In addition to its pistes and routes, Font-Romeu is also known for 3 special attractions. The routes also extend in part to the highest peak of the area and are spread over the Plateau de la Calme and the Vallée de la Têt. Challenging downhill runs start at the Roc de la Calme, the highest point of the ski area at 2213 meters altitude, and at the Gallinera altitude station at 2127 meters. In addition to ski schools and ski kindergarten, there is a spacious practice area with its own lifts, a toboggan run, a small boardercross and a dual slalom run. With the Airelles gondola, it is 1964 meters above the sea level to the central meeting point of the piste area. Thus, Font-Romeu not only has the largest cross-country ski area of the Pyrenees, but also on the Plateau de la Calme between 20 meters to offer the highest network of routes in the Pyrenees.ĭirectly into the heart of the ski area, where both the alpine pistes and the numerous cross-country routes can be found, ski-goers of Font-Romeu arrive with just one gondola ride.
No wonder, after all, the ski resort of Font-Romeu and its neighboring station Pyrénées 2000 has 103 alpine routes in addition to 43 alpine pistes. The likeable winter sports resort was built in 1920 in the middle of the Pyrénées Catalanes Regional Nature Park and has become a magnet for followers of the Nordic disciplines. But not only those woh love and enjoy the sun, also winter sports fans who appreciate the diverse range of pistes and cross-country routes come here. No less than 3000 hours of sun per year have given the small town of Font-Romeu-Odeillo-Via in the Catalan Pyrenees the title of sunniest town in France.