Andorra’s Vallnord region has invested 10 million Euros in upgrades this winter, including a new detachable six seater chairlift for Arinsal.
Another new chair lift has been installed at Pla de la Tosa, above Pic del Cubil in Pal. This chair lift duplicates skiers transport capacity from Pal to Arinsal, Setúria or Coll de la Botella areas.
Money has also been spent on enlarging and improving the snowmaking coverage at all three areas including Arcalís and Pal, although with the huge snowefalls the area received ahead of the season, this has hardly been needed and is mostly buried under snow at present.
However there are 15 more snow machines in the Arcalís area (Portella del Mig and Basera trails, with a total of three more kilometres covered), 31 new snow machines in the Arinsal area (one more kilometre covered) and two more kilometers covered at Pal.
In Arcalis the Tunel trail has been remodeled and it has changed from a blue grading to to green (easy), gaining more room for beginners in the area that contains some of the most spectacular challenges of the whole region. The De la Portella trail has been widened in its narrowest part with snowmaking from Cap de les Portelles up to Planells.
In addition in the Pal area the Del Camí Inferior trail from Coll de la Botella up to Planell has been widened and there’s a new Freestyle area for beginners.
Arcalis also offers Speed Riding this season, an activity which combines paragliding with skiing, allowing people to ski on the best trails in Andorra whilst hanging from a paraglider.
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