Andorra and snowboarding

Dave Mac wrote:Bandit, your'e a BAD girl!

This weekend I will be fixing the tennis clubhouse roof, then dashing back to see to my broken-legged OH. Then Sunday, will be laying slabs at son no 2 house, then dashing back....da-di-da....washing, ironing, cooking, cleaning, attending tennis AGM, probably getting put back on the committee...blah, blah.

We have just under 4 weeks to go in plaster. There is NO WAY I am going to attempt to get my boots out of the loft in this situation.

Fortunately, twas on the Beeb news that the runs are narrow and only for experts. So, watering the plants it is, then. :twisted:

Thought you'd appreciate that :D

It's looking rather good today, I bet the car park is full )

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Andorra is great. It's big, cheap and great weather (last 2 seasons aside). Expect big dumps or sunshine.
The terrain is not too steep but is great for cruising and natural hits. Don't know about parks as I've not been there since the interconnexion of the entire ski areas.
There is camping at a place called Canillo, the next town/village east of Andorra La Vella - open summertime; not sure about winter.

Pas de la Casa is a lively, bar-fuelled town, Soldeu is a bit more upmarket, and the further west you go the quieter (and smaller) it gets right up to Arcalis - where you must go at all costs. I was there the day after an African dust storm had coated the whole country in a layer of red dust and we spent the day at Arcalis carving white lines into a red mountain with the 15 or so other people on the whole mountain....

Food is good and drinks are phenomenally more cheaper in the shops than in bars.

matthew bowyer wrote:Arinsal is the place for SPAM apparently

...and has now left the building...

I seasoned in Andorra a few years back and had a great time. Amazing snow, good terrain, lively town (Pas de la Casa).

The town is a bit of an party-town eyesore...

Now the whole country is linked together on one skipass


It's all about the snow. You could have a freebie holiday to Kicking Horse, Canada, but if there's no fresh snow, it will be a worse trip than freshies in Scotland....