My wife and I are Three Valley lovers but have been fancying somewhere else this February. We wanted to get opinions for snowboarding in Grandvilara, Andorra. We are both intermediate boarders. Any feedback (especially on typical conditions in feb) would be appreciated.
Thanks
Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
Having skied Grandvilara twice I can tell you the ski area and lift system is excellent never had any problems with queuing. In terms of snowboarding the majority of runs are wide open blue's and red's and not particularly steep there are a few places where boarder often have to do a bit of pushing. If you are mostly black route boarders you will relatively quickly exhaust the more challenging routes.
The three valleys is really on a completely different level to grandvilara there's not really much of a comparison.
In terms of conditions both times I have been are early feb and the conditions have been great obviously there is not as much altitude as the three valleys and averagely it does receive less snowfall but they are really excellent at keeping the piste's in good condition. If your up for something different grandvilara is fine and you will no doubt have a good time but if your used to the three valleys you will find it a bit lacking.
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As above, it wouldn't be a surprise if you found Grandvilara rather samey after 2/3 days.
Perhaps you would be more at home in another more expansive domain, Paradiski, Portes du soleil, Espace Killy, Arlberg to name a few.
It all depends on what type of skier you both are really
Grandvalira has 210km, so half of some of the huge areas, but still a lot to go at. For an idea of last February there's a YouTube video here: http://youtube.com/v/wX_HdaEbsGY
Anyway, snowHeads is much more fun if you do.
Anyway, snowHeads is much more fun if you do.
There´s another ski area, consisting of 3 interlinked valleys, about 100 kms to the NE of Val Thorens.
Lifts go up to over 3200 m height.
Beautiful area with modern lifts, long and quiet slopes, beautiful surroundings with mountains up to 4600 m.
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