El Tirol Snow Bar

At the foot of the Pista Llarga

El Tirol is at Calle Pista Llarga, 4, in the area of La Molina where the beginners' runs end and the ticket offices for that sector begin. It is the bar-restaurant of the Hotel Adserà, the oldest hotel in the resort, and looks onto the slopes. You get there by skiing down with your skis on or from car park P4, the Pista Llarga one, which is also where the internal bus stops that climbs from the R3 train station.

Grill, casserole and a touch of the Alps

The menu mixes Catalan mountain cooking, grilled meats and a couple of Alpine nods. Prices from the website:

• From the Cerdanya: trinxat with butifarra de perol, €12.50; grilled Bellver butifarra sausage, €13; for dessert, artisan Cerdanya yoghurt (€4) or mató (€4.50).
• Starters and casserole: duck cannelloni with foie (€18.50) or lobster with black trumpet mushrooms (€19.50), spicy snails (€15), Angus beef carpaccio (€14.50), pig's trotters in cava (€15).
• Grill: entrecôte, €21; lamb, €19.50; Girona veal sirloin, €25.50, or with foie, €29.50; one-kilo beef chop, €45.
• To share: mountain rice, €22.50 per person and minimum two, with a 25-minute wait.

The raclette menu costs €30 per person, minimum two: Tirol salad or toasted escalivada with anchovies, the raclette with cheese, cold cuts, potatoes and pickles, and yoghurt or sorbet. Raclette alone, €22. For children there is pasta of choice (€12) and a Girona veal burger (€14.50), and for those who do not eat meat, a vegan burger (€12). With a spoon dish and a grill dish, the meal comes to about €30 to €40 without drinks.

What time to eat in season

In winter it opens from 11:00 to 17:00 and from 20:00 to 23:45, and the kitchen serves from 13:00 to 16:00 and from 20:00 to 22:30; the rest of the day it works as a bar. In summer the hours shorten at midday (12:00 to 16:30, kitchen from 13:00 to 15:30) and it keeps à la carte dinners. The website does not publish a closing day or whether it closes between seasons. Telephone: 972 892 858 and 670 370 630.

Before and after eating

It works on a ski day at La Molina, but also without skis: go up in the morning on the gondola to the Tosa d'Alp and come down to eat here. The Sunday of skiing at La Molina plan uses it as a midday stop.