it costs each season 2026 prices per room and night, with breakfast and VAT included: Double: €80 in low season, €84 in mid and €88 in high. Attic or large double: €90, €94 and €98. Triple attic: €125, €130 and €135. Single: €64, €68 and €72. High season is Easter, August and the long weekends (1 May, 24 June, 12 October, 1 November and 6 and 8 December); mid season is July, September and October; the rest of the year is low. Book with the form on the website or on 974 486 353 and 616 426 463. Dining without taking the car The house restaurant seats forty, with seasonal home cooking and the 2026 Repsol Guide recommendation. It closes Monday and Tuesday, except on long weekends and in summer, when it opens every day: if you arrive on a Monday in November, have dinner elsewhere or ask beforehand. The menu and prices are on the Casa Frauca restaurant listing. Ten minutes to Torla You arrive by car on the N-260; the hotel has parking. Torla is about ten minutes away. On bus days, the car is left at the Torla car park and you go up to the Pradera on the shuttle; the rest of the year you can drive up. Without leaving the valley you have rafting on the Ara, the horse rides from Sarvisé and the Sorrosal ferrata in Broto. For day trips, the house suggests Aínsa, the Añisclo canyon, the Pineta valley, Benasque or the Tena valley. The website does not say whether dogs are accepted: ask before you book. - **Bujaruelo Refuge**: A refuge at the end of the valley The Bujaruelo refuge stands beside the Romanesque bridge at San Nicolás de Bujaruelo, at the end of the track that climbs from the Puente de los Navarros, in the Bujaruelo valley. It is a stopping point on the GR 11 and the Alta Ruta de los Perdidos, between the Ordesa, Panticosa and Gavarnie valleys. It is not inside the National Park, so you can drive to it every day of the year without relying on the Ordesa bus. It works as a mountain refuge with rooms, a restaurant and a bar, and also has a campsite, which in November 2026 is closed. The accommodation and restaurant announced they were open until 3 January 2027. The rooms There is everything from private rooms to long shared bunks: Double with a double bed, with private bathroom, sheets and towels included. For two, with one bunk bed and private bathroom. For four, with two bunk beds and a bathroom, shared. For six, with bunk beds and a full bathroom, shared. For fifteen, with a long bunk and a full bathroom: the cheapest way to sleep here. In the rooms with bunk beds you need to bring a sleeping bag liner and towel; at reception they hire out a set of sheets and a duvet for €6. Guests have their own lounge. Room check-in is from 16:00, with online registration. It is best to book on their website, where they often post offers. Eating The restaurant works by reservation only. Lunches are in sittings at 13:30 and 15:00, and dinners at 20:00 or 21:00; the bar is open from 7:00 to 22:00. They cook with local produce: beef from the Broto valley, lamb from a Broto butcher's, longaniza sausage from Graus and cheese from the valley. The 2026 menu includes shepherd's migas with egg, grapes, chistorra and longaniza (€13.50), stewed beans with their accompanying cured meats, local lamb chops (€25), a 400 g sirloin of Broto valley beef (€25) and oxtail stew (€19), and spaghetti or a burger for children. They have dishes for people with allergies and intolerances. Getting there and parking From Torla, follow the road towards Ordesa to the Puente de los Navarros and take the forest track up the Bujaruelo valley: it is suitable for vehicles, but takes about 20 minutes. Halfway you pass a campsite; keep going to a large meadow, where the car park is. If you are going to spend several days in the mountains, leave the car in the designated area. It is the base for the circular walk along both banks of the Ara and for continuing on the GR 11. For the Ordesa canyon, in season you have to take the Torla bus. Telephone 974 48 64 12; email info@refugiodebujaruelo.com. ## Dónde dormir if you're in a 4x4 - **Camping Río Ara**, desde 29 € / pitch: A family campsite at the foot of Torla, in woodland beside the river, with shaded and unshaded pitches and a grocery shop. It is open from 22 May to 16 October and admits dogs on a lead. ACSI gives an indicative price of about €29 a night for two adults with a pitch. - **Bujaruelo Refuge**: A refuge at the end of the valley The Bujaruelo refuge stands beside the Romanesque bridge at San Nicolás de Bujaruelo, at the end of the track that climbs from the Puente de los Navarros, in the Bujaruelo valley. It is a stopping point on the GR 11 and the Alta Ruta de los Perdidos, between the Ordesa, Panticosa and Gavarnie valleys. It is not inside the National Park, so you can drive to it every day of the year without relying on the Ordesa bus. It works as a mountain refuge with rooms, a restaurant and a bar, and also has a campsite, which in November 2026 is closed. The accommodation and restaurant announced they were open until 3 January 2027. The rooms There is everything from private rooms to long shared bunks: Double with a double bed, with private bathroom, sheets and towels included. For two, with one bunk bed and private bathroom. For four, with two bunk beds and a bathroom, shared. For six, with bunk beds and a full bathroom, shared. For fifteen, with a long bunk and a full bathroom: the cheapest way to sleep here. In the rooms with bunk beds you need to bring a sleeping bag liner and towel; at reception they hire out a set of sheets and a duvet for €6. Guests have their own lounge. Room check-in is from 16:00, with online registration. It is best to book on their website, where they often post offers. Eating The restaurant works by reservation only. Lunches are in sittings at 13:30 and 15:00, and dinners at 20:00 or 21:00; the bar is open from 7:00 to 22:00. They cook with local produce: beef from the Broto valley, lamb from a Broto butcher's, longaniza sausage from Graus and cheese from the valley. The 2026 menu includes shepherd's migas with egg, grapes, chistorra and longaniza (€13.50), stewed beans with their accompanying cured meats, local lamb chops (€25), a 400 g sirloin of Broto valley beef (€25) and oxtail stew (€19), and spaghetti or a burger for children. They have dishes for people with allergies and intolerances. Getting there and parking From Torla, follow the road towards Ordesa to the Puente de los Navarros and take the forest track up the Bujaruelo valley: it is suitable for vehicles, but takes about 20 minutes. Halfway you pass a campsite; keep going to a large meadow, where the car park is. If you are going to spend several days in the mountains, leave the car in the designated area. It is the base for the circular walk along both banks of the Ara and for continuing on the GR 11. For the Ordesa canyon, in season you have to take the Torla bus. Telephone 974 48 64 12; email info@refugiodebujaruelo.com.