Bus de la Neu to Boí Taüll

The Bus de la Neu is the bus that takes skiers and visitors from the villages of the Alta Ribagorça and the Vall de Boí up to the base of the Boí Taüll resort. It is operated by ALSA, runs at weekends and public holidays in season and the ticket costs €1. For those sleeping in the valley it is the most relaxed way to go up: you save yourself the mountain road in snow and parking at the base.

Route and outward times

According to the resort, the bus leaves Vilaller at 7:45 and reaches the foot of the pistes at 9:00, just as the lifts open. On the way it stops at:

• El Pont de Suert.
• Castelló de Tor.
• Llesp.
• Barruera, where the tourist office is.
• Erill la Vall.
• Boí.
• Taüll.
• El Pla de l'Ermita.

The resort does not publish on that page the time of each intermediate stop or the return timetable. Ask for the return time when you board the bus or on the information phone, 973 691 176, of the Alta Ribagorça transport service, and do not cut it fine with the last bus down. The calendar of service days published by the resort is provisional, so confirm it before each weekend at altaribagorca.cat.

Ticket

The ticket costs €1. It can be bought in advance on the ALSA website or directly on the bus. Buying it beforehand saves you looking for the exact change first thing in the morning.

Who it is for

For those sleeping in the valley who do not want to drive the resort road, which climbs above 2,000 metres and requires chains in snow, at dawn. Also for groups where not everyone skis: one can stay below with the car and visit the Romanesque churches while the others go up by bus. If you sleep at the Hotel Pey, in the plaça del Treio in Boí, or at the Hotel El Rantiner, in Taüll, there is a stop in the same village.

Tips

Bring your lift pass bought online, which is cheaper than at the ticket office, and collect your equipment at the resort hire shop, at the foot of the pistes, so you do not have to carry skis on the bus. If you prefer to drive up, the car parks at the base are free. And if you have time left when you come down, stop at Sant Joan de Boí or Santa Eulàlia d'Erill la Vall, two stops on the same route.