Pas De La Casa

Pas De La Casa is a small ski resort located in Andorra, in the parish of Encamp, on the border with France.  It is part of the Grandvalira area of resorts, along with El Tarter, Canillo, Encamp and Soldeu.  This means a pass to Pas De La Casa also means you gain automatic access to these other resorts.

Both skiing and snowboard are relatively cheap in Pas de la Casa.  The skiing area itself is best suited to beginners and intermediate level skiers, with a sixth of the runs suitable for beginners and a third for intermediate.

The remainder of the forty miles or so of runs should only be tackled by advanced and expert skiers.  Throughout the season, which runs from December to April, a decent range of skiing is always available.

The Pas de la Casa sector rises immediately above the town, with extremely wide piste made for cruising, the kind you’d find at any leading ski resort in the Alps.  You can ride down the pistes right into the centre of town.  Its location makes it easy to gain access to the more extensive Grau Roig sector and the other Grandvalira areas.

The Grau Roig sector is more extensive than Pas de la Casa, with a greater amount of variety, characterised by long cruises on the languidly wide super-piste slopes.  The areas to check out are the Cubil area to the west, the quieter, wooded slopes of Pioler and Montmalus leading to the southern Circ Del Colells courses, and the wide slopes of the Pic Blanc/Envalira ridge to the east which link back to Pas de la Casa.

The town of Pas de la Casa will welcome you openly, with plenty of excellent bars and fine restaurants.  For the best in après-ski activities head for the bars called Marseilles, Billboard and Milwaukee.

You will also find plenty of other off-slope activities such as shopping, and you can visit the nearby Andorra la Vella for other entertainment such as leisure centres.

Pas de la Casa is a very youth-orientated resort.  Snowboarding is very popular amongst the younger skiers and there is a compact board park and a half pipe that can be found in the Grau Roig area.  The nightlife is similarly geared towards young clubbers; some refer to Pas de la Casa as the Ibiza of the Pyrenees, although the resort is not nearly so manic.  If you’re not recovering from a night that lasted until 4am the previous day, you can try a few different activities such as ice driving, skidoos and even paintballing.

Pas de la Casa is a resort that caters for the whole and encompassing ski-holiday experience.  Book your ski-holiday at Pas de la Casa today for super skiing, varied activities and proper partying.