40.80° N · 3.97° W · Navacerrada Pass and Cercedilla
Valdesquí has 29 runs and 22 km between 1,860 and 2,265 metres, on the north face of the Bola del Mundo. It is Madrid's big resort, with a school, hire, a snowpark and a bus from Moncloa, and the lift pass changes price according to the kilometres open.
Who offers it
Independent companies: you book with them, on their terms. Prices are as they publish them and may change.
Valdesquí is the most complete resort in the Sierra de Guadarrama. It is on the Segovia side of the Bola del Mundo, next to the Cotos pass, and you ski almost always above 1,900 metres.
There are 29 runs and 22 km of skiable terrain, between 1,860 and 2,265 metres, served by 15 lifts: six chairlifts (Del Prado, Del Arroyo, Collado, Tubo, De la Fuente and Bola del Mundo), six drag lifts, a rope tow and the school conveyors. The longest runs descend from the Bola del Mundo and Valdemartín, with more than 1 km and up to 310 metres of vertical drop. Those at La Pradera, next to the base, are for beginners: there is a lift pass for them alone. The resort does not publish the breakdown of runs by colour in its technical sheet; the downloadable piste map shows it.
The day lift pass depends on the kilometres open. With more than 11 skiable km, in the 2026-2027 season adults (13 to 64) pay €47 in high and low season, and €41 on skier's day; children aged 3 to 12, €41 in high and €35 in low season. With fewer than 11 km, adults pay €36. The Pradera-only pass costs €26 for all ages. It is recommended to add accident insurance, €4.50 a day, which must be bought before using the lift pass.
The school opens from 8:30 to 15:00. A private lesson costs €52 an hour for one student, €32 per person for two and €20 per person for five; children and adults go in separate lessons and students do not queue at the lifts. The hire shop is in the Cerradillas building, at the base: a full ski set costs €25 for a beginner adult and €21 for a child, helmet included. It also hires snowboards, touring skis and snowshoes.
Park Center opens from 10:00 to 15:00 next to the base, with a progressive line of boxes for starting, a fixed line of dubbies and rails for those who already have the level. The snowpark is outside the conditions of the lift pass: you use it at your own risk.
By car, along the A-6 to Collado Villalba and the M-601 to the Navacerrada pass, and from there along the SG-615 towards Cotos, which passes next to the resort. From the Lozoya valley you go up along the M-604 from Rascafría. The parking space is booked free on the resort's website: without a reservation, first check the car park's status on the website or app, because on snow days it fills up.
Without a car, the 691 bus leaves from the Moncloa interchange and stops at the resort car park. The C-9 train from Cercedilla to Cotos has been closed for works since May 2024 and is replaced by a Renfe bus with a stop at the Navacerrada pass; from Cotos there is a free resort shuttle for skiers. At weekends with more than 11 km open, the resort sells online a bus package from Calle Martín de los Heros with a day lift pass, for €55.
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What you have around the starting point.
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It is free and saves you turning round at Cotos on a snowy Saturday.
The price of the lift pass changes with the kilometres open; the report is updated every morning.
At the base is the La Pausa café, with a fireplace, and above it a covered picnic area; at the top, the Mirador café.
Questions
22 skiable km over 29 runs, between 1,860 and 2,265 metres.
In the 2026-2027 season, €47 for adults with more than 11 km open; €36 if fewer and €26 for the Pradera pass.
From 9:00 to 16:30, with the last ride up at 16:15.
Yes, on the 691 bus from Moncloa, or by train to Cercedilla and the bus that replaces the C-9 to Cotos, with a free shuttle to the resort.
It is recommended: the reservation is free on the resort's website.
Not onto the slopes: you can only enter with a lift pass. The La Pausa café, by the car park, is open to everyone.
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