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Formigal resort profile

Aragones · Spain · 1501–2265 m

Altitude1501-2265 m
Vertical drop764 m
Slopes143 km
Lifts21

Formigal, Aragones

Resort overview
Altitude1931 m
RegionPyrenees
CountrySpain

Formigal ski area

Formigal is part of this ski area.

Terrain and lift totals on this page refer to the complete ski area rather than only the resort centre.

Vertical drop1501 - 2265 meters
Descent764 meters

Formigal ski area overview

Scale and terrain across the full ski area, not only Formigal.

This profile covers the Formigal ski area. Across the full ski area, the profile combines 143 km of slopes, 1501-2265 m altitude, 21 lifts. Intermediate terrain is the largest difficulty share at about 52%.

Ski areaAltitude range1501–2265 m97% confidenceSki areaTerrain mix143 km slopes97% confidenceSki areaLift network21 lifts97% confidence
Very large ski areaHigh-altitude terrainIntermediate focus
Ski-area scale 143 km. A very extensive network supports multi-day exploration and distributes visitors across more terrain.
Terrain character The terrain is clearly weighted toward intermediate skiing. The largest share is about 52%.

Altitude, access and value

Vertical range, lift access and terrain value.

Useful upper altitudeWider lift spacingStrong terrain value
Altitude resilience The upper mountain has a useful altitude advantage in warm or marginal snow periods.
Lift infrastructure About 6.8 slope km per lift suggests wider spacing between access points in parts of the network. Published hourly capacity is 36,964 persons, about 1760 persons/hour per lift and 258 per slope kilometre. The lift system totals 20.8 km, averaging about 1.0 km of lift line per lift.

Ski slopes

Terrain size and difficulty distribution across Formigal.

This ski area is clearly oriented toward intermediate skiers. The displayed kilometre shares describe the full ski area rather than only the current resort base.

Extensive terrain networkIntermediate terrain focus
Slopes39 ski slopes
Total143 km
  • Blue48 km
  • Red75 km
  • Black20 km
Blue48 km34%
Red75 km52%
Black20 km14%
Ski routes54 km

Ski lifts

Lift mix, access density and published capacity across Formigal.

The ski area has 21 lifts. Chairlift is the largest published category at 13. Chairlifts and gondolas account for about 76% of the published lift-type breakdown. Type is not published for 4 lifts. The network provides about 6.8 slope km per lift.

Chairlift 13
T-bar / platter 4
Type not published 4
Total lifts21
Lift capacity 36,964 persons/hour
Lift length20.8 km

Ski pass

Published ticket prices and terrain-adjusted value.

The adult day pass offers strong terrain value relative to the published slope network.

Strong terrain value
TicketPricePrice/km
Daycard adult€59€0.41/km
6-day adult€189.55€1.33/km
6-day child€158.50€1.11/km

Ski resort ratings for Formigal compared to the site-wide resort benchmark. Open the ratings page to choose a different benchmark group. Based on 6 visitor reviews, with third-party overall rating evidence incorporated.

Overall rating 7.3
All resorts 6.2
Snow conditions 8
All resorts 7.6
Family friendly 8.2
All resorts 7.8
Beginner 10.0 7.6 ▲
Advanced n.a. 7.7
Expert 10.0 7.1 ▲
Free-nature 8.1 6.9 ▲
Snow 8.0 7.6
Family 8.2 7.8
Après-ski 6.5 6.7
Nature n.a. 7.7
Hiking n.a. 7
Lifts 6.1 7.2 ▼

No visitor review is available for Formigal yet.

Address

AddressAsociacion Turistica Valle de Tena 22640 Sallent de Gallego Spain
PlaceFormigal Aragones Spain

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Resort profile

What makes this resort different

Efficient short-break base

Mountain character

Formigal is best understood as a efficient short-break base: access time and lift/terrain efficiency support getting substantial ski time from a shorter trip.

143 km pistes

21 lifts

The trade-off

Short trips where access and lift/terrain efficiency matter more than sheer domain size.

Efficiency is the structural advantage; longer stays may favour a broader domain.

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