La Molina car parks

The La Molina ski resort distributes cars among eight car parks with direct access to the lifts and the main services, according to PIRINEU365, the brand of the FGC resorts. Choosing well where you park saves you walking in your boots: each car park serves a different area of the resort.

Which car park suits you

The resort names these car parks:

• P1 and P2, Gondola: those at the base of the gondola that climbs to the Tosa d'Alp, at 2,537 m. They are the ones you want if you are going to ski up top or walk up to the Tosa without skis.
• P3, Fontcanaleta.
• P4, Pista Llarga: next to the Pista Llarga ticket offices and the beginners' area and El Tirol; it is also where the internal bus that climbs from the train station stops.
• P5, Roc Blanc.
• P6, Alabau.
• P8, Llac La Molina, beside the lake.

The website does not name P7, nor does it publish whether the car parks are paid, how many spaces they have, whether they admit campervans or whether there is electric charging. The resort offers a winter map as a PDF with the car parks marked; download it before going up. For any questions, the resort's telephone is 972 892 031.

Resort hours

To organise your arrival, it is useful to know that, according to the resort's technical information, the runs open from 9:00 to 16:00 and the Pista Llarga ticket offices from 8:30 to 16:00 at the end of the season, from 31 March. On special days, such as Christmas or Easter Monday, the hours shorten to the morning. Check the opening calendar before setting out, because it changes throughout the winter.

Without a car

If you prefer to leave the car at home, La Molina train station, on the Rodalies R3 line, is connected to Pista Llarga by a €5 internal bus, free with the season lift pass or with the Skitren package. There are also Sagalés ski buses from Barcelona and the Bus Natura from Barcelona, Sabadell, Terrassa and Manresa, sold with the lift pass included.

Several taxis operate in La Molina and the Cerdanya: Radio Taxi Alp i Cerdanya (972 140 101) and Trans Cerdanya (972 882 303), among others.

Tips

Bring chains or winter tyres: you drive up a mountain road. If you are going with children who are starting out, P4 at Pista Llarga puts you beside the learning area. And if you hesitate between La Molina and Masella, remember that Sagalés also sells a package for the two resorts. For general information on the region, the Cerdanya tourist office is at the entrance to Puigcerdà.