Family snow activities: skiing at Christmas and New Year

Few weather phenomena excite our children as much as snow. When the first flakes begin to fall, there is a wide range of activities to do as a family and enjoy with endless possibilities. Take advantage of school holidays to make snow plans with your children, celebrate New Year's Eve and welcome the New Year.

Prepare your snow boots and equipment because it is Christmas and New Year we go to the Pyrenees, a wonderful place to ski as a family.

We will live an authentic white Christmas where we will have a great time as a family, with quality proposals for the whole family to enjoy sports, excursions, private lessons, experiences, shows and muuuuuucha snow. And of course we will have a New Year's Eve Dinner and Party to give you the welcome to the year 2017 as it deserves.


5 proposals to enjoy the snow in family

The Grandvalira ski resort in Andorra It is an area that has guaranteed abundant snow in winter ideal for practicing all kinds of sports and winter activities as interesting as these:

1. Excursion of snowshoes. Go deep into nature and discover amazing trails and frozen lakes with your family. The snowshoe tour is an incredible sport for both children and adults and lasts 2 hours. You need to wear a hat, gloves, hiking boots, sunglasses, protective cream and comfortable warm clothes.


2. Construction of igloos. Discover the ancient technique of igloo construction as the Eskimos do in the family. Thus, children can see how a space made of ice can be the ideal place to protect themselves from the cold. The experience lasts an hour and a half and is indicated to share with family with children over 10 years. Essential ski pants, comfortable warm clothes, anorak, waterproof gloves, hiking boots, sunglasses and protective cream.

3. Private ski or snowboard lessons. If you are a beginner family, you want to improve your technique or your young children still do not know how to ski, sign up for private lessons. Both private ski lessons and snowboard lessons last 2 hours for adults.


Children and young people between 4 and 15 years old can choose between a private lesson of 1 hour for 1, 2, 3 or 4 children to have fun between siblings or friends. With these classes you will learn the technique and discover the secrets of good skiers or if you prefer you can choose a more dynamic and progressive teaching typical of snowboarding.

4. Multiadventure in the snow. Ideal for a full day of fun and family activities because it includes a 15-minute snowmobile ride, a conventional 10-minute sleigh ride and a one-and-a-half-hour snowshoe excursion.

5. Two-seater snowmobiles. An unforgettable experience is feeling the speed on a snowmobile. Snowmobiles can be rented for half an hour and can be left as a group.

Still ... do not you know Grandvalira, the Andorran Pyrenees ski resort?

To enjoy good skiing, Andorra offers you the largest ski resort in the Pyrenees and one of the largest in Europe. Grandvalira has 210 skiable kilometers and 132 tracks of skiing, of all levels. It is divided into 6 sectors, each with its own personality: Encamp, Canillo, El Tarter, Soldeu, Grau-roig and Pas de la Casa.

The Grandvalira ski resort is equipped to find everything you are looking for: modern and safe facilities, services on the ski slopes, ski and snowboard schools, equipment rental ... You can practice all the winter sports you can imagine: snow sledding, snowshoeing, snowmobiling, adventure circuits, bumpy tracks, ski rattrack, paragliding, helicopter ...And also, it has snowpark areas, being a reference for lovers of the freestyle. It also has 13 km of freeride, and several km of itineraries enabled for cross-country skiing.

There are also special ski areas for children, with children's circuits, snow gardens, entertainment ... Ideal for family skiing. Currently, it has three children's circuits open: Mont Magic, the Imaginarium circuit and the Bababoom Circus. Children can be accompanied at all times by disguised snow monitors, and have fun with snowmobiles, tubbing lanes, jumps and many other surprises. It has the so-called Imaginarium Park dedicated to children's entertainment, a place where children are watched at all times while parents enjoy skiing or replenishing forces in the restaurant or on the different chill out terraces with which Grandvalira has.

Grandvalira is also highly recommended for skiing with friends, as it enjoys a good nightlife, and a wide Apreski offer.

Playgrounds in Baqueira Beret and skiing for families

The station of Baqueira Beret, located in the Valley of Aran, has 153 km of blue, red and black tracks, which allows you to find the track of your dreams to the skiers of any level. In addition, it has multiple "off-piste" options and three new lifts that make it a traditional, but renewed station to spend your best winter week. Cross-country ski, speed, snowboard, snowmobile ride ... And at night, families have several options and the possibility of celebrating the New Year with a great dinner and New Year's grapes.

For children, Baqueira Beret has 4 snow playgrounds:

BAQUEIRA 1500 children playground. Located at the foot of the slopes, at level 1500, between the Hotel Montarto and the parking. Intended for children between 3 months and 2.5 years. Personalized attention to the needs of each child.

BERET playground. Welcomes all those children over 2 years without a diaper. (Children under 2 years old will be welcomed on selected dates). Here the little ones can start skiing in our enclosure in a playful and fun way (Ski equipment included).

BAQUEIRA 1800 playground. It is intended for children without diapers from 2.5 years and up to 6.5 years. To start practicing skiing inside the facilities of the Park in a natural way (ski equipment included). There are combinations of ski course and stay in the Children's Park.

BONAIGUA playground. Located in the sector of Bonaigua, at the foot of the slopes. Intended for children older than 2.5 years and without a diaper.

Marina Berrio

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